According to the Merced County Sherriff’s Office, the brother of the suspect accused of kidnapping and killing a California family of four, has been arrested
In a post shared Friday on Facebook, officials said Alberto Salgado, brother of suspect Jesus Manuel Salgado, was arrested Thursday evening.
“Alberto Salgado is the brother of Jesus Manuel Salgado who is suspected of kidnapping and murdering Aroohi Dheri, Jasleen Kaur, Jasdeep Singh, and Amandeep Singh. Alberto Salgado was arrested for criminal conspiracy, accessory, and destroying evidence,” the post read.
He was booked into the Merced County Jail.
On Tuesday, sheriff’s deputies took suspect Jesus, 48, into custody after he tried to kill himself.
After waiting for doctors to bring him back around into a stable condition to talk, Jesus finally cooperated with police and answered their questions.
Jesus was arrested for four counts of murder and four counts of kidnapping.
Jesus had held a gun to the brothers, who were both zip-tied, as he led them down a back staircase to a pickup truck.
He then led the young mother, holding her baby in her arms, down the steps and to the pickup truck.
“The family was found dead two days after their kidnapping, when a farm worker found the bodies of Jasleen, 27, Jasdeep, 36, their 8-month-old baby, Aroohi, and the baby’s uncle, Amandeep, 39. Their bodies were discovered in an almond orchard in Dos Palos, about 30 miles south of Merced,” Merced County Sheriff Vernon Warnke announced at a press conference Wednesday night. “Our worst fears have been confirmed,” Sheriff Warnke said.
Investigators believe the three adults were killed first and that Jesus allegedly left the baby girl to die in the field of exposure. Investigators are awaiting a more thorough report from the MCSO pathologist showing how the baby died.
“It’s bad enough to do what he did to the adults but what was reported to me with the infant was just unimaginable,” Warnke said.
