A dive team, helicopter and multiple deputies were searching a canal near Gustine on Thursday, according to the Merced County Sheriff’s Office. The office received a report about 12:30 p.m. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Body found near Washington state bunker was decapitated
A Washington state sheriff says the body of a woman found near a gun- and ammo-filled bunker last weekend had been decapitated, and a man sought in the case is … Click to Continue »
Read More »Police investigate dead body found in field behind north Merced neighborhood
Merced police are investigating a dead body found in a park area near the Rascal Bike Path off of Highway 59, officials said. Officers responded Saturday to a field area … Click to Continue »
Read More »Video shows teen heaving cat into body of water. Now, Patterson student faces felony
A Patterson High School senior who turned 18 this week was booked Friday morning on a felony animal cruelty charge after video showed him hurling a kitten into a body … Click to Continue »
Read More »Dead body found at Los Banos home
Los Banos police are investigating a dead body reported Wednesday evening, Sept. 13, 2017, on Eighth Street between F and G streets. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Hunters find decomposing body in South Merced, police seek public help
Merced police are seeking the public’s assistance to help identify a dead body found in South Merced Saturday morning. At about 7:30 a.m. Saturday, two local men were hunting when … Click to Continue »
Read More »Farm workers in rural Merced County report body in canal
The Merced County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a suspicious death in rural Merced County. Farm laborers working in an almond orchard reported a body in a canal about 6:30 a.m. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Hearing set for Bay Area man accused of murdering Chinese woman and dumping body in trash bin
A hearing to determine if William Li – who is accused of murdering a Chinese woman involved in human trafficking and dumping her body in an alley trash bin in … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced officer lost his body camera during hookah lounge melee. Police want it back.
One of the 12 Merced police officers involved in a large melee last month with party-goers at a downtown hookah lounge lost his department-issued body camera during the scuffle, and … Click to Continue »
Read More »Lucy Xiong is the body found in the canal, police say. How she got there still a mystery
Fresno police confirmed Monday that the body found in a central Fresno irrigation canal Saturday was 20-year-old Lucy Xiong, who disappeared July 28. And while her death appears to be … Click to Continue »
Read More »Dive team deputies find body in Merced River 2 miles from Hagaman Park
The dive team with the Merced County Sheriff’s Office recovered a body Monday evening from the Merced River while searching for a swimmer who was swept away last week. Deputies … Click to Continue »
Read More »Man’s body found in reservoir near Los Banos
Investigators on Monday recovered the body of a 31-year-old man whose car left Highway 152 and ended up in the San Luis Reservoir near Los Banos during the weekend. The … Click to Continue »
Read More »Body of Merced County woman found in canal
The body of a 28-year-old Merced County surfaced early Friday in a canal on the outskirts of Los Banos and investigators are working to determine exactly how she died. Her … Click to Continue »
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