Jonathan Turk is accused of killing his parents in March after buying a hammer at Walmart and later calling 911.

PEORIA, Ariz. — Newly released police body-camera and home-surveillance video is providing the latest look at the investigation into the March killings of Tina and Fraser Turk, whose 29-year-old son is charged with two counts of first-degree murder. The footage shows Jonathan Turk outside the family home as officers arrived after a 911 call in which authorities say he acknowledged killing his parents.

The video, released months after the March 31 killings, adds visual evidence to hundreds of pages of investigative records that became public over the summer. Local reporting says Turk is scheduled to stand trial in early December. He has been held on a $2 million cash-only bond while facing two first-degree murder charges in the deaths of his 56-year-old mother and 63-year-old father. The charges are allegations, and the criminal case has not yet been resolved at trial.

Doorbell footage obtained by Arizona’s Family shows Turk pacing outside the Peoria residence after the emergency call. When officers arrived, the video shows him getting onto the ground and being taken into custody. Police body-camera footage then follows officers as they entered and cleared the home. Officers found Fraser Turk on a stairway and Tina Turk in an upstairs bathroom. Paramedics were called and both were pronounced dead, according to police and court records.

The newly released images are consistent with the account officers gave shortly after the killings. Peoria police said they were sent to the home near 83rd Avenue and Jomax Road on the evening of March 31 after a man reported that he had killed his parents. Officers encountered Jonathan Turk outside the residence and arrested him without a reported struggle. Police said at the time that the case appeared isolated and that investigators did not believe there was an ongoing danger to the surrounding community.

Investigative records later supplied more detail about the emergency call. According to transcripts reported by Arizona’s Family and an arrest affidavit obtained by Law&Crime, Turk told a dispatcher that his parents were inside the house and said he had attacked them with a hammer and a knife. During the call, he said he had been angry with them. Records say he also referred to medication his parents had wanted him to take. Authorities have presented those statements as part of their investigation, but the court ultimately will determine what evidence is admissible and what weight it should receive.

Turk also told the dispatcher that the weapons had been placed in a trash can in his room, according to the records. An arrest affidavit says officers searching the residence later saw a hammer and knife with what appeared to be blood in a trash can in an upstairs bedroom. Investigators reported blood evidence elsewhere in the house as well. Authorities said Fraser Turk had suffered at least one stab wound and Tina Turk had suffered head trauma. Public reports have not established that every injury or piece of evidence has been conclusively tied to a particular weapon at trial.

Investigators also examined surveillance video from earlier on March 31. Police records and video reported by Arizona’s Family show Jonathan Turk at a local Walmart buying a hammer. Authorities believe that hammer was later used in the attack. The purchase has become one part of the prosecution’s chronology because it places Turk obtaining the object before the deaths. The reporting available so far does not establish in public court findings when investigators believe any decision to attack his parents was made, and a jury has not weighed the evidence.

The 911 call came shortly after the killings, according to the investigative records. Portions of the transcript show the dispatcher asking Turk what had happened while he gave brief answers and remained on the line. He told the dispatcher he planned to wait outside for police while carrying a water bottle, according to the arrest affidavit. Investigators wrote that he said he would cooperate. Once officers arrived, he was detained and the residence was searched for victims, possible suspects and evidence.

After his arrest, however, authorities say Turk did not provide investigators with a further custodial statement. The arrest affidavit says that after he was advised of his rights, he declined to answer questions. That distinction is significant to the developing case because the statements described in public reports largely come from the emergency call rather than a later police interrogation. The prosecution may seek to use relevant portions of the recorded call and associated evidence as the case proceeds, subject to ordinary evidentiary rulings by the court.

Records released months after the deaths also describe a longer history of concern involving Turk and his family. Arizona’s Family reported that documents trace troubling behavior back to 2023, including letters authorities described as threatening that were sent to churches, neighbors and police agencies. The reporting said Peoria police eventually circulated an awareness bulletin concerning Turk. The exact contents of the letters have not been fully detailed in the public reporting reviewed for this story, and the existence of prior concerns does not establish criminal responsibility for the March killings.

His parents had also sought mental health intervention on multiple occasions, according to court reporting and advocates who said they knew the family. During an early court appearance, a prosecutor said Turk had multiple prior mental health petitions, including three in 2026 before the killings. Local advocates have pointed to the case while criticizing shortages in Arizona’s treatment system. Those advocates have described the deaths as an example of families struggling to obtain sustained care, although their broader criticism of the system is separate from the legal question of Turk’s responsibility in the homicide case.

The circumstances have prompted discussion about mental health services, but the publicly released material does not support treating a psychiatric diagnosis as a simple explanation for the killings. Records report what family members, prosecutors and advocates said about efforts to obtain treatment, while the criminal prosecution concerns the specific evidence surrounding the deaths of Tina and Fraser Turk. Any questions involving Turk’s mental condition, legal defenses or competency would have to be addressed through the court process and supported by the appropriate records or expert findings.

The September release of body-camera and home-surveillance footage does not fundamentally change the charges, but it gives the public a clearer view of the police response that had previously been described mostly through documents and news reports. The recordings show officers arriving, taking Turk into custody and entering the residence as they attempted to determine what had happened. Some portions of the footage were blurred because they depicted the victims and the interior scene, according to local reporting.

For now, Turk remains accused of two counts of first-degree murder. Arizona’s Family reported Sept. 10 that he is scheduled to stand trial in early December. Until the case is resolved through a plea or verdict, the allegations remain unproven in court. The next major stage will shift attention from investigative records and newly released police footage to the evidence prosecutors and defense lawyers present before the court.

Author note: Last updated September 22, 2026.