STANISLAUS COUNTY, Calif. – Detectives are looking into the death of a man after crews found his remains in a canal, the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s said. At Garst Road and Church Street in unincorporated Modesto, a passerby at 7:30 a.m. Thursday reported what appeared to be human remains in the water, the sheriff’s office said. Members of the Modesto Fire Department helped pull the body out.