Bossy, brassy Bree kills kind-hearted husband: the Bree Khun case

Bree Kuhn seemed to want to win at all costs. The bossy, U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer had moods as fiery as her red hair and although she often accused her husband, Collin Turner, of physical violence, according to witnesses she was the one who would attack him.

The night he died police were called to their Gulf Breeze, Florida home three times. First, Bree called insisting to officers he hurt her and demanding he be taken to jail. 

They refused and left when they found no signs of violence, but returned when Collin called to say she had locked him out of their house, and he was afraid to leave her with their three children, still inside. 

Body cam footage showed him calmly explaining the situation to officers and with no evidence of a crime they left again. By the third call, there was no question a crime had been committed, but it was Collin who was the victim. 

He reported to 9-1-1 that his wife, apparently outraged that he was still in the home, had tried to break his arm and locked him in the garage. The young father was still on the phone with the dispatcher calmly describing his predicament when a shot rang out and a shocked and wounded Collin cried out, “She shot me! 

She then shot him three more times, killing him, while their traumatized children heard it all from inside the house. Their family ripped apart and destroyed because she couldn’t make him leave or get him arrested.

Bree made the same claims of abuse to a Santa Rosa County jury when she was tried for Collin’s murder last week but just like police, they weren’t buying it.

Join us for the latest episode of the Gulf Coast Confidential podcast, “Bossy, brassy Bree kills kind-hearted husband: the Bree Khun case.”