Uncle Opposing Release of Niece Who Killed Parents in North Carolina at age 15

By Alicia Cruz

A 40-year-old North Carolina woman who killed both her parents in April 1986, when she was 15-years-old is up for parole, but she won't be leaving Tennessee prison walls if her family members have any say in the matter.

Ginger Turnmire was found guilty January 28, 1987 of shooting both her parents, J.W. and Velma Turnmire in their Greene County, N.C. home. After the murders, the young teen reportedly went to a nearby arcade where she boasted about the crime to friends.

Officer John Huffine, now a detective with the Greene County Sheriff's Department, later found the couple's bodies and arrested the daughter whom he claims admitted to him that she killed her parents.

Despite Turnmire testimony that a motorcycle gang member named "Papa Smurf" actually shot her parents then threatened to kill Ginger Turnmire and her adopted sister, a jury returned a guilty verdict on first-degree murder.

Her uncle, Danny Carrier, says Turnmire was into drugs and devil worshiping at the time of the double homicide, and that he opposes the potential release of his niece because he is afraid of her. Carrier told WCYB News that when Ginger was arrested, she had a list of relatives she wanted to kill -- and he was one of them.

Carrier is now trying to gather 500 signtirues to present to the parole board in hopes that the members will deny Turnmire's relase like they did September 11, 2009. Her latest bid for freedom is scheduled for September 7.

Turnmire made news headlines again in 2008 when she and seven of her fellow inmates at the Mark H. Luttrell Correctional Center in Memphis, Tennessee fought to have animals from the local Humane Society returned to a prison program. A lack of air-conditioning in the facility forced the Society's director to pull the animals from the program for fear they would fall ill from extensive heat exposure at the prison.

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