Four members of US family found dead two days after abduction
The Straits Times|October 07, 2022
Four members of a family, including a baby, were found dead on Oct 5, two days after they were kidnapped in the Central Valley of California, the authorities said.
Four members of US family found dead two days after abduction

"Our worst fears have been confirmed," Merced County sheriff Vernon Warnke told reporters on Wednesday night. The discovery of the bodies came after the baby, her parents, and her uncle were kidnapped on Oct 3 from the family's trucking business in Merced, California, about 185km south-east of Sacramento, according to the sheriff's office.

The sheriff's office said surveillance footage outside the business showed an armed man forcing the family members into a truck, two of them with their hands apparently zip-tied behind their backs.

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