Overview
- Avtar Singh, 57, was forced into a white SUV outside Gurdwara Guru Nanak Parkash in Tracy on Feb. 17 at about 2:30 p.m., according to surveillance footage.
- Deputies found his body near Lake Berryessa on Feb. 20, and the suspected SUV was recovered nearby as the case is investigated as a homicide.
- San Joaquin County Sheriff Patrick Withrow said the crime was not random and that Singh appears to have been taken by mistake.
- Authorities have not identified suspects or a motive, detailed autopsy findings have not been released, and the sheriff’s office is asking the public for tips.
- Singh lived at the temple with his wife and six-month-old triplets, and an online fundraiser for the family has raised several hundred thousand dollars.