02-12-2011, 07:49 PM
A man's body matching the description of the suspect in the kidnapping of a 4-year-old boy was found Saturday morning in a Central California canal.
An autopsy scheduled for Tuesday will reveal the final results, but Stanislaus County Sheriff's detectives said that a water district employee found a body floating in the Delta-Mendota Canal south of Patterson at 8:30 a.m.
The body is of an "adult Hispanic male who's physical and clothing description matches that of suspected kidnapper Jose Rodriguez," the statement said.
Rodriguez, 27, is suspected of kidnapping Juliani Cardenas out of his grandmother's arms in Patterson Jan. 18, and then driving into the Delta-Mendota Canal. Rodriguez used to date Juliani's mother.
Juliani's body was found in the same canal on Feb. 1, further downstream.
An autopsy scheduled for Tuesday will reveal the final results, but Stanislaus County Sheriff's detectives said that a water district employee found a body floating in the Delta-Mendota Canal south of Patterson at 8:30 a.m.
The body is of an "adult Hispanic male who's physical and clothing description matches that of suspected kidnapper Jose Rodriguez," the statement said.
Rodriguez, 27, is suspected of kidnapping Juliani Cardenas out of his grandmother's arms in Patterson Jan. 18, and then driving into the Delta-Mendota Canal. Rodriguez used to date Juliani's mother.
Juliani's body was found in the same canal on Feb. 1, further downstream.