An elderly California couple was found dead in their $1 million Ventura County home.

Family members requested a wellness check at approximately 11:11am for Aleksander Tukalski, 89, and Kazia Berlach Tukalska, 86, after they had not responded to calls for some time.

Police arrived at Lucas Court in Newbury Park on September 21 and found the couple deceased. 

As part of their investigation into the deaths, authorities obtained a search warrant for the home.

While a gun was discovered at the location, detectives have not confirmed whether it was connected to the incident. 

The Sheriff's Department posted a press release on its Facebook page stating that the incident may have been a murder-suicide.

‘In what is possibly a murder/suicide incident, the Ventura County Sheriff's Department issued the following statement concerning an incident on Monday, September 21 of 2026, where an elderly couple was found deceased in a Newbury Park home.’

The Sheriff's Department posted images of the crime scene ‘by Safety for Citizens.’

Officials from the crime unit spent several hours on site conducting their investigation.

The Ventura County Medical Examiner, who will determine the couple's cause of death, also arrived on the scene at the Newbury Park home.

Detectives believe this is an isolated incident and do not believe there is a threat to the public, according to the Ventura County Sheriff's Office.

A woman who claims to be the couple's neighbor commented on the post, recounting memories spent with the duo.

‘Kazia and Alex were great neighbors. They drove us to school when our parents couldn’t, and we spent multiple Christmas’s with them after our parents divorced,’ Sophia Hillard wrote.

‘They were both escapees of the war in Poland, and our family benefited greatly from their traditional Polish cooking at Christmas time.’

Elsewhere, another neighbor commented on the post.

Lorrie Smith Dingman said: ‘I'm so incredibly sad about this! These were my neighbors. Their home burned a few months back and I assume they were renting the other home.’

She detailed the physical appearance of the couple before they died, stating: ‘They were both very fit and active and so kind.’

The Daily Mail reached out to detectives for further comment and has not yet received an answer.