FRANKFORT — They came wearing buttons bearing Michael Turpin's likeness and were armed with letters and a petition signed by more than 4,500 people.
The goal of the 20 or so people — relatives and friends of Turpin, who was slain Feb. 3, 1986 — was to persuade the Kentucky parole board not to let out of prison two women convicted in his death.
Elizabeth Zehnder Turpin, who is said to have been the mastermind behind the plot to kill her husband, and Karen Brown, Elizabeth Turpin's purported lover, are to go before the parole board for the first time in February.
Michael Turpin's family and friends went before the parole board Monday in Frankfort to beg the board not to let the killers out. They brought with them Fayette Commonwealth's Attorney Ray Larson, who prosecuted the case, and former Fayette Circuit Judge Armand Angelucci, who presided at the trial, to bolster their case.
Don Turpin, Michael Turpin's father, said the crime was to Kentucky somewhat like the O.J. Simpson case was to the nation. He said his son's killing was the No. 1 news story in the state in 1986.
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