MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) — The four bodies of people who were abducted from a Merced County business earlier this week have been found.
Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke said the bodies of Jasdeep Singh, 36, Jasleen Kaur, 27, their eight-month-old child Aroohi Dheri and the baby’s uncle, Amandeep Singh, 39 , were found on Wednesday evening. in an orchard near Indiana Rd. and Hutchinson Road.
On Monday, the family members were abducted from a business located at the intersection of Dickenson Ferry Road and South Highway 59 in Merced County.
Warnke said a farmhand near the orchard found the bodies and immediately contacted authorities.
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All the bodies were found close together.
“There are no words to describe the anger I feel,” Warnke said at a press conference Wednesday night. “There is a special place in hell for this guy.”
Earlier Wednesday, the Merced County Sheriff’s Office released a chilling new video showing the moment the family was kidnapped.
Jasdeep and Amandeep Singh walked out of the business with their hands tied together. Moments later, the video shows the kidnapper driving Jasleen Kaur and her 8-month-old baby, Aroohi Dheri, out of the building in a truck.
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Jesus Manuel Salgado, the person of interest, was taken into custody on Tuesday afternoon and remains in hospital in critical condition after attempting to take his own life.
The sheriff’s office said his own family contacted authorities to report that Salgado had admitted to them that he was involved in the family’s kidnapping.
Warnke said that although no evidence points to it, he believes another suspect may be linked.
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