The search for a family in California, US, ended on Wednesday, when a farm worker discovered four bodies in a remote area.
Tonight our worst fears were confirmed. Police Chief Fern Warnick, at a press conference on the same day, stated that it was horrible and terribly useless.
Warnke does not say how or when the police believe the family was killed.
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The body of eight-month-old Arohi Deere was found in the same area along with her parents Jaslin Kaur and Jasdeep Singh, and her uncle Amandeep Singh, According to CNN.
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The family was reported missing on Monday and California authorities later said the four men had been kidnapped by an armed man and forced into a truck.
As of now, the police have arrested a man they consider to be a ‘Person of Interest’.
The person in question was convicted in 2005 of armed robbery and deprivation of liberty. The man was released on probation in 2015. At the time, the man must have acted alone.
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The police theory is now based on the involvement of several people in the kidnapping, but they do not currently have any evidence to support it.
Earlier Wednesday, police released surveillance video showing Jasdeep and Amandeep Singh arriving at the family’s trucking company in Merced, California, nine minutes away. Just before 9 a.m. on Monday, the former meets a man outside the company, who is carrying a garbage bag and what looks like a firearm.
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In the same video, the two brothers are seen escorting the same man to the back of a truck, their hands tied behind their backs.
According to a police statement, a bank card of one of the victims was used at an ATM in Atwater, California, on Tuesday. Who used the card is still unknown.
According to CNN, no charges have been brought against the detained man.
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