Location: Rd. 124 & Ave. 328

Incident Date: 6/27/25

Incident Time: 1915

City: Visalia

Posted by: Media Relations

TCSO Detectives Investigating Body Found in Visalia Canal

UPDATE:

Man Found in Irrigation Canal Died of “Natural Causes”. The Tulare County Sheriff’s Coroner’s Office has determined that 84-year-old Robert Perry died of natural causes after he had a cardiac episode and then fell into the water.

ORIGINAL POST:

Just before 7:15 p.m. on 6/25/23, TCSO Deputies were called to an irrigation canal east of Road 124, between A328 and A352, north of Visalia for a body located in a canal full of water. When they arrived, Deputies found the body of 84-year-old Robert Perry in the irrigation canal. The of death is pending autopsy.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office at 559-733-6218.