2 people connected to death of 4-year-old Lexington girl sentenced in court

UPDATE: Oct. 10, 2025 at 12 p.m.

Two people pled guilty and were sentenced in connection to the 2023 death of 4-year-old Brighton Honour on Friday, according to LEX 18 in court.

Briana Turpin reportedly pled guilty to complicity to wanton endangerment and trafficking fentanyl. She was sentenced by a judge to seven years in prison.

Further, Raven Houston pled guilty to complicity to trafficking fentanyl and was sentenced to three years of probation.

According to court documents, Anderson George did not appear in court and he is currently in custody in connection with "alleged violations under state law." He is set to be arraigned on federal drug charges on Oct. 17.

Original Story:

Months after her 4-year-old's death, Cheyene Helm and her family sat in a Lexington courtroom to finally face the people allegedly responsible for her daughter's death.

Prosecutors say Brighton Honour was at a family member's house in Lexington in February when she got fentanyl in her system and later died.

Police arrested 26-year-old Briana Turpin, 18-year-old Raven Houston, and 32-year-old Anderson George nine months later, at the end of November, after Lexington Police's Special Victim Section was notified about her overdose at a local hospital.

They allegedly found evidence of narcotics trafficking at the home, which led to an extended narcotics enforcement unit investigation.

Turpin bonded out of jail after one day appearing in court in plain clothes, pleading not guilty to five different charges of trafficking, wanton endangerment of two other minors, and tampering with evidence.

George faces the exact charges. Houston is not facing the tampering with evidence charge. However, both requested bond reductions and were denied. They will stay in jail.

The judge's decision was a sigh of relief for Brighton Honor's family, who sent letters to the judge asking her to keep them behind bars.

"I feel like the main culprit shouldn't be out on bond. Just very emotional for one, and then seeing the guy come out and kinda look over at our family and kinda smile a bit. It's kinda like he doesn't have no remorse," said Gerald Miller.

All three suspects entered a not-guilty plea.

They will be back in court on January 25, 2024, for a pretrial hearing.

A status hearing is scheduled for February 9, 2024.