Former Mormon missionary ‘murdered his multi-millionaire wealthy parents and their house cleaner at their gated $3.4m Newport Beach, Calif. home’ on Wednesday

Camden Nicholson, 27, was taken into custody on Wednesday night at a hospital Emergency Room miles away, after police bumped into him

The three bodies were found in the upscale gated community of Bonita Canyon

Irvine cops came into contact with suspect in the emergency room of the Irvine Medical Center, then alerted Newport Beach police to execute a welfare check on the home

Cops found entrepreneur Richard Nicholson, 64, a clinical lab scientist who ran a chain of laboratories in Southern California, and wife Kim, 61, dead in their multi-millon dollar mansion

The third victim was an unnamed female cleaner at the house

Businessman Richard Nicholson had failed to turn up to a meeting Wednesday morning 

Camden Nicholson, [photo], was taken into custody on Wednesday night on the suspicion of murdering both his parents and a female domestic staffer at the home in a triple homicide in Newport Beach

Police have arrested a 27-year-old man who is suspected of murdering both his parents and another woman in a triple homicide in Newport Beach, California.

Camden Nicholson was taken into custody on Wednesday night after officers from the Irvine Police Department came into contact with him in the emergency room of the Irvine Medical Center.
Irvine police then contacted officers in Newport Beach to request a welfare check at the Nicholson family home where the three bodies were found in the upscale gated community of Bonita Canyon.
Two of the victims were identified as homeowners Richard Nicholson, 64,  and his wife Kim, 61. Entrepreneur Richard a clinical lab scientist who ran a chain of laboratories in Southern California had failed to turn for a meeting on Wednesday.
According to local news reports the third victim was a female cleaner at the house and it’s not known how the three were killed.

Murder suspect Camden Nicholson, [right] pictured at Disneyland in 2014, graduated from the University of Utah in 2013

Camden Nicholson was taken into custody on Wednesday night after officers came into contact with him in the emergency room of the Irvine Medical Center.
Irvine police then contacted officers in Newport Beach to request a welfare check at the Nicholson family home in the upscale gated community of Bonita Canyon.

A friend of Richard Nicholson revealed that the businessman was due at a board of directors meeting Wednesday morning but failed to turn up.
Richard was on the Board of Directors of the Orange County Coastkeeper, a non-profit clean water organization.

Three people were found dead inside a home in a gated community of Bonita Canyon in California’s Newport Beach, later identified as the suspected killer’s Camden Nicholson’s parents and their cleaner. Security at the home said a police cordon remained around the house into Thursday afternoon

Describing Richard as a ‘family man’ Garry Brown, Executive Director and CEO of the OCG, said: ‘We had a meeting yesterday (Wed) from 10.30 to 2 where Rick had confirmed he would show up and he didn’t and we didn’t hear from him.
‘We’re going through a strategic planning process for our organization and yesterday it was with the board of directors and tomorrow (Fri) it’s with the staff. It was unlike him not to show.
‘Rick has been on our board of directors for a number of years. He’s a very community orientated, successful businessman, very personable, athletic and a family man.’

Described by friends as a ‘really nice family’, the couple had an older son, Cavin, 33, as well as the suspected killer, Camden, 27. Brown said Richard was married and had two sons, Cavin and Camden and said they were .
Kim Nicholson, also an entrepreneur, ran a clothing company called Panache by Kim Nicholson.

The Nicholson family home, a five-bed house worth an estimated $3.4m, sits in a posh gated Bonita Canyon community on Newport Beach, Cal

Their older son Cavin is CEO of lifestyle gear and apparel company Boundary, based out of Salt Lake City, Utah.
The family lived in Colorado before moving to southern California.
Richard ran West Pacific Medical Laboratory in Santa Fe Springs, California, until the business shut down in November last year, according to the state’s corporation records.

In 2001 Richard was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the Health Sciences category.
Second son Camden, 27, who lives in Costa Mesa, California, graduated from the University of Utah in 2013. He was taken into custody on Wednesday night on suspicion of murdering his parents after officers came into contact with him in the emergency room of the Irvine Medical Center

The Nicholson’s family home, a five-bed house worth an estimated $3.4m, sits in a posh gated community in Newport Beach. The family is understood to have been members of the Church of Mormon.
In 2006, on his 21st birthday, alleged triple murderer Camden posted a picture on a friend’s blog, dressed in a suit on a Mormon mission in Romania.

Camden Nicholson [L-R], played golf for the University of Utah, before being called to serve a full-time mission. Nicholson was taken into custody on Wednesday night after officers came into contact with him in the emergency room of the Irvine Medical Center

According to a profile on mormon.org he says ‘I eat breath and sleep Golf’, adding that he enjoys lifting weights and studying about nutrition.
‘I am fascinated with the Human Body and its abilities. I know life is a gift and everything about it amazes me,’ he said.
He said he played golf for the University of Utah, before being called to serve a full-time mission.
He said of his faith: ‘I am a member of Jesus Christ’s Church because I know the most important thing in life is doing God’s will.’
Security at the Bonita Canyon Drive gated community said a police cordon remained around the house into Thursday afternoon.