Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke says investigators are still working to determine exactly what happened after a gunman kidnapped four family members.
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so sad
Really like this guy. Hes unlike PC weirdos in the Bay Area.
What are you talking about ?
Yeah he seems like an awesome sheriff
@David Maez He is talking about the woke neoleftist prosecutors and officials who pander to criminals and prioritize criminals over their victims. Like the ones who passed that Purge Law in Illinois to be implemented in 2023.
odd observation to make considering the situation at hand
Ok I was confused
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I wish more law abiding citizens were armed
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Yeah we would have a lot less of these violent incidents.
why thoe?
maybe they deserved it?
that family just opened that trucking company
there are some questions for sure
I’d assume they said no to a j9b for the wrong people
🚗 tel
So, you’re saying that an 8 month old baby deserved it? The killer spent 8 years in prison for a home invasion robbery of another family that he duct taped and marched them into their pool! Why? Because he was robbing them as well! If you’re not familiar with this story, why comment at all? “maybe they deserved it?” What a stupid thing to say!
@Terry Wade I agree with you completely.
Maybe they wouldn’t corporate with cartels to do drop offs.
would be interesting to know why the guy kidnapped and killed this family.
@felisa sepulveda Yes… they are Indian
@felisa sepulveda yes they are Asian, Indian from Punjabi Sikh community.
@Anita Kristensen the killer wasnt a truck driver. Maybe just hired for cleaning around the property.
@felisa sepulveda Punjabi, Indian
@F Singh as I stated , over pay. Trucking companies are good at that. No matter what job it is.
🚗 Tel
If only it were illegal to abduct people and murder them, I mean maybe they should try that? It’s worked for guns.
Wait he used a what?!? Does he know that was illegal?!?!
This Sheriff gives a through interview.
hopefully that “suspect” is suffering
He’s a great sheriff really doing a great job!!
Sheriff will have that lunatic in jail but why was that gutless soul released in the first place? His family knew he was a sicko and they turned in the evil creature only after murdering 4 innocent lives?
Big fail vern
There’s got to be a second person. He took Jasdeep and Amandeep somewhere within 6 minutes, handed them off I guess to be held, while he went back for the wife and baby. Why, I dunno…but where did the first two go when he went back for the other two, all within 6 minutes?
He put them in the truck.
@Zari Ballard He drove off though
What I was thinking as well
And was 3 adults against one.
His brother also was caught so 2 of them killed them
Y’all know hes going to a sny also known as a pc yard, cuz if he tries going to general population he’s gonna get his for committing a crime against a child. I really hope he goes to gp so he gets his. My condolences to the families.
Did she really ask if the cooperating family he was referring to was the victims or suspects?? I mean really reporter. Rest In Peace to the family
I think because the victims family were obviously cooperating but the suspects family were too by giving him up and information on him.
Suspects family are the ones who reported him to police.
Both families cooperated. The suspect’s family also helped police. It was a valid question.
Trucking industry is dumping ground for California paroles. Their Driving Record is allowed to stay clear while they are in prison. They then become attractive driving candidates when released. They, however quickly accrue violations due to irresponsible driving habits and lose their jobs. This scam by DMV and DOC puts dangerous paroles in big rigs and other driving professions and danger to our highways. And an increase in road rage and violence. This killer should have never been let our much less giving a truck driving job.
The most common crime that can earn the death penalty in California is a particular variant of California murder law (Penal Code 187) known in California law as “special circumstances murder.” Death penalty please…
Deserving of a death sentence.
Sheriff: Family started gathering at the business.
Reporter: When you say family, do you mean, the victims or the suspect?
Sheriff: 🤦🏻♂️
I bet the kidnapper was black
I fully expect him to be in my jail soon-Wonderful Sheriff!
One of the best Sheriff’s in California.
Why didn’t they put up any kind of a fight? Why didn’t the woman run within those 6 minutes to get help? Two men against one & they just allowed this man to take full control. At one point one of the victims was even using his phone…he could have quickly texted someone to call 911…not victim blaming but they could have fought vs just allowing this to occur without trying to escape or get help. There was a highway right there…just flag someone down
Hindsight: hide the baby, release the dog, then hide in the yard.
Also, whose god watched that baby die of exposure? The one who’s going to help the sheriff find the second criminal? Maybe god was in Thailand with those other poor kids. If the sheriff is as mad as he says, I hope he’s not praying for anything. Taxpayers need him to think straight while on duty which does not include clinging to superstition.
I have a hunch the second suspect someone would be close to this family. Let’s see where this investigation will lead to.
Hindsight is easy when you are not being held at gunpoint.
@Hardeep Singh that will terrible and unforgivable.
