(CNN) - Authorities in California say they have found the bodies of a missing mother and her 8-month-old daughter in an SUV submerged in a canal.

Police announced Sunday divers found the SUV belonging to 36-year-old Whisper Owen submerged in a canal. Inside were the bodies of an adult woman and infant.

Owen and her 8-month-old daughter, Sandra McCarty, were last seen July 15 after visiting family in Fresno, according to investigators. The pair were traveling home to Elk Grove in Sacramento County but never made it there.

Police say divers found the SUV belonging to 36-year-old Whisper Owen submerged in a canal. Inside were the bodies of an adult woman and infant. (Source: Fresno County Sheriff's Office via CNN)

Relatives did not know they were missing for several days.

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