San Jose: Relative arrested in stabbing deaths of child and great-grandmother
Nathan Addison, grandson of Delphina Turner and uncle of 6-year-old Jordan Cam Walker, was arrested Wednesday
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Authorities have arrested a family member in the shocking double slaying of a young boy and his great-grandmother, whose bodies were discovered in their San Jose apartment earlier this month.
Nathan Addison, 27, was arrested on Wednesday in San Jose. He is the uncle of Jordan Cam Walker, 6, and the grandson of Delphina Turner, 71, who were both discovered dead on August 4, according to San Jose police.
On Thursday, Addison was booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail and was being held without bail. He was charged on Friday with two counts of murder and two other felonies in connection with allegedly threatening to burn down his sister’s house and attempting to assault her son the day before the killings.
After refusing to appear in a San Jose courtroom on Friday afternoon, Addison’s arraignment hearing was postponed until Monday.
According to an SJPD investigative summary accompanying the criminal complaint, police were called to the Vista apartment complex on Parkmoor Avenue after Jordan and Turner’s relatives went there to check on them and discovered their bodies inside their apartment.
Until now, San Jose police have remained tight-lipped about a possible suspect in the investigation, despite the fact that those who knew the victims openly suspected a relative was the perpetrator. Even when police announced Addison’s arrest on Friday, they gave no details about what motivated the killings, saying in a news release that “the motive and circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation.”
Similarly, the investigative summary provided no insight into a possible motive.
According to the police summary, Addison was at the apartment on Aug. 3, the night before the bodies were discovered and when authorities believe the killings occurred, according to eyewitness accounts and surveillance and security footage from the surrounding area. Detectives also stated that they discovered evidence indicating that someone attempted to “clean up” the crime scene.
Detectives also tracked Turner’s cell phone signal to a nearby VTA transit station, and surveillance video showed someone matching Addison’s description smashing and destroying electronic items, including a cell phone and a tablet or laptop computer, according to police.
According to the summary, Addison was found and arrested on Wednesday, and he reportedly “identified himself as the person depicted on the surveillance footage” that detectives had gathered in their investigation.
During the investigation, police discovered allegations that on August 2, Addison was staying at his sister’s house and had a violent episode in which he swung a level at his sister’s son’s head, then later put a metal mug in a microwave, a fire extinguisher in the dryer, and told her “he was going to burn the house down with everyone inside.” The second set of charges is based on these alleged acts.
Jordan and Turner were remembered separately in separate memorial services last week, with Jordan’s grandfather, Morian Walker Sr., remembering the child as “very smart, intelligent, witty, adventurous” with a “very outgoing personality” and who was already showing high athletic potential, following in the footsteps of his family, which includes multiple Division I college athletes.
Turner’s obituary in The Mercury News described her as a longtime Sunnyvale resident who “dedicated 35+ years of service to NASA” and had recently relocated to San Jose to be closer to her family.
“She was a beautiful woman, beloved mother, awesome grandmother, hip great-grandmother, and most importantly, a Child of God,” according to the obituary. “She touched the lives of everyone who crossed her path.”
Anyone with information about the stabbings should call the San Jose Police Department’s homicide unit at 408-277-5283 or email Detective Sgt. J.J. Vallejo at 3810@sanjoseca.gov or Detective Mike Harrington at 4365@sanjoseca.gov. You can also leave a tip with Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers by calling 408-947-7867 or visiting svcrimestoppers.org.
