
He didn't immediately supply other details. Investigators, including crime lab technicians from the California Department of Justice, would be processing the crime scene through the night, Warnke said.

(Merced County Sheriff's Office via AP) Show More Show Less Deputies are searching Merced and surrounding areas for the baby, Aroohi Dheri the child’s mother, Jasleen Kaur, father Jasdeep Singh, and uncle Amandeep Singh, who were taken against their will at gunpoint from a business in the city of Merced, Calif. (Andrew Kuhn/The Merced Sun-Star via AP) Andrew Kuhn/AP Show More Show Less 17 of18 This surveillance image provided by Merced County Sheriff's Office shows a possible suspect sought by authorities in the kidnapping of four members of a family, including an 8-month-old child. Relatives of a family kidnapped at gunpoint from their trucking business in central California pleaded for help Wednesday in the search for an 8-month-old girl, her mother, father and uncle, who authorities say were taken by a convicted robber who tried to kill himself a day after the kidnappings. (Andrew Kuhn/The Merced Sun-Star via AP) Andrew Kuhn/AP Show More Show Lessġ5 of18 16 of18 Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke, foreground, speaks at a news conference about the kidnapping of 8-month-old Aroohi Dheri, her mother Jasleen Kaur, her father Jasdeep Singh, and her uncle Amandeep Singh, in Merced, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. Authorities say the family members were taken by a convicted robber who tried to kill himself a day after the kidnappings. Relatives of the family kidnapped at gunpoint from their trucking business in central California pleaded for help Wednesday in the search for them. (Merced County Sheriff's Office via AP) AP Show More Show Less 14 of18 Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke, middle left, speaks at a news conference about the kidnapping of 8-month-old Aroohi Dheri, her mother Jasleen Kaur, her father Jasdeep Singh, and her uncle Amandeep Singh, in Merced, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP) Show More Show Lessġ2 of18 13 of18 This undated image released by Merced County Sheriff's Office shows a person of interest, where the person is similar in appearance to the surveillance photo from the original kidnapping scene where four members of a family, including an 8-month-old child, were taken against their will at gunpoint from a business in the city of Merced, Calif., on Monday, Oct. Salgado is the suspect in a central California case where he allegedly kidnapped an 8-month-old girl, her mother, father and uncle from their business on Monday, Oct. (Andrew Kuhn/The Merced Sun-Star via AP) Andrew Kuhn/AP Show More Show Less 8 of18 This undated image released by California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows Jesus Salgado.


(Andrew Kuhn/The Merced Sun-Star via AP) Andrew Kuhn/AP Show More Show LessĦ of18 7 of18 Merced County Undersheriff Corey Gibson speaks at a news conference about the kidnapping of 8-month-old Aroohi Dheri, her mother Jasleen Kaur, her father Jasdeep Singh, and her uncle Amandeep Singh, in Merced, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. Relatives of the family kidnapped at gunpoint from their trucking business in central California pleaded for help Wednesday in the search for an 8-month-old girl, her mother, father and uncle, who authorities say were taken by a convicted robber who tried to kill himself a day after the kidnappings. (Andrew Kuhn/The Merced Sun-Star via AP) Andrew Kuhn/AP Show More Show Less 5 of18 Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke speaks at a news conference about the kidnapping of 8-month-old Aroohi Dheri, her mother Jasleen Kaur, her father Jasdeep Singh, and her uncle Amandeep Singh, in Merced, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. Authorities say were taken by a convicted robber who tried to kill himself a day after the kidnappings.

3 of18 4 of18 Sukhdeep Singh, right, and Balwinder Saini, middle, speak about the kidnapping of their family members, 8-month-old Aroohi Dheri, her mother Jasleen Kaur, her father Jasdeep Singh, and her uncle Amandeep Singh at a news conference in Merced, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct.
