“The Merced County Sheriff's Office has confirmed the body of 56-year-old Satwant Bains, missing truck driver, is the one found in the Delta-Mendota canal.”

— KFSN ABC30-TV, Fresno, California, May 21, 2019

“California Highway Patrol officers found a big rig truck pulling a refrigeration trailer and the truck's engine was running and the doors were unlocked with no one inside. Officers found a cell phone and wallet inside the truck belonging to Satwant Singh Bains, who has mysteriously vanished.”

— Fresno County Sheriff's Office News Release, May 15, 2019