{"id":420366,"date":"2026-08-01T02:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T02:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/420366\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T02:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T02:59:09","slug":"two-bodies-found-in-fresno-as-police-investigate-separate-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/420366\/","title":{"rendered":"Two bodies found in Fresno as police investigate separate deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two bodies were discovered in Fresno<\/a> on Friday, including one on the roof of a high school<\/a> building, sparking fears as authorities investigate.<\/p>\n

The Fresno Police Department said around 11 a.m. an employee at Fresno High School said they found what they believed to be the body of a deceased person<\/a> on the roof of a building located on the north end of the campus, near Echo and Weldon.<\/p>\n

Two bodies were found in Fresno on Friday\u2014one on the roof of a high school building\u2014the other in a canal just outside of the city, sparking fear among residents. FOX26<\/p>\n

Officers, fire personnel, and EMS responded. When fire crews went up on the roof they found the body of an adult male, the Fresno PD told The California Post.<\/p>\n

The man was pronounced deceased on scene, with police saying their age is unclear at this time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The death is being investigated as suspicious \u201cdue to the location of where the body was found,\u201d PD added.<\/p>\n

It is unclear at this time how long the body was up there.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The discovery came just hours after authorities responded to reports of a body found in a water canal just outside the city.<\/p>\n

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Officers, fire personnel, and EMS responded. When fire crews went up on the roof they found the body of an adult male, the Fresno PD told The Post.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomeone working in the area of W. Shaw and N. Goldenrod Avenues, west of the town of Biola, reported finding a body in the nearby canal,\u201d the Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s office told The Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When deputies arrived they found a deceased man in the water.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cDeputies assigned to the Sheriff\u2019s Dive Unit recovered the body of the man,\u201d the department said.<\/p>\n

The department and personnel at the coroner\u2019s office are now working to positively identify the male.<\/p>\n

His death is being investigated as suspicious \u201cdue to the location of where the body was found,\u201d PD added.<\/p>\n

The department said the circumstances of the man\u2019s death are unknown. No other information has been provided.\u00a0<\/p>\n

News of the two bodies found within hours of each other, rocked the city, leading some to speculate something sinister could be at hand.<\/p>\n

\u201cWTH is going on Fresno\u2026.body at high school and now body in canal,\u201d one person wrote on social media<\/a>, questioning if there was a serial killer roaming around.<\/p>\n

The discovery came just hours after authorities responded to reports of another body found in a water canal outside of the city. Facebook\/Visalia Police Department<\/p>\n

\u201cOf all places, a body on a roof at a high school? Sounds like an episode from The X-Files. Seriously, I hope it\u2019s not a homicide\u2013maybe an accidental death?\u201d a second person wrote.<\/p>\n

An investigation is underway in both cases.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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