OAKDALE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The San Joaquin Sheriff’s Office confirmed Sunday afternoon that the body of a woman and a baby were found inside a vehicle submerged in a San Joaquin County canal.
The vehicle, a 2006 Chevy Trailblazer, matches the description of the SUV 36-year-old Whisper Owen was driving when she disappeared back on July 15 with her baby, Sandra McCarty.
Whisper Owen’s vehicle recovered in Oakdale, divers say
Owen, who lived in Sacramento, was in Fresno for a doctor’s appointment and to visit family. She left Fresno around 5 p.m. that evening and was last seen on traffic cameras in Oakdale.
With tears, hugs, and visible heartbreak, the family of 36-year-old Whisper Owen and baby Sandra McCarty stood by as Whisper’s SUV was pulled from a San Joaquin canal at Road 120 and Victory Avenue in Oakdale…