Man accused of killing parents with hammer, knife, then calling 911 to confess: report

An Arizona antheral allegedly confessed to sidesplitting his parents successful a 911 telephone aft attacking them with a hammer and knife, according to tribunal documents.

Jonathan Turk, 29, is accused of sidesplitting his parents, Fraser Turk, 63, and Tina Turk, 56, whose bodies were discovered successful Peoria connected March 31.

Police accidental Turk called 911 astir 6:29 p.m. and admitted to the killings, telling dispatchers helium had attacked his parents due to the fact that helium was aggravated astir being enactment connected medication, according to tribunal documents obtained by FOX 10 Phoenix.

He past told authorities helium would hold extracurricular for officers, holding a h2o bottle, investigators said.

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Fraser and Tina Turk airs unneurotic successful an undated photo. The Arizona mates were recovered dormant successful their location connected March 31.  (Facebook/ Scott N Tina Turk)

Officers aboriginal recovered a hammer and weapon believed to person been utilized successful the onslaught from a trash tin wrong the home, according to tribunal records cited by FOX 10 Phoenix. Turk declined to talk with investigators aft his arrest.

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Prosecutors accidental the lawsuit follows a past of intelligence wellness concerns. Court documents bespeak the victims had filed aggregate intelligence wellness petitions involving Turk, including 3 successful 2026.

"We person concerns astir his intelligence wellness and intelligence stableness astatine this time," a authoritative said during a tribunal hearing.

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Jonathan Turk, 29, is shown successful a booking photograph aft being arrested successful transportation with the deaths of his parents successful Arizona, according to authorities. (Fox 10 Phoenix)

Neighbors described the killings arsenic shocking, though immoderate said they had felt uneasy astir Turk anterior to the violence.

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"I saw the mother, and she was mean and precise kind," 1 neighbour told FOX 10 Phoenix.

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Fraser and Tina Turk are pictured unneurotic successful an undated photo. Their son, Jonathan Turk, has been charged with their murders, according to tribunal documents. (Facebook/Rob Cagnetta)

Another neighbour said they avoided him altogether, recalling a "bad feeling" erstwhile helium was nearby.

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"It was conscionable a gut feeling. Like, a atrocious feeling. Like thing was not right," the neighbour said. "I conscionable ever tried to locomotion connected the different broadside of the thoroughfare erstwhile I saw him out, and I conscionable felt truly uncomfortable due to the fact that I person kids."

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A person paid tribute to the couple, penning that they are "struggling to recognize specified a senseless killing," describing the mates arsenic "two beauteous souls" who had been joined for decades.

"They were the explanation of a exemplary couple," the person wrote connected his Facebook. "They were an anchor of kindness and devotion… My bosom is perfectly broken, and I volition miss them beyond measure."

Turk faces 2 counts of first-degree execution and 2 counts of second-degree murder. His enslaved was acceptable astatine $2 cardinal cash-only, and a preliminary proceeding is scheduled for April 9.

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Fox News Digital reached retired to the Peoria Police Department for comment. 

Stepheny Price covers crime, including missing persons, homicides and migrant crime. Send communicative tips to [email protected].