Colorado mother pleads not guilty in daughter’s death
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Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020 5:22 PM
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DENVER – A woman charged with killing her daughter after allegedly fraudulently portraying her as terminally ill and seeking donations to cover her medical care pleaded not guilty Wednesday.
Kelly Turner’s lawyer entered the plea on her behalf during a virtual court hearing in suburban Denver. She appeared by video from jail but only spoke to tell the judge she did not have any questions about the proceedings.
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A Colorado woman accused of killing her 7-year-old daughter and soliciting donations on her behalf pleaded not guilty to charges Wednesday.
An attorney for Kelly Renee Turner, 43, entered the plea during a virtual Douglas County court hearing, The Denver Post reported. She faces a slew of charges, including first-degree murder, child abuse, second-degree forgery and attempt to influence a public servant, according to jail records.
She also is accused of defrauding the Medicaid system of more than $538,000. Kelly Renee Turner, 43, is charged with murdering her daughter Olivia Gant, 7. (Douglas County Sheriff s Office/Heflebower Funeral Home, Littleton, Colo.)
Kelly Turner, 41, pleaded not guilty to killing her daughter Olivia Gant, 7, in 2017
Turner was indicted last year on murder, child abuse, theft and charitable fraud
The Colorado mom claimed Olivia suffered from multiple illnesses, some terminal, and withdrew her medical care leading up to her death
Olivia s body was exhumed in 2018 after police became suspicious about her death when her mother claimed another daughter had cancer
Turner is accused of persuading a doctor to initiate a Do Not Resuscitate order
At the time, Olivia s cause of death was determined as intestinal failure, but her body was exhumed and a forensic pathologist found no evidence of it
Colleen Slevin December 16, 2020 - 4:00 PM
DENVER - A woman charged with killing her daughter after allegedly fraudulently portraying her as terminally ill and seeking donations to cover her medical care pleaded not guilty Wednesday.
Kelly Turner s lawyer entered the plea on her behalf during a virtual court hearing in suburban Denver. She appeared by video from jail but only spoke to tell the judge she did not have any questions about the proceedings.
Turner was indicted last year on murder, child abuse, theft and charitable fraud charges in the 2017 death of Olivia Gant. Olivia was originally thought to have died as a result of her illnesses. However, authorities began investigating her death after doctors became suspicious when Turner allegedly began claiming that her other daughter also had medical problems, according to the indictment.