@Patricia Crabtree this is the way.
Life in Joe Biden’s America.🤦♂
He should have never been released back In 2005, great job liberals of California. Pay attention to who you vote into office !!
Well..if you giving a warning of what’s to come…..finish it
A lot of Californians have moved to Texas and apparently a lot of Texans wound up in California.
Congrats to this sheriff , he’s thorough and to the point . I get no doubts to what he says is true
No. Merced is just a farming town
we are all human. Americans bleed the same color
Who is from Texas? Wearing a hat doesn’t make you from a particular state, you know.
You don’t know much about far northern California do you? Pretty much everybody is like this guy up there. California is huge. It’s literally like 5 or 6 different States all-in-one. It’s nothing wrong with any of them. It’s what makes it great.
@Heron Page it’s funny how people don’t understand how big Ca is. Drive through that state and check it out. It’s a lot cooler then just the few city’s
Old sheriff like this probably catch your azz, he has been around.
Lol you’re funny
This breaks my heart 😢
Is this the Stockton serial killer ? The person’s of interest are not the same person ?
This happened in Merced, CA
I prefer when perps like this _don’t_ survive. Here we go again. Forced to see his face for years, wasting untold resources and expense going through the legal process. 👎
My condolences to the family 🙏🕯️🕊️ God bless the sheriff 🙏
Hopefully a new DA will pick it up. The corruption in Merced County has been bad.
I get the feeling it’s a paid hit. I’m sure this is an avenue they are looking into.
You are a good man, sheriff! God bless you!
Is she listening, why would the suspect family come if he’s speaking to the victim’s family.
This man is a good Sheriff who really did his job. This is so heartbreaking! The suspect (s) deserves the death penalty. What an evil monster(s) who killed innocent people, including a little baby.
No, he will be released for his next victims.. that’s what happened in past, and will happen again. Take care of yourself and your family.
How can you say that he deserves death h while referring to him as a suspect?
2nd time, jail did zero
Why they no pay the money?
Sad loss of a beautiful family..
My condolences to the family. This story break my heart. I pray the Sheriff and his department research last names and do a through research… God Bless the Sheriff
RIP 🙏 🕊 to the family lost, my heart crys out.
Beginning to happen to liberals all over this country.
Excellent and compassionate sheriff . Prayers to the family 💔🙏🏻
I’m so thankful this sheriff and his team listened to the victim’s family when they said something was wrong and got working on the case immediately. Time is always of the essence in cases like this. It’s gut wrenching that things didn’t have a positive outcome. My sincerest condolences to the family. 🙏
I must admit I am curious as to what happened. It certainly seems like it was personal since the victims’ family knew the suspect. I just hope they catch everyone involved.
I would like to know the motive of this horrendous crime
As much as we’d all like to see that…
Ain’t nobody gonna cheat the hangman in my town.
I pray this Sheriff has the hand of G-d on him and his team to deal with these evil individuals heartbreaking they worked for the family and then killed them including a little 8 month old child what’s wrong with him???
Could have just demanded money instead kills 3 generations unbelievable.
What was the motive for this horrendous crime?
Love Pink.. make her giggle as she wiggles
Good luck relying on cowboy cops to do proper detective work
That sounds like an irrational assumption. Explain your bias.
McMountain
I am so, so sorry to the family members who lost their loved ones…this is so tragic. I am praying for you all. Listening to this Sheriff speak I was so impressed with his compassion & humanity…he personalized the case when he mentioned we need to first & foremost bring our loved ones home…. unfortunately that was not to be the case but he showed great empathy towards this family when speaking.
This is soooo sad! Beautiful family!! 😢
Chick was kinda hot, I bet he tore that up
They do nothing to the criminals they let them go and they do it again we need real leaders not crooks
Poor baby was left alone next to her dead family and died from exposure! So sad. People who released this Murderer from Prison should be held responsible!
Exposure to what?
Death penalty
The court system failed to keep this monster in prison the first time. I have respect for these law enforcers who do their jobs to catch them.
Catch them or shoot them? Just asking…
This case is scary, someone kidnapped a family and killed a baby. I initially wondered why the family did not fight, but looks like the victims knew the killer. Unfortunately, their hope for the killers’ mercy was broken and these two murderers lacked the last little bit of humanity in them. They are pure animals.
Best Sheriff I’ve Witnessed in a really long time
Watch Grady Judd from Polk country FL he is amazing
Not sending their best
diversity not a strength
build a wall
Your misguided belief we are all equal in mentality and morality got us here
Ironic that in January of this year the FBI said the greatest threat to America was white supremacy
Last month Biden went on TV and said Republicans are the greatest threat to America
Can you honestly look at who is committing the crime and still take Biden and the FBI seriously?
