A 36-year-old mother of four from Sacramento County and her 8-month-daughter who vanished weeks ago after a doctor’s visit in Fresno were discovered dead Sunday in an SUV “pinned” beneath a bridge, underwater, according to law enforcement and multiple media reports.

Whisper Owen and her daughter, Sandra McCarty, were last seen on July 15, officials with the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office.

The pair left Elk Grove, where Owen and her partner live with their three other children, at around 4 a.m. that day to make the approximately 160-mile drive to Fresno. Owen’s The 36-year-old stopped at her mother's house before the appointment to change Sandra’s diaper and then checked in with the doctor’s office at 8:30 a.m.

After the 8-month-old’s doctor visit, Owen and her daughter visited her broth

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