State v. Turner

This case tragically exemplifies the adage that no good deed goes unpunished. In February, 2012, Donna Bouffard invited a homeless couple, the defendant, Elizabeth K. Turner, and her husband, Claude Turner, to live with her in her home. 1 In June of the same year, Turner brutally murdered both Bouffard and her adult son, Michael Perkins, in Bouffard's Watertown home. The defendant appeals from the judgments of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of two counts of felony murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54c, 2 one count of criminal attempt to possess narcotics in violation of…