Overview
- Officers recovered an adult woman’s body from a Scottsdale canal near Indian Bend and Hayden on Saturday after a passerby spotted it around 8 a.m.
- Detectives opened a death investigation, with SRP and CAP, which operate Phoenix-area canals, assisting in the recovery.
- Investigators have not confirmed traumatic injuries because of the body’s condition, and the Maricopa County Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death.
- Scottsdale Police said the discovery is not connected to the Nancy Guthrie disappearance, which remains under investigation in Tucson about 117 miles away.
- Guthrie, 84, has been missing since February 1, and officials say the search is time-sensitive because she depends on medicines left at her home.