Way back in May 2020, we learned that authorities in Santa Cruz had zeroed in on a quartet of suspects in the kidnapping and murder of Atre, which shocked the typically quiet town of Santa Cruz seven months earlier.
Investigators believe this was a robbery gone wrong, and two of the suspects had previously been employed by Atre’s cannabis manufacturing business.
His girlfriend reportedly witnessed the kidnapping, and her vehicle was then allegedly used by the kidnappers to drive Atre to another property he owned on Soquel San Jose Road in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Detectives have testified that they have cellphone data linking the four men’s movements in the days before and after Atre’s murder.
Kaleb Charters, in the ensuing months, had returned home to St.