{"id":397702,"date":"2026-07-14T08:58:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T08:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/397702\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T08:58:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T08:58:35","slug":"womans-death-in-folsom-fountain-likely-accidental-say-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/397702\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman\u2019s death in Folsom fountain likely accidental, say police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/POLICE TAPE SLO CRIME COPS ARREST BREAKING CHYRON FRAME GRAB STILL.jpeg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"\" alt=\"Police tape blocks entrance to a convenience store in San Luis Obispo County.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Folsom police said the death of a woman <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FolsomPolice\">found dead in a fountain<\/a> early Monday was likely accidental and not the result of foul play.<\/p>\n<p>Officers and detectives investigated the discovery<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top?q=folsom+police+department\"> near a business on East Bidwell Street<\/a>, about 6 a.m. in the 2700 block of East Bidwell Street near Broadstone Parkway, the Folsom Police Department said in a statement posted to social media.<\/p>\n<p>Folsom police did not disclose the woman\u2019s name, saying Sacramento County Coroner\u2019s Office will release the person\u2019s identity once next of kin are notified.<\/p>\n<p>Folsom police released no other information on the death Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published July 13, 2026 at 9:28 AM.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/218174875\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784019515_900_SAC_Smith_Darrell_Author_Mug (1).JPG\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Darrell Smith\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/218174875\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Darrell Smith<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Darrell Smith is a local reporter for The Sacramento Bee. He joined The Bee in 2006 and previously worked at newspapers in Palm Springs, Colorado Springs and Marysville. Smith was born and raised at Beale Air Force Base and lives in Elk Grove.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Folsom police said the death of a woman found dead in a fountain early Monday was likely accidental&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397703,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-397702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}