Nguyen pleads no contest before murder trial

By Hurst Laviana, The Wichita Eagle

The woman prosecutors say was behind the 2013 murder of former Wichita South High football player Jordan Turner pleaded no contest Monday to a charge of felony first-degree murder.

Ebony Nguyen, 22, was scheduled to stand trial this week on a charge of premeditated first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. She pleaded no contest Monday to felony first-degree murder in the 2013 death of former Wichita South High football player Jordan Turner. Photo from the Wichita Eagle.

Ebony Nguyen, 22, was scheduled to stand trial this week on a more serious charge of premeditated first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder.

The plea-agreement means that Nguyen will have to serve 20 years on the murder conviction before she is eligible for parole, rather than the 25 years that would have been mandated by a premeditated murder conviction.

Turner’s body was found in a field near Pawnee and 127th Street East on May 1, 2013, and a Crime Stoppers tip that night led to the arrest of three suspects who were charged with Turner’s murder.

Read the full story by Hurst Laviana from the Wichita Eagle.