Last suspect convicted in 2019 Santa Cruz County tech executive murder case
By Ricardo Tovar
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Santa Cruz County (KSBW) — The last of four men accused of killing a Santa Cruz County tech executive in 2019 was convicted of murder.
Joshua Camps, 29, was found guilty after a lengthy jury trial of kidnapping, burglary and first-degree murder, according to the Superior Court of California, Santa Cruz County portal.
His next court date is scheduled for March 19 and will be a report and sentencing hearing. Camps remains in custody.
“We are proud of the work that has been done in this case and hope this verdict brings a sense of closure to Mr. Atre’s loved ones,” Ashley Keehn, a public information officer at the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office, told SFGATE. The Santa Cruz County District Attorney’s Office did not comment by the time of publication.
Prosecutors said Joshua Camps—along with Stephen Lindsay (a former Atre employee), Kurtis Charters and Kaleb Charters—kidnapped Atre from his Pleasure Point home in October 2019. Surveillance video from a neighbor captured the abduction.
Atre’s body was found the next morning at one of his cannabis properties in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Lindsay was convicted in March of murder and related charges and was sentenced in April to life without the possibility of parole.
Kurtis was convicted in September and was sentenced in October to life without the possibility of parole. Kaleb was also convicted and sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole, plus an additional five years to life term, according to the district attorney’s office.
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