BUCKEYE, AZ — Authorities say a body has been pulled out of a canal in the West Valley.
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office says detectives are investigating after a body was found in a canal near Sun Valley Parkway south of I-10 around 8 a.m. Monday.
MCSO said the circumstances surrounding the death of the individual are not yet known, but say at this time are not considered to be suspicious.
A Buckeye Police Department spokesperson said officers were on scene assisting MCSO with the investigation.
MCSO detectives are en-route to investigate a call of a body found in a canal near the area of Sun Valley Parkway south of I-10 in the west valley. Body was found this morning just after 8am. Circumstances surrounding the body are unknown at this time. pic.twitter.com/MoPnUQ1ThD
— @SgtJEnriquez (@SgtJEnriquez) June 3, 2019
This is the second body found in a West Valley canal in as many days. Detectives are still investigating after a body was removed from a canal near 83rd Avenue and Van Buren Street early Sunday morning.
According to MCSO, there are no connections between the body found Monday morning, and the body found near 83rd Avenue and Van Buren Street on Sunday.
Further details were not immediately available.
