A 36-year-old Sacramento woman and her infant daughter were found submerged under a bridge Sunday morning weeks after they were reported missing following a doctor’s appointment, according to a volunteer rescue group and law enforcement officials.

Whisper Owen and her 8-month-old daughter, Sandra McCarty, were last seen in Atwater on July 15 on their way home from a doctor’s appointment. The search ended in tragedy Sunday when Owen and her daughter were found “pinned under a bridge, underwater,” inside their truck, according to a Facebook post published by Adventures With Purpose, a volunteer dive team that helps search for missing persons.

“She was doing everything she could as a mother to try to save her daughter Sandra,” the post said of Owen.

The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office c

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