'He was my best friend, now he's dead meat': Woman whose boyfriend shot his former best friend in the groin because he was trying to 'manipulate' her learns fate

On the aforesaid time her boyfriend received a beingness condemnation for murder, a Virginia pistillate pleaded blameworthy to her relation successful the aforesaid crime.

Kaylee Turner, 21, entered a plea of guilty to first-degree execution arsenic a main successful the second-degree connected Friday afternoon, just hours after her boyfriend, 24-year-old Dustin Dove, was fixed a beingness condemnation for murdering 22-year-old Seth Wallace. As Law&Crime antecedently reported, Dove was convicted of sidesplitting Wallace erstwhile helium believed that Wallace had been "inappropriate" with his woman — Turner — portion Dove was successful jail.

Before the May 2024 shooting, Dove and Wallace had been champion friends.

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The relationship betwixt Dove and Wallace began successful 2022 but went sour erstwhile Dove was convicted of cause charges successful aboriginal 2024. Turner told Dove astir Wallace's purported behaviour towards her, and the 2 men began engaging successful a bid of hostile texts.

A integer forensics adept work the messages aloud successful court, WHSV reported, with the messages including, "Dog, I'm going to destruct you" and "I'm going to get distant with it." At immoderate point, Dove was adjacent said to person recorded videos wearing a disguise and holding the AR-15-style firearm utilized successful the shooting.

According to Dove's defence attorney, Wallace told Turner that Dove was "manipulating" her by saying Dove was cheating connected her.

In the aboriginal greeting hours of May 25, 2024, Turner and Dove exchanged texts that indicated that they were going to spell to a determination wherever they knew Wallace would be. Investigators said that Turner drove herself and Dove to Wallace's determination aft telling him that she was connected her way.

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At 4:17 a.m., Wallace called Turner, but it was not known if the telephone was ever answered. According to investigators, Wallace was changeable betwixt 4:18 a.m. and 4:20 a.m. Later that morning, Turner texted Wallace, "Help, helium has maine astatine gunpoint," successful an effort to screen up her engagement successful the shooting.

Wallace died from infections caused by 9 gunshot wounds 2 weeks aft helium was shot.

Months aft Wallace died, Dove is said to person written a rap opus and sung it implicit a jailhouse telephone line, with phrases including, "I don't duck murders" and "He was my champion friend, present he's dormant meat."

According to courtroom sum by the Staunton News Leader, Turner apologized astatine her sentencing, saying, "I'm precise sorry. I apologize for my actions successful this situation."

The outlet reported that Judge Paul Dryer was not blessed with the plea deal, saying Turner did not look to amusement remorse for her actions. Turner was sentenced to an progressive situation word of 11 years and six months, with 18 years and six months suspended, positive 5 years probation. If she violates probation, she whitethorn beryllium required to beryllium incarcerated for the afloat 30-year sentence.

Law&Crime's Conrad Hoyt contributed to this report.