SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KRON) -- A jury reached a verdict Wednesday deciding the fate of Joshua Camps, one of four men charged with kidnapping and murdering Santa Cruz tech CEO Tushar Atre. All three of Camps' co-conspirators -- Kaleb Charters, Stephen Nicholas "Nick" Lindsay, and Kurtis Charters -- we re found guilty of first-degree murder in three separate trials last year, and sentenced to life in prison without parole. Prosecutors said Camps was the gunman who pulled the trigger and fatally shot Atre in 2019. At the Santa Cruz County courthouse on Wednesday, jurors found 29-year-old Camps guilty on all counts, including first-degree murder. One juror told KRON4, "Mr. Camps showed clear disappointment, I saw him bow his head. It was a heavy moment for all of us." Atre, 50, was a former San Francisco resident who moved to Santa Cruz because he loved surfing and mountain biking. On October 1, 2019 at 3 a.m., Atre was sleeping in his Pleasure Point beach house when three men broke in, tied him up at gunpoint, and stole thousands of dollars from a safe. The home invaders, identified as Camps, Lindsay, and Kurtis Charters, believed that Atre kept $1 million in cash at home, court records show. Camps stabbed Atre as the victim was running down the street and screaming for help, prosecutors said. Home surveillance cameras recorded the stabbing. The group then drove the tech CEO up to his cannabis farm in the Santa Cruz Mountains, where Kaleb Charters and Lindsay had previously worked for Atre. Prosecutors said the plot was motivated by Lindsay and Kaleb Charters' humiliation at work and resentment against their former boss. Before they received their first and only paycheck, Atre ordered the duo to perform 500 pushups, according to testimony. After the group drove the victim from Pleasure Point into the Santa Cruz Mountains, Camps ordered the millionaire tech executive to stand next to a tree, shot him in the back of the head, and left his body, prosecutors said. Kaleb Charters testifies on the stand in self-defense At the time of the murder, the four young men were between ages 19-23. Assistant District Attorney Michael McKinney previously described Camps as "wannabe cop with a gun fetish." Lindsay and Kaleb Charters were members of the Army National Guard. Kaleb Charters, left, and his brother, Kurtis Charters, right, are seen in mugshots released by the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office in 2020. Following Camps' conviction, the juror told KRON4, "Our jury carefully deliberated each charge, taking into consideration the evidence regarding (Camps') upbringing and the responsibilities he faced at a young age, particularly caring for his terminally ill mother. Now that the trial is over, I feel a sense of relief and confidence that we made the right decision." Lindsay is appealing his conviction and claims that Camps made a chilling murder confession in a jail letter. The hand-written letter states "Read Destroy" at the top, is signed at the bottom with "Josh," and was filed in court documents as part of Lindsay's appeal. The letter begins, "You asked 'why,' so I figured I’d tell you the 'why.' After mom died, I wasn’t in my right mind. There was a lot of stress with expenses … and I knew money would 'fix the problem.' Kurtis knew about what was going on and presented me with the opportunity to make a lot of money fast. He said Kaleb’s boss was a P.O.S." Court records contain this confession letter allegedly written by Joshua Camps. (KRON4 Image) "I’m not an evil murderer. I wasn’t planning on shooting anyone. I was like okay, even if we got caught, 4 years max," the letter continues. "Sh** went really bad. The guy took off running, Nick chased then tackled. I stabbed him. We got him in the car and took off. We got to the spot. The guy was messed up and bleeding out. I told him I was sorry and that none of this was supposed to happen and then I ended it." Camps' alleged letter asks the receiver to destroy it because it could "mess up" his case. Lindsay is claiming that his Fifth and 14th Amendment rights were violated because his jury never saw the letter at his trial. Judge Stephen Siegel presided over all four murder trials. Camps will be sentenced on March 19. ...read more read less