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Santa Cruz Tech CEO Found Dead After Being Kidnapped From Oceanfront Home

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office released this photo of Tushar Atre on Oct. 1, 2019.

Hours after authorities began searching for a 50-year-old man police said was kidnapped from his oceanfront home, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office reported finding a BMW stolen from his house and a body near the vehicle.

Tushar Atre was taken from his home in the 3000 block of Pleasure Point Drive “during a crime” about 3 a.m. Tuesday and was last seen getting into a white BMW, according to a Facebook post by sheriff’s officials.

Hours later, officials updated the post, saying: “We have some unfortunate news. We have found the car associated with this case along with a deceased person.”

On Tuesday, officials again updated the post to say the body had been identified as Atre.

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