The Latest Breaking News from Merced County

Woman arrested after 134 cats found in U-Haul van in Taco Bell parking lot - 28 of them dead

Warning distressing images: Jeannie Maxon, 69, from Long Beach, was charged with nearly 93 counts of animal cruelty

The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2025

First H5N9 Case Reported In US After Deadly Bird Flu Hits California Duck Farm

New outbreak reported on duck farm in Merced County, California.

International Business Times · Jan 28, 2025

‘Baywatch’s’ Alexandra Paul on trial; video shows ‘open rescue’ of Foster Farms chickens

LOS ANGELES — Former “Baywatch” star Alexandra Paul and another woman went on trial this week in Merced County after taking two chickens from a Foster Farms truck outside a California plant.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 9, 2023

Family, including 8-month-old baby, kidnapped at gunpoint found dead in California

Sheriff Vern Warnke of Merced County said "worst fears" had been confirmed after a farmworker found the bodies close together at around 5.30pm on Wednesday

Irish Mirror · Oct 6, 2022

A kidnapped baby, parents and uncle are found dead in California

A baby girl, her parents and uncle were found dead in a central California orchard two days after they were kidnapped at gunpoint from their business, police said.

WEKU · Oct 6, 2022

‘Our worst fears': Kidnapped baby, parents, uncle found dead

Police say a baby girl, her parents and uncle have been found dead in a central California orchard two days after they were kidnapped at gunpoint from their business

The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022

New video shows kidnapping of missing family of four as person of interest arrested

‘We are devastated, we are shocked, we are dying every moment,’ a relative of the kidnapped family of four told a press conference

The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022

Surveillance footage shows abduction of still-missing Central California family

LOS ANGELES — Surveillance footage released by the Merced County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday showed the armed kidnapping of a family of four — who are still missing two days after their abduction.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 5, 2022

Man arrested for kidnapping California family of four but victims remain missing

Jesus Manuel Salgado has been taken into custody, but eight-month-old Aroohi Dheri, her mother Jasleen Kaur, 27, her father Jasdeep Singh, 36, and her uncle, Amandeep Singh, 39, are still missing

The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022

Man arrested for kidnapping family of four but victims remain missing

Jesus Manuel Salgado has been taken into custody, but eight-month-old Aroohi Dheri, her mother Jasleen Kaur, 27, her father Jasdeep Singh, 36, and her uncle, Amandeep Singh, 39, are still missing

The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022