Overview

• Authorities pulled a 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer from a canal near Highway 120 and Victory Avenue between Escalon and Oakdale, where an adult and an infant were found inside.
• The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office reported the recovery, with formal identifications and autopsies to be completed by the coroner.
• Adventures With Purpose and diver Juan Heredia located the vehicle pinned under a bridge after the family sought private help following earlier official searches that found nothing.
• The California Highway Patrol is examining how the SUV ended up in the canal, and Fresno police sent detectives to work with San Joaquin investigators at the scene.
• Investigators had traced the route through Atwater and toward Waterford and Highway 120 using camera sightings and a final phone ping, as relatives voiced frustration over the pace of prior searches and noted possible backroad travel.