A person of interest in the incident was in custody but the family remained missing Wednesday after authorities said they were 'taken against their will' Monday from a business in California's Central Valley, the Merced County Sheriff's Office announced.
. The incident launched a massive search and pleas to the public for help.
Charges against Salgado have not been announced. He is currently in the hospital in critical condition after authorities say he attempted to take his own life. The footage released by authorities shows Jasdeep Singh arriving at a business in a brown minivan, followed by Amandeep Singh, who arrived in a black pickup truck. Authorities narrated the surveillance footage during a Wednesday news conference.
The footage then shows the suspect pulling out a gun as he entered the building. There were no cameras inside the business. Officials are still searching for a motive in the kidnapping, Sheriff Vern Warnke said Wednesday. But Warnke said he believes the motive may have been financial, adding there is no evidence to suggest the incident may have been a hate crime."I fully believe there was at least one other person involved but we don't have any evidence to support that, just the circumstances surrounding this," Warnke said.
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