STANISLAUS COUNTY, Calif. — Stanislaus County deputies are investigating after a woman was found dead in a Hughson canal.
According to a news release, deputies were called to the canal bank at the intersection of E Hatch Road near Tully Road around 8 a.m. Monday for a woman found face down in the water.
Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office PIO Luke Schwartz identified the woman as 68-year-old Maria Victoria Ortiz.
Schwartz told ABC10 a final determination of her cause of death will be made by a pathologist, but they believe she slipped into the canal.