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Authorities in California's Central Valley say they've found dozens of people working and living in “horrible” conditions at an illegal marijuana plant

Prosecutors have charged a California man in the kidnapping and killings of an 8-month-old baby, her parents and uncle

An eight-month-old baby girl along with her Indian-origin parents and uncle living in the US, who were abducted at gunpoint earlier this week in California were found dead in an orchard in the US state, police said. Read more on Dynamite News:

‘We have a whole family wiped out and for what? We don’t know yet,’ top police officer says

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

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.

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

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

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.