FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A month-long search has come to a grim end for Whisper Owen and her 8-month-old daughter, Sandra McCarty.

The family says they were found in a canal in Stanislaus County on Sunday.

They explain that Whisper's phone last pinged on Victory Avenue and Highway 120.

"Our dive team has responded, and they did locate one adult in the vehicle and one infant in the vehicle," Heather Brent with the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office told KXTV in Sacramento.

Whisper and Sandra went missing on July 15.

Surveillance footage shows Whisper's SUV driving in Oakdale the night of their disappearance.

The family says the two left Fresno to head back home to Sacramento after a doctor's appointment.

When the mother and daughter didn't arrive back home, the family alerted Fresn

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