A kidnapped family of four – including an 8-month-old child – was found dead Wednesday in California, authorities say.
The kidnapped family of four – including an 8-month-old child – was found dead Wednesday in California, authorities said. “It’s horribly, horribly senseless,” Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke said. The bodies of the victims were found in the same area, he said. [Original story, published at 4:33 p.m. ET] The search for a family of four kidnapped in California continues Wednesday as relatives appealed for the public’s help.
, when the California Highway Patrol responded to a 2020 Dodge Ram that was on fire and asked the Merced Police Department to help track down the vehicle’s owner. Roughly an hour later, at 12:35 p.m., Merced police officers arrived at the truck owner’s address and met with a family member there. Officers tried to contact the couple and the child’s uncle, but they were not able to reach them. Later Monday, at 1:04 p.m.
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