A 36-year-old Sacramento girl and her toddler daughter had been discovered submerged underneath a bridge Sunday morning weeks after they had been reported lacking following a health care provider’s appointment, in accordance with a volunteer rescue group and regulation enforcement officers.
Whisper Owen and her 8-month-old daughter, Sandra McCarty, had been final seen in Atwater on July 15 on their method house from a health care provider’s appointment. The search resulted in tragedy Sunday when Owen and her daughter had been discovered “pinned underneath a bridge, underwater,” inside their truck, in accordance with a Fb submit printed by Adventures With Objective, a volunteer dive workforce that helps seek for lacking individuals.
“She was doing every part she might as a mom to attempt to save her daughter Sandra,” the submit mentioned of Owen.
The Fresno County Sheriff’s Workplace confirmed the our bodies of each Owen and her daughter had been discovered contained in the automotive, a 2006 Chevy Trailblazer. The car was discovered close to Freeway 120 and Victory Avenue in San Joaquin County, the assertion learn.
Fresno police beforehand mentioned they didn’t suspect foul play within the disappearances. The California Freeway Patrol is investigating how the car wound up submerged, in accordance with the Fresno County Sheriff’s Division.
Owen and her daughter left Sacramento round 4 a.m. on July 15 and headed south towards Fresno for a health care provider’s appointment for the newborn. Owen stopped at her mom’s house to alter the baby’s diaper after which checked in for the appointment at 8:30 a.m., in accordance with Owen’s mom, Vickie Torres.
Owen visited her brother and returned to her mom’s home earlier than 5 p.m. Her silver Trailblazer was detected by a license-plate reader in Atwater, about 65 miles from Fresno, at 8 that evening, authorities mentioned.
Mom and daughter had been final noticed on safety footage from a smoke store in Atwater that captured Owen parking after which altering Sandra’s diaper round 7:30 p.m., police mentioned.
As household and authorities had been looking for the pair, Vickie Torres informed The Occasions: “It simply makes it actually exhausting for me as her mom to close my mind off and never always think about what might’ve occurred to her. And that stunning little child. God, I hope, no matter occurred, she’s along with her mama.”
