A 36-year-old Sacramento lady and her toddler daughter have been discovered submerged below a bridge Sunday morning weeks after they have been reported lacking following a physician’s appointment, in keeping with a volunteer rescue group and legislation enforcement officers.
Whisper Owen and her 8-month-old daughter, Sandra McCarty, have been final seen in Atwater on July 15 on their method house from a physician’s appointment. The search led to tragedy Sunday when Owen and her daughter have been discovered “pinned below a bridge, underwater,” inside their truck, in keeping with a Fb put up printed by Adventures With Objective, a volunteer dive group that helps seek for lacking individuals.
“She was doing every thing she might as a mom to attempt to save her daughter Sandra,” the put up stated of Owen.
The Fresno County Sheriff’s Workplace confirmed the our bodies of each Owen and her daughter have been discovered contained in the automobile, a 2006 Chevy Trailblazer. The automobile was discovered close to Freeway 120 and Victory Avenue in San Joaquin County, the assertion learn.
Fresno police beforehand stated they didn’t suspect foul play within the disappearances. The California Freeway Patrol is investigating how the automobile wound up submerged, in keeping 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 physician’s appointment for the infant. Owen stopped at her mom’s house to alter the youngster’s diaper after which checked in for the appointment at 8:30 a.m., in keeping 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 night time, authorities stated.
Mom and daughter have 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 stated.
As household and authorities have been trying to find the pair, Vickie Torres instructed The Occasions: “It simply makes it actually onerous for me as her mom to close my mind off and never always think about what might’ve occurred to her. And that lovely little child. God, I hope, no matter occurred, she’s along with her mama.”
