Following four days of trial and a courthouse closure due to Hurricane Helene, U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Bree Kuhn was found guilty Friday of murdering her husband in their Gulf Breeze home and sentenced to Florida’s Department of Corrections.
Kuhn , who was stationed onboard Naval Air Station Pensacola during the incident, was convicted of the first-degree premeditated murder of her husband, Collin Turner , after locking him in their garage and shooting him four times in the back during a 911 phone call on Sept. 8, 2021.
Immediately following statements from Turner’s family, Circuit Judge James Duncan sentenced Kuhn to life in a Florida state prison without the possibility of parole, the legal mandatory minimum for her charge.
Collin Turner’s parents speak in court prior to Bree Kuhn’s sentencing
After the jury was dismissed from the courtroom following the announcement of their verdict, family of the victim and defendant were allowed time to speak to the court.
“You’re honor, this is a letter I never imagined I’d have to write,” Turner’s mother, Tere, said in court Friday. “When I think of the impact the loss of Collin has had on my life, it’s difficult to put into words.