Pictured: The parents 'killed by their adopted son, 15, after they complained he spent too much time at Occupy Oakland'

Moses Kamin, 15, charged as an adult with two counts of murder today



Colleagues raised the alarm when the couple didn't show up to work

An adopted teenager was charged with two counts of murder today after police found the bodies of his parents stashed under a blanket inside the family car.

Moses Kamin, 15, appeared in court and was charged as an adult over the deaths of his parents , two highly-educated civil servants, last week.



Police went to the house twice on Friday to check on Robert Kamin, 55, and Susan Poff, 50, after their employers reported that they didn't show up for work.



After discovering the couple dead, police questioned their son who later confessed to strangling his parents in Oakland, California.

Highly respected: Susan Poff, left, and her husband Robert Kamin were allegedly murdered by their adopted 15-year-old son Moses at their home in Oakland, California



Police have not revealed why Moses allegedly murdered his parents but there have been suggestions the boy was suffering from depression and having problems at a new school.



Colleagues of the couple also told the San Francisco Chronicle that the couple had been having problems with their son, who they believed was spending too much time in the Occupy Oakland camp.

The San Francisco Chronicle reported he was adopted within the last ten years.

Mr Kamin was a clinical psychologist in the San Francisco County jail system. Mrs Poff worked as a physician assistant at the Housing and Urban Health Clinic for the city's health department. She had mentored hundreds of medical students and nurses.

Crime scene: A family friend stands outside the Oakland, California residence where Robert Kamin, 55, and Susan Poff, 50, lived with their son

Remembered: Friends and relatives at the home in Oakland California, where the family had recently moved

Police said the couple's son killed them on Thursday and then hit their bodies beneath blankets in the family's PT Cruiser outside. The teen allegedly had tried to set the car on fire.

Officers arrived at the house on Friday afternoon when the couple's co-workers reported they hadn't shown up for work.



A police source familiar with the case told the Chronicle a co-worker first called the son, who said his parents were out for a walk.



The newspaper reports that police arrived to the home near Lake Meritt in Oakland on Friday and spoke with the boy, but found nothing suspicious.



Grisly discovery: Police found the bodies of the couple outside the new house they were renovating

When a second call from the co-worker called the house came in, the boy reportedly said he was in the bathroom and could not pass the phone, prompting the co-worker to phone police again.

Authorities returned to the home and noticed charring on the car parked outside, which appeared as if someone had tried to set it alight.

Looking inside, they saw a limb sticking out beneath a blanket. When officer opened the car doors, they discovered Mr Kamin and Mrs Poff dead.



Initially the boy was said to have denied any involvement but later confessed to authorities, according to the Chronicle.

The boy was arrested on suspicion of murder on Saturday. He is being held at the Alameda County Juvenile Justice Center in San Leandro.

Protests: Colleagues of the couple said they had argued with their teenage son about how much time he was spending at the Occupy Oakland camp

Co-workers mourned the well-known couple after news of their murders became public. Mrs Poff's boss called her death 'a terrible loss'.

Joshua Bamberger told the Oakland Tribune: 'I've never met anyone who lived with as little ambivalence about making the world a better place.

'She was one of the most loving, heartfelt, solid and wise persons who ever cared for people living in poverty.'