After 57-year-old Avtar Singh was reported missing in Tracy last Tuesday, authorities have confirmed that a body found in Lake Berryessa on Friday is his, and surveillance video indicates foul play by three suspected kidnappers.
There were definitely some loose ends in a Saturday report on KTVU about a 57-year-old man named Avtar Singh who was reported missing in Tracy this past Tuesday, and then a dead body being discovered in Lake Berryessa on Saturday. According to KTVU, both the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office (where Tracy is located) and the Napa County Sheriff’s Office (home to Lake Berryessa) were at that time “investigating to see if there is a potential link” between Singh’s disappearance, and the grisly discovery of a dead body.
And by Monday morning, KPIX was reporting that the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that the dead body is Singh’s. And other surveillance evidence collected in the investigation indicates pretty strongly that Singh’s death was foul play, and he was likely kidnapped on Tuesday…