John Turner
John Turner is a Newport Beach, CA parent and co-founder of Patrick's Purpose Foundation, created in memory of his son Patrick who died by suicide in 2018, advocating for teen mental health.
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Sep 23, 2026
Jerry WeichmanHOST
You wake up that morning in January, and could I trouble you to briefly walk us all through that morning for you and what that was like and what entailed?
John TurnerGUEST
At some point in time, we had heard about that possibly there was a body over in the park.
John TurnerGUEST
I'd actually had seen some homeless people over there previously, actually stopped off and brought one woman some water and some socks.
11 MINS LATER
ChristinaHOST
And I just think you're so brave, both of you, for talking about this and sharing your story, because I think it really will help a lot of people.