California police arrested a woman following the murder of the Monterey psychiatrist whose body was discovered in the trunk of an abandoned vehicle in Las Vegas on March 7.
According to a tweet from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Kelsey Turner, 25-year-old, remains in prison facing murder charges.
The body of Dr. Thomas Burchard,71, was found by cops bludgeoned to death in the trunk of a car in proximity of the entrance to Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
Reports said that the cause of the death was a blunt force trauma to the head.
Hospital spokeswoman Mary Barker described the victim as: "a long-standing physician in the community who was very helpful to many of his patients."