Overview

• The San Joaquin County Medical Examiner reported a presumptive identification of Whisper Owen, 36, and her 8-month-old daughter, Sandra McCarty.
• Deputies recovered a 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer from a canal at Highway 120 and Victory Road with an adult and an infant inside.
• Fresno police are leading the case with detectives on scene, while the California Highway Patrol and San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office examine how the vehicle ended up underwater.
• Autopsies and formal identifications are pending, and authorities have not released a cause of death or any determination regarding foul play.
• The volunteer group Adventures With Purpose located the vehicle near the site of the last reported phone ping, and relatives criticized earlier official searches that had already canvassed the area.