Amid the ongoing investigation, California sheriff on Thursday said that the kidnapped Sikh family, including the baby, her parents and uncle, were found dead in orchard, according to media reports.
The family was identified as 8-month-old Aroohi Dheri, her 27-year-old mother Jasleen Kaur, her 36-year-old father Jasdeep Singh, and her 39-year-old uncle Amandeep Singh.
A 48-year-old man considered a “person of interest” in the kidnapping of a four-member Sikh family, including an 8-month-old child, in the US state of California has been taken into custody and is in critical condition after he tried to kill himself, authorities said, even as the victims are still missing
The family, originally from Harsi Pind in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, was kidnapped at a business in Merced County, California, on Monday.A vehicle owned by one of the family members was found on fire late Monday, which led law enforcement to determine that the four had been kidnapped.
According to a news release, detectives received information on Tuesday morning that one of the victim’s bank cards was used at an ATM in Atwater in Merced County.
“Investigators obtained the surveillance photo of a subject making a bank transaction where the person is similar in appearance to the surveillance photo from the original kidnapping scene,” the Merced County Sheriff’s Office statement says.
Before law enforcement involvement, the suspect identified as Jesus Manuel Salgado…
