SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 7, 2023 (Gephardt Daily) — Police and fire officials are working to recover a body from a canal in northwest Salt Lake City.
Salt Lake City police say the body was found by utility workers at about 2:40 p.m. Friday in a canal near 2650 W. 300 South. The workers alerted dispatch.
“The Salt Lake City Fire Department’s Swift Water Rescue Team responded and recovered the body,” says an SLCPD statement issued late Thursday afternoon.
“Members of the SLCPD Homicide Squad and Crime Lab Unit responded to process the scene and collect evidence. The SLCPD Homicide Squad will work with the medical examiner’s office to confirm the name, age, cause of death and to notify next-of-kin.”
The statement added: “Currently, there are no indicators of foul play.”
Gephardt Daily will update this story as more information becomes available.
