Crime & Safety
Body Found Floating In Coachella Canal, Foul Play Not Suspected
The coroner's office was investigating the man's cause of death, but the sheriff's department reported that homicide was unlikely.
INDIO, CA — A man's body was found in the Coachella Canal in Indio, authorities said Tuesday.
Officers responded to the canal near Fred Waring Drive east of Burr Street in Indio at around 8 a.m. Monday after a Coachella Valley Water District employee found the body, the Indio Police Department's Ben Guitron told City News Service.
Guitron said the Riverside County Sheriff's Department Dive Team removed the body, which was floating in the water.
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The Riverside County coroner's office was investigating the cause of death. Foul play was not a suspected factor, Guitron said.
No further information about the victim was immediately available.
