Tech executive kidnapped and murdered | Forensic Files

the kpix 5 news at 7 begins right now with that tech executive kidnap in the early morning hours of october 1st 2019
tech executive and cannabis entrepreneur tushar atrey was abducted from his home
in santa cruz california his house was in an area known as pleasure point it's a very high-end affluent surfing
community at around 3 a.m one of tushar's employees heard a commotion inside tuchar's house one witness hears three
different voices one of them is two shars and the other two unidentified males he has two sharks screaming at
times the employee heard the intruders command tushar to put his hands behind his back
and demand to know the location and combination of two shares safe which investigators say contained eighty
thousand dollars in cash pleading with them how can we make this right to char knew these guys it seems
like he knew these guys the attackers had driven off with tushar in a white bmw belonging to his girlfriend rachel
emerly rachel was in massachusetts when she says investigators called to talk to her
about the kidnapping they asked me straight away where's the pot farm at around 9 30 a.m about six hours after
tushar was kidnapped police found the bmw on his cannabis farm the bmw had blood stains on the outside and inside
of it about 20 to 30 yards away investigators discovered tushar atrey's bloody body face down and his hands were
handcuffed in the back with flex ties an apparent gunshot wound to the back of the head they've been stabbed multiple
times and nearby they also found five shell casings from .223 rifle that's an assault rifle
in mid-november nearly a month and a half after tushar's kidnapping and murder the santa cruz county sheriff's
office released this eerie footage of three men approaching tushar's home moments before the attack
it was the first time that we ever heard investigators had any sort of evidence from that scene what
kind of criminals walk through a residential neighborhood with an assault rifle in plain sight yeah not real wise
at any moment they could have been spotted there was additional surveillance video investigators didn't
release to the public and it captured what happened on pleasure point drive that night as you'll see here
mr atrey breaks from the driveway and he runs he's pursued by one of the suspects
he tackles him right here and as you can see there's a struggle tushar attempts to escape a second time
but he is captured again [Music] moments later the bmw pulls up and tushar is then pushed inside before it
speeds away this is a very very curious case a lot of it doesn't make a lot of sense if this was a robbery why chase
him tackle him and take him away

The abduction and murder of Tushar Atre, a wealthy California entrepreneur, sends investigators on a monthslong search for clues. Could surveillance footage help them solve the mystery?

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Brief Summary

Tushar Atrey was kidnapped and murdered in 2019, raising questions about the motives behind the attack.

Key points

The Kidnapping of Tushar Atrey. Tushar Atrey, a tech executive, was kidnapped from his home in Santa Cruz.
Eerie Footage Released. Sheriff's office released footage of three men approaching Tushar's home before the attack.

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Episode quotes

How can we make this right?

Tushar pleading with his attackers.

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