The case of the four family members who were kidnapped and killed finally has the two suspects under arrest. The suspects are two brothers— one of them is suspected of murder, while the other is suspected of being an accessory. 

According to the Merced police, the family was found dead in a rural almond Orchard in Northern California and was discovered by a local farmer, who alerted police. 

According to the Merced County Sheriff, Vern Warnke, eight-month-old Aroohi Dheri, her two parents, and uncle—27-year-old Jasleen Kaur, 36-year-old Jasedeep Singh, and 39-year-old Amadeep Singh– were taken from their workplace in Merced. 

According to the surveillance footage that was released by authorities, on Monday, 3rd of October, 2022, the video that around 8:30 am both Jasdeep Singh and Amandeep Singh arrived at the business’ parking lot. 

Around 9 a.m, Jasdeep was met with an individual that was carrying a white trash bag and the man takes out a firearm. 

At 9:11 a.m., both Jasdeep and Amandeep have their hands tied up and later are put into a truck, which fled the scene. 

The truck later returns and the individual enters the business. The man exists the business with a firearm in his hand, with Jasleen Kaur, who is carrying her daughter. 

“The circumstances around this, when we can release everything, should anger the hell out of you,” stated Warnke.

Investigators learned that the family had been missing after the family’s vehicle was found abandoned and on fire on Monday, 3rd of October, 2022. 

A farmer also found the cell phones of two of the victims and contacted their family members. 

Jesus Salgado and his brother, Alberto Salgado, were accused of murdering and kidnapping the family members. Jesus Manuel Salgado was accused of four counts of murder and four counts of kidnapping. While, Alberto Salgado was arrested on preliminary charges: criminal conspiracy, accessory, and destroying evidence. 

Jesus Salgado was a former employee of the victims’ family business. Jesus Salgado was arrested after he admitted to his family that he was involved in the case, stated authorities. However, before the police took Jesus, he attempted to kill himself and received medical treatment to make him calmer since he was acting violently.

Jesus was already behind bars, in 2007 he was arrested and sentenced to 11 years. According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Jesus was charged with the use of a firearm with first-degree robbery and attempted false imprisonment. 3

According to the California department, he was also sentenced that same year for possession of a controlled substance. In 2015, Jesus was released on parole and completed it in 2018. 

The Merced Police hasn’t disclosed how the family died but did note that the family had been killed on the spot and were dead before the Police were alerted that they were missing. 

“We got information from the suspect, we are going to keep that close to our chest at this point,” said Warnke. 

On Tuesday, the 4th of October, it was reported that someone used one of the victims’ credit card in Atwater, California, which is 9 miles away from Merced. It is still unknown who used the credit card.

“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,” stated the sheriff’s office. 

Both of the Salgado brothers are currently going to be at the Merced County Jail.