Second Body in Two Days Found in Phoenix Canal

Overview

• Officers were called around early afternoon on Dec. 22 to reports of someone in the canal near 55th Avenue and Osborn Road.
• Responding officers initially did not locate a person, and a dive team later found what appeared to be an adult male.
• Police say the man's identity and cause of death will be determined after a post-mortem examination.
• The discovery follows a Dec. 21 case in which an unidentified man was found near 35th Avenue and Indian School Road.
• Detectives are processing the scene and continuing the investigation into both recent canal deaths.