Thursday 6 October 2022 03:55 AM Cops release shocking surveillance footage of man, 48, kidnapping Sikh family ... trends now
Investigators have released shocking surveillance video footage that shows the moment a family of four, including an 8-month-old girl, was kidnapped at gunpoint from their trucking business in central California.
The California Sikh family disappeared on Monday and remains missing, despite police taking a suspect into custody.
Jesus Salgado, 48, was arrested on Tuesday in Merced, California, after he used one of the victim's ATM cards.
Police have not yet revealed a motive for the kidnapping, and they do not yet know where the family is.
Jasleen Kaur, 27, was kidnapped along with her husband Jasdeep Singh, 36, their eight-month-old daughter Aroohi Dheri and her 39-year-old brother-in-law Amandeep Singh from their newly-opened trucking business on Monday morning.
Newly released surveillance footage shows the suspect walking by and then the moment a family of four was kidnapped at gunpoint from their trucking business in central California
Jesus Salgado, 48, was arrested Tuesday in Merced, California, after he used one of the victim's ATM cards.
The video released on Wednesday shows the suspect first walking by the property before talking to one of the men.
Later, it shows him leading the men, who had their hands zip-tied behind their backs, into the back seat of Amandeep Singh's pickup truck.
The suspect then went back to the trailer that served as the business office and led Jasdeep Singh, who was carrying her baby in her arms, out and into the truck before the suspect then drove away.
Family members said nothing was stolen from the trucking company but that their relatives were all wearing jewelry.
Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke said that after the kidnappings, an ATM card belonging to one of the victims was used in Atwater, a city about 9 miles north of Merced.
Warnke said the kidnapper made no ransom demands in what he believes was a financially motivated crime.
Relatives of the victims asked anyone who owns a convenience store or gas station in the area to check their surveillance cameras for images of the suspect or the family.
'Please help us out, come forward, so my family comes home safe,' Sukhdeep Singh, a brother of the victims, said, his voice breaking.
They said they were worried the baby wasn't being fed because the family didn't have any baby food with them at the time of the kidnapping.
Jasleen Kaur (pictured left), 27, her husband Jasdeep Singh (pictured center) and their eight-month-old daughter Aroohi Dheri (pictured right) are all still missing
Video footage shows the suspect leading the men, who had their hands zip-tied behind their backs, into the back seat of Amandeep Singh's pickup truck
