The brother of Jesus Salgado, the man suspected of kidnapping and murdering a family in Merced, has also been arrested and is charged with helping to destroy evidence and other crimes, the sheriff’s office said on Friday. social networks. (Video above: Merced family kidnapping timeline) Alberto Salgado was taken to the Merced County Jail on Thursday night, officials said. He is charged with criminal association, complicity and destruction of evidence. The brothers have been arrested in connection with the deaths of four members of a Sikh family: 8-month-old child Aroohi Dheri, his 27-year-old mother Jasleen Kaur, his 36-year-old father Jasdeep Singh and his 39-uncle Amandeep Singh , one year old. | WHAT WE KNOW | Merced kidnapping death: Ex-employee abducted Sikh family, sheriff says. Here’s what else we know The four family members were reported missing Monday and found dead Wednesday night in a remote part of Merced County. Surveillance video released by the sheriff’s office showed Jasdeep Singh and Jesus Salgado, guns drawn, making contact outside the business before the two walked inside. The video then shows Jasdeep and Amandeep with their hands tied behind their backs. The two are placed in a truck which disappears for a short time before returning. Jasleen Kaur and Aroohi are then escorted out of the building and put in the passenger seat of the truck. The sheriff’s office later confirmed that Salgado was a former employee of the family’s trucking company. Officials previously said there were likely other suspects. Jesus Salgado has a criminal background. He had previously served time for theft in 2005. The Fresno KSEE television station spoke to a victim in the case, who said he fired Salgado from his Central Valley trucking company. Salgado then showed up at the man’s home with a ski mask and a gun and threatened his family before robbing them, KSEE reported.
The brother of Jesus Salgado, the man suspected of kidnapping and murdering a family in Merced, has also been arrested and is charged with helping to destroy evidence and other crimes, the sheriff’s office said on Friday. social networks.
(Video above: Timeline of the Merced family kidnapping)
Alberto Salgado was taken to Merced County Jail Thursday night, officials said. He is charged with criminal association, complicity and destruction of evidence.
The brothers have been arrested in connection with the deaths of four members of a Sikh family: 8-month-old child Aroohi Dheri, his 27-year-old mother Jasleen Kaur, his 36-year-old father Jasdeep Singh and his 39-uncle Amandeep Singh , one year old.
| WHAT WE KNOW | Merced kidnapping death: Ex-employee abducted Sikh family, sheriff says. Here’s what else we know
The four family members were reported missing Monday and found dead Wednesday evening in a remote part of Merced County.
Surveillance video released by the sheriff’s office showed Jasdeep Singh and Jesus Salgado, guns drawn, making contact outside the business before the two walked inside. The video then shows Jasdeep and Amandeep with their hands tied behind their backs.
The two are placed in a truck which disappears for a short time before returning. Jasleen Kaur and Aroohi are then escorted out of the building and put in the passenger seat of the truck.
The sheriff’s office later confirmed that Salgado was a former employee of the family’s trucking company.
Officials previously said there were likely other suspects.
Jesus Salgado has a criminal background. He had previously served time for robbery in 2005. Fresno KSEE TV channel spoke to a victim in that case, who said he fired Salgado from his Central Valley trucking company. Salgado then showed up at the man’s home with a ski mask and a gun and threatened his family before robbing them, KSEE reported.