Missionary Son Slaughters Mom, Dad & Maid, Then Shops for Sex Toys & Ribs| Crime Alert 7PM 10.08.2025

A son -is on trial for killing his parents & the maid in their $6-Million mansion; he then goes on a grotesque shopping spree for sex, drugs & ribs. 

A monster snatches a sleeping tot from his crib & butchers him in cold blood. Now, he will be locked up for life after accepting a plea deal. Plus, a story with a tragic & unhap-PEE ending! Jennifer Gould reports. 

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Episode Transcript

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Crime al Art hourly update, Breaking crime news Now. I'm
Jennifer Gould. The bloodbath inside a six million dollar Newport
Beach mansion was horrific enough, but what the alleged killer
did afterwards is truly depraved. A former Mormon missionary brutally
slaughtered his wealthy parents and their longtime housekeeper, then casually

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drove their cars across town on a shopping spree for
sex toys, lubricant, and barbecue ribs. Michael Yusef, a private investigator,
knew the family well. He says the sun started acting
erratically shortly before the triple homicide. He spoke to KTLA
five news taking weed. He was definitely on lots of steroids,

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watching lots of porn in the passing myth contacts with
some escort services. The sickening timeline was laid bare as
the murdered trial for Camden Nicholson, thirty four, kicked off
in Orange County Superior Court. Nicholson has pleaded not guilty
by reason of insanity to three counts of special circumstances

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murder for the February twenty nineteen slayings of his mom,
Kim Nicholson, sixty one, father Richard Nicholson sixty four, and
housekeeper Maria Morse fifty seven. The victims were discovered inside
the family's opulent, gated Bonita Canyon estate. Prosecutors detailed a
gruesome scene. Morse was beaten and stabbed in the kitchen,

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her body found near a blood smeared barbecue fork. Kim
Nicholson was bludgeoned in the garage, while Richard Nicholson was beaten, stabbed,
and deliberately hidden inside a bedroom closet. Blood smears and
handprints suggested a frenzied assault, with the victims likely dead

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for hours before police arrived. Defense attorney jessica An Watts
argued that Nicholson, who served a mission for the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints in Florida in
twenty ten, has battled severe psychosis, depression, and paranoia ever since.
Watts claims his mental health had deteriorated so badly that

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he was admitted to a Kaiser permanente facility for suicidal
thoughts just days before the killings, only to be released
early against medical advice. Authorities alleged the carnage began just
hours later. In the aftermath v then twenty eight year old,
commandeered the victim's vehicles for his bizarre errands. Surveillance footage

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and receipts presented to the jury show him purchasing marijuana
at a local dispensary, followed by a stop at an
adult novelty store for sexual supplies. He finished the grotesque
at a Gelson's supermarket, where he bought ribs and even
sampled food items. Back at the mansion, half eaten ribs

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and cookies were found scattered amongst the carnage. Nicholson's calculated
post murders free ended when he drove to the same
Kaiser Permanente facility and calmly confessed to an Irvine police officer, stating, quote,
I killed my parents and the housekeeper end quote. He
told detectives he acted out of profound paranoia, believing his

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family intended to involuntarily commit him. The defense insists he
was legally insane, while prosecutors argue his methodical behavior proves
the triple homicide was deliberate. If convicted, Nicholson faces a
mandatory sentence of life without parole. More Crime and Justice

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news after this. The surveillance footage is a Texas families
enduring horror a masked predator creeping into a bedroom at
five am, hovering over a crib, and quietly snatching a
sleeping four year old boy. Relative Cameron Morey spoke to

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w FAA ABC eight News, Honestly, I'm confused, bro, Like
why he was four? You know, Like, who does this
to four year old keys? You know what I'm saying.
That predator Darren Brown, twenty two, will now spend the
rest of his life in prison for the savage twenty
twenty one murder of Cash Gernon. Brown pleaded guilty to

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first degree murder just before jury's selection was set to begin,
finally bringing a measure of closure to a city rocked
by the child's abduction. Cash Gurnon and his twin brother
were staying at a friend's home in southwest Dallas when
the then eighteen year old Brown slipped into the house.

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The baby camera captured the terrifying moment the boy, still
in his diaper, was lifted from his bed and carried out.
The alarm was raised hours later when a passerby found
the child's tiny body nearly a half mile away, lying
in the middle of a street in a pool of blood.

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Cash had been stabbed multiple times with an edged weapon
and was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators quickly zeroed
in on Brown using the chilling video evidence. When police
searched his nearby room, they found a hoodie, shoes, and
glasses all stained with the victim's blood. Brown, who had
a history of schizophrenia and erratic behavior, initially planned an

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insanity defense. Is Attorney Heath Harris later revealed the deeply
twisted and disturbing motive. That's what the voices told him
to do. The voices told him the cast was special
and that if he killed Cash he would get superhuman powers.
Evidence that Brown took a roundabout route to avoid cameras
and hid the knife upon returning home undercut the insanity claim.

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Facing a capital murder charge that could have resulted in
the death penalty, Brown accepted a plea deal, pleading guilty
to first degree murder. This secured a life sentence with
the possibility of parole after thirty years, a concession that
infuriated the victim's family, and finally a story with a

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very unhappy ending. Ashley Jasmine marmalayj twenty just got hit
with twenty five years behind bars after a sonic drive
in parking lot became a bloody crime scene over a
very public urination of all things, Her brother, Angel Gomez,
was allegedly watering the pavement if you will, when employee

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Matthew Davis, thirty two, dared to confront him. Big mistake.
Witnesses say the argument went from heated to homicide in seconds. Marmalayjo,
instead of cooling things down, allegedly handed her twelve year
old nephew an a R style rifle and told him
to quote, go shoot Davis end quote the kid not
getting the memo about de escalation, open fire killing Davis.

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A father of one, Marmallejo is now officially off the
menu for the next quarter century, all because she could
not let a bathroom break go and a forefather of
one is gone and no word what's going to happen
to the twelve year old kid. For the latest crime
and justice news, follow the Crime Alert hourly update on
your favorite podcast app with this crime Alert. I'm Jennifer Gould.