MERCED COUNTY, Calif. — The body of a missing Stockton mother was pulled from a Merced County canal Sunday morning, officials confirmed.
The Merced County Coroner’s Office said the body was found Sunday morning after it surfaced in the canal. On Tuesday, the sheriff’s office officially identified the body as 21-year-old Lupita Lizbeth Zuniga-Ontiveros.
Officials said Ontiveros went missing after a dune buggy crashed into the Delta-Mendota Canal near Highway 140 on Jan. 28. The California Highway Patrol previously said Ontiveros was in the dune buggy with friends. According to CHP, the driver and two others were able to get out of the canal, but Ontiveros wasn’t found until her body surfaced Sunday morning…