A desperate search in Central California for a mother and her baby daughter missing for more than a month ended with the discovery of their bodies in a submerged car in a large irrigation canal about 25 miles southeast of Stockton.

Whisper Owen, 36, and her 8-month-old daughter, Sandra McCarty, were last seen July 15 in Fresno, after Owen brought Sandra in for a routine checkup, then visited her brother and mother. Owen and her baby left around 5 p.m., with Owen hoping to cover the 155 miles to their home in Elk Grove near Sacramento before dark, a family member told CNN earlier.

On Sunday morning, a group that specializes in finding people in submerged vehicles contacted the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office, saying they had found an SUV in the canal that matched the silver 2006 Che

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