MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Merced County Sheriff's Office has opened a death investigation after a body was found in the canal.
Deputies responded to Highway 59 near Reilly Road on Wednesday morning for reports of a body floating in a canal.
When they arrived, deputies found a body floating in an irrigation canal.
Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke says it's unknown right now if it's a homicide, accidental death or a suicide.
The gender of the body found has not been confirmed.