A quiet stretch of El Paso's Mission Valley turned into an active investigation Sunday afternoon after a body was recovered from a canal near Alameda Avenue and Fresno Street. The Mission Valley Regional Command's Criminal Investigations Division is leading the case, and officials have not released the person's identity or any details about how the recovery unfolded.
Police, fire on scene
As reported by KFOX14/CBS4, the El Paso Fire Department turned the case over to the El Paso Police Department at about 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Investigators from the Mission Valley Regional Command responded, with officers processing the area around the canal while detectives worked to determine how the person ended up in the water. Authorities have kept a tight lid on specifics as the investigation moves forward.
Part of recent water recoveries
This latest discovery lands in the middle of a run of recent water-recovery operations in El Paso. KVIA ABC-7 reported a body pulled from the Rio Grande levee near the Ysleta Port of Entry earlier this month, and a separate recovery at Rio Bosque Wetlands Park also drew investigators, as per Hoodline. Local reporting has linked several of these recoveries to higher summer water flows in the river and irrigation canals.
What investigators say
Police have not released the identity or cause of death in the Mission Valley case and say the investigation remains active, per KFOX14/CBS4. Anyone with information is asked to contact the El Paso Police Department's Mission Valley Regional Command as detectives continue their work.
