'Our worst fears': Kidnapped baby, parents, uncle found dead

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and STEFANIE DAZIO

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A baby girl, her parents and uncle were found dead in a central California orchard two days after they were kidnapped at gunpoint from their business, police said.

“Our worst fears have been confirmed,” Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke said at a Wednesday night news conference.

Warnke did not release any information about how and when police believe they were killed. He said the victims were close to each other when found by a farm worker in a remote area.

The grim announcement came after authorities earlier Wednesday released surveillance video of a man kidnapping 8-month-old Aroohi Dheri; her mother Jasleen Kaur, 27; father Jasdeep Singh, 36; and uncle Amandeep Singh, 39, on Monday.



Images are displayed of 8-month-old Aroohi Dheri, left, with her mother Jasleen Kaur, her father Jasdeep Singh, and her uncle Amandeep Singh, at a news conference in Merced, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. Sheriff Vern Warnke, of Merced County, announced Wednesday that the family members, who were kidnapped at gunpoint from their trucking business in central California, have been found dead. (Andrew Kuhn/The Merced Sun-Star via AP)


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[mahina]

1. Well that is five kinds of heartbreak

Whoever did that, hell readies a room

Poor family 💔

[Skittles]

2. the baby's eyes

[yonder]

8. Me too. The whole awfulness is bad enough but her eyes seal the tragedy.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. What Jesus did. . . . . nt

[BeyondGeography]

4. Words utterly fail

[JI7]

5. The suspect had done something similar before but did not kill the victims. He was in prison

but should never have been released .

[Farmer-Rick]

6. Wiped out an entire family

How horrible.

[dalton99a]

7. Jesus Manuel Salgado needs to be dead.

[JohnSJ]

10. and I have no problem with Capital Punishment be applied to that POS

[manicdem]

9. many kidnappings result in death

If you're about to be kidnapped, you have to fight for your life even if the attacker has a gun. Cause no one will find you alive if you wait.

[IcyPeas]

11. just reported: the suspect is a former employee who used to drive for the victims trucking company

A family spokesperson tells Action News the primary suspect in the kidnapping and murder, Jesus Manuel Salgado, is a former employee who used to drive for the victims' trucking company.

They had a disagreement and parted ways.

The spokesperson also revealed the baby Aroohi Dheri was left for dead and died from exposure.

[liberalla]

12. OMG. The baby was alive initially... dying from exposure.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

13. Suspect arrested for murder, kidnapping of California family

(Reuters) - A suspect has been arrested on murder and kidnapping charges after four members of a California family, including an 8-month-old girl, were found dead in a rural area two days after their abduction, authorities said.

The Merced County Sheriff's Office said on Facebook on Thursday night that it had booked Jesus Manuel Salgado, 48, into jail on four counts of murder and kidnapping. The office said it will continue to follow up on any leads of additional people who may have been involved in the "horrific incident."

Salgado is accused of kidnapping Jasleen Kaur, 27, her baby girl Aroohi Dheri, the baby's father Jasdeep Singh, 36, and the baby's uncle, Amandeep Singh, 39. Police say the four were abducted at gunpoint on Monday morning from the family's trucking company in Merced, about 150 miles (240 km) east of San Jose.

Police were alerted to the crime after finding Amandeep Singh's black 2020 Dodge Ram pickup truck burning on the side of a county road. While investigating, sheriff's deputies were unable to reach the family and determined they had been abducted, leading them to the trucking business.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/suspect-arrested-for-murder-kidnapping-of-california-family/ar-AA12HHQF