OAKDALE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The San Joaquin Sheriff's Office confirmed Sunday afternoon that the body of a woman and a baby were found inside a vehicle submerged in a San Joaquin canal.

The vehicle, a 2006 Chevy Trailblazer, matches the description of the SUV 36-year-old Whisper Owen was driving when she disappeared back on July 15 with her baby, Sandra McCarty.

Owen, who lived in Sacramento, was in Fresno for a doctor's appointment and to visit family. She left Fresno around 5 p.m. that evening and was last seen on traffic cameras in oakdale.

With tears, hugs, and visible heartbreak, the family of 36-year-old Whisper Owen and baby Sandra McCarty stood by as Whisper's SUV was pulled from a San Joaquin canal at Road 120 and Victory Avenue in Oakdale.

"The fact that we know where they

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