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UPDATE: ‘Our worst fears’: Kidnapped baby, parents,

uncle found dead

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) parole three years later. He
— A baby girl, her par- also has a conviction for pos-
ents and uncle were found session of a controlled sub-
dead in a central Califor- stance, the corrections agen-
nia orchard two days after cy said.
they were kidnapped at
gunpoint from their busi- Investigators have not found
ness, police said. a link between Salgado and
the family to show they knew
“Our worst fears have been each other before the kidnap-
confirmed,” Merced County ping.
Sheriff Vern Warnke said at a
Wednesday night news con- Family members had told
ference. KXTV-TV that the office for
Unison Trucking Inc., the
Warnke did not release any family’s business, had only
information about how and opened about a week earlier.
when police believe they
were killed. He said the vic- The sheriff said detectives be-
tims were close to each other lieve the kidnapper destroyed
when found by a farm work- unspecified evidence in an at-
er in a remote area. tempt to cover his tracks.

The grim announcement The sheriff’s office said
came after authorities earlier TV on Tuesday. Salgado tried Family members had ear- victed of first-degree robbery that firefighters on Monday
Wednesday released surveil- to take his own life before lier asked anyone who owns with the use of a firearm in found Amandeep Singh’s
lance video of a man kidnap- police arrived at a home in a convenience store or gas Merced County, as well as at- truck on fire. Merced Police
ping 8-month-old Aroohi nearby Atwater, and he has station in the area to check tempted false imprisonment Department officers went
Dheri; her mother Jasleen since been hospitalized. their surveillance cameras and an attempt to prevent or to Amandeep Singh’s home,
Kaur, 27; father Jasdeep for images of the suspect or dissuade a victim or witness. where a family member tried
Singh, 36; and uncle Aman- Efforts to reach Salgado’s those missing. They said they He was sentenced to 11 years to reach him and the couple.
deep Singh, 39, on Monday. family were unsuccessful were worried the baby wasn’t in state prison in that case, ac- When they were not able
Wednesday. being fed because the fam- cording to the California De- to reach their family mem-
Relatives of Salgado contact- ily didn’t have any baby food partment of Corrections and bers, they called the Merced
ed authorities reporting that Relatives of the victims had with them at the time of the Rehabilitation. County Sheriff’s office to re-
he had admitted to them he been notified of the deaths, kidnapping. port them missing, the office
was involved with the kid- the sheriff said. He was released from prison said.
napping, Warnke told KFSN- Salgado was previously con- in 2015 and discharged from

US applications for jobless benefits increased last week

WASHINGTON (AP) lion jobs at the start of the Fed hopes that higher inter- 3.7%, most economists be-
— More Americans filed coronavirus pandemic in the The Federal Reserve is aim- est rates will slow borrowing lieve it would likely mean
for unemployment ben- spring of 2020. ing to bring down inflation and spending and push infla- more rate hikes from the Fed.
efits last week, the largest by rapidly raising its key in- tion closer to its traditional
number in four months, Recent employment data has terest rate, which is currently 2% target. Last week, the government
but the labor market re- indicated that the job market in a range of 3% to 3.25%. A reported that the U.S. econ-
mains strong in the face of may be cooling slightly, an little more than six months Fed officials are increasingly omy shrank for the second
persistent inflation and a important consideration for ago, that rate was near zero. warning that the unemploy- straight quarter, but so far,
slowing overall U.S. econ- the Federal Reserve when it The sharp rate hikes have ment rate will likely have that has done little to cool the
omy. meets early next month to pushed mortgage rates up to rise as part of their fight job market, part of the Fed’s
decide whether or not to raise to 15-year highs, and made against rising prices. If it re- inflation-fighting strategy.
Jobless claims for the week its main lending rate again. other borrowing costlier. The mains at or near its current
ending Oct. 1 rose by 29,000
to 219,000, the Labor De- On Tuesday, the government
partment reported Thursday. reported that the number
The previous week’s number of available jobs in the U.S.
was revised down by 3,000 to plummeted in August com-
190,000. pared with July as businesses
grow less desperate for work-
The four-week moving av- ers, a trend that could put a
erage inched up by 250 to dent in chronically high in-
206,500. flation.

The total number of Ameri- Payroll processor ADP said
cans collecting unemploy- Wednesday that businesses
ment aid rose by 15,000 to added 208,000 jobs in Sep-
1.36 million for the week tember, ahead of analysts’ es-
ending Sept. 24. timates of 200,000, but below
the 250,000 that Wall Street
Applications for jobless aid expects the government to
generally reflect layoffs, report in September jobs data
which have remained his- coming Friday. The ADP
torically low since the initial survey does not always mir-
purge of more than 20 mil- ror the government’s tally.