Recovery Underway After Body Found in Fresno County Canal

(KMJ) – The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office is working to recover the body of an adult man found in the water of a Valley canal.

Deputies were called to an area near Shaw and Goldenrod near Biola around 4 a.m. Tuesday.  There, investigators say the body of a man was found stuck in the gates of the canal.

The Sheriff’s Underwater Search and Rescue team has been called in and water is being drained from the canal to allow the safe removal of the body.  But, Deputies are still investigating how the man ended up in the canal.