Kidnapping suspect’s brother arrested as California community mourns family

Merced officers suspect Alberto Salgado helped destroy evidence in the abduction and killings of four members of the Singh family

The younger brother of a man suspected in the kidnapping and killings of an eight-month-old baby, her parents and an uncle, was arrested on suspicion he helped his brother destroy evidence, authorities said on Friday.

Alberto Salgado, 41, was arrested late Thursday and accused of criminal conspiracy, accessory and destroying evidence, the Merced county sheriff's office said. He is booked in the Merced county jail - the same place where Jesus Salgado, 48, is being held on kidnapping and murder charges. It was not clear whether either brother had a lawyer who could speak on their behalf.