I don’t think we care 😂😂😂
Thanks to Kamala and Newsome this repeat offender was free.
Now we need to catch the nearby #StocktonSerialKiller !!
The Sheriff did a great job searching and giving us the news and timeline, thank you, sir! Thank you for your team as well who worked hard to find this family and arrest the criminal.
My deepest condolences to the family and to the Sikh community in Merced. We are also grieving with you. What a senseless tragedy. We are with you and I send you my support and sympathies. This should never have happened.
*I’m loving all these killings n Insanity. life is getting so exiting for everyone*
Good job sheriff dept, I salute your service. My condolences to the family
They look like foreigners
May justice be served. 🙏 Rest in peace to the family. 🙏
My sincere condolences to the family, as for the person or person’s who committed this horrific crime? Jail and prison awaits you!! Lucifer is waiting for you!!!! 🖤
Why would the suspect’s family say those things? What is wrong with that reporter? Obviously it’s the victim’s family member. At any rate, that’s one snazzy sheriff 😍🤠
Maldito demonio el que los mato😡
Loads of double talk going on there. says to another illusionary offender ‘give yourselves up’ but then in the very next breath he said once we’ve determined there is another suspect… So, he hasn’t even determined if there is another offender, just a hunch for now. If you would have all done your jobs in the first place this wouldn’t have happened. Try being more proactive instead of reactive. Now you are just picking up the pieces but trying for all the glory, sorry, doesn’t work like that with me, this man should have still been in prison where the only people he can hurt are like-minded people. Done a poor job Sherriff, I could have done exactly what you have. Shame on you all, now the whole state apparatus has these poor deaths on their hands.
Let me guess. ( with what?)He shot himself in the head with a GUN… why? Because he killed all of them for no reason. It doesn’t take rocket science to figure stuff out like this anymore.. If there were more people involved, it was for the same purpose. It’s going to get worse yall becareful out here, it’s 🥶.
So, they were dead pretty soon after they were kidnapped. Sad. I hope he either gets death penalty (if available), or he lives every day in prison NOT able to get out of this by attempting again suicide. He needs to pay dearly ALIVE and lives every day staring at a beautiful portrait of that family just within arms reach outside his prison cell. So, they owed him money? Take them to court. He had NO RIGHT to play God.
Why was his attempted suicide not successful ? Seems like you could’ve helped… next time try standing on his neck !! 🔥🐷🔥
He needs to wear that star in a dignified manner.
This is a really good sheriff.
ADX Florence
Blessed and very compassionate Sheriff. God bless this great person. Great American!!
God forbid if anything happened to someone I loved this is the man I would want on the job. Prayers for the family, absolutely horrible and senseless
The great America teaching others
Bet the person’s who murdered this innocent family were illegal aliens who snuck into this country and thought they were entitled to the good life!!
That POS should not be getting medical treatment. He should be let to suffer. For being the slimebag that he is.
Omg what possibly did they do to deserve this horrible I mean if dude had beef with him go a round fist fight with him omg
I hope that the inmates in prison have a field day with that piece of 💩family murderer!!!!
The crime that bugs me the most, is that he killed a newborn baby!!!!
I heard in the news that the baby died after being left abandoned there in the elements
There’s more to this story
Police got a lot of information ..somethings not right ..
Trump is right ✅
Senseless Prayer to the family
🙏🇨🇦
Wats happened to the dog
Their is more to this story the family is not telling the truth, I have worked for these type of people Indian Punjabi company’s they are greedy don’t pay you what was spoken especially in the trucking industry. I feel bad for the baby but these type of Punjabi Indians are crooks as well stuff like this would not happen if they did business the correct way. I know there are truck drivers out there that know and have experienced the same thing the only difference is that we are not violent and don’t speak up
My daughter was kidnapped years ago. I’ll always be miserable. REMEMBER.. People are NEVER grateful for what they have till they lose it 😑🤡
Now this Sheriff is someone who takes his Job Seriously, and also does his job well. And actually cares about his job too! This is someone who I would love to protect me. 🙌🏽 So heartbreaking to the family 💔
We need more people like this sheriff in our world he is what Justice is about he does not mess around he does what needs to be done instead of beating around the bush I like him it could cause me to move to Merced he’s what it’s all about he ought to run for president
Don’t trust the sherif.
Bulldogs…. Lawbreaking communist.
That’s right have him in the jail soon to never be soon enough
Gentle USA law will put suspect back in jail free from any harassment and with all his freedom he will live on tax payer dollars. What a BS USA
I am against capital punishment, but someone who kills a child with its family is irreparably broken and should be terminated like a dog with rabies
Thank you officer . You are so sweet .