Police to Update Community on Sikh Murders

The will hold a press conference Wednesday to update the community on their investigation into the .

"We don't have a suspect," said department spokesperson Christopher Trim. "There is some additional information we're going to be putting out, and we're going to be asking for the public's help in solving this crime."

Trim noted that it's been almost a year since Surinder Singh, 65, and Gurmej Atwal, 78, were gunned down as they went for an afternoon walk. Singh died at the scene of the March 4 shooting, Atwal several weeks later.

The two men, both from the northern Indian state of Punjab, were wearing turbans at the time of the shooting. That and the lack of other obvious motives for the killings of have led police to investigate the murders as a possible hate crime.

In October, the victims' family members and other volunteers to draw attention to the still-unsolved case. Community members and law enforcement have collected over $50,000 in reward money for anyone with information leading to an arrest.

The press conference will take place at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday in the City Council Chambers, 8400 Laguna Palms Way. It is open to all.

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Correction: An earlier version of this story stated that Punjab was in the south of India. In fact, as a reader kindly pointed out, it lies in the northern part of that country. Elk Grove Patch apologizes for the error.