Location: Rd 44 / Ave 228 in Tulare

Incident Date: 06/08/2019

Incident Time: 0647

Case Number: 19-07053

Victim: Unknown

City: Tulare

Posted by: Dispatch/ Media Relations

UPDATE: Man Found in Tulare Ponding Basin Identified

The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man pulled from a ponding basin in the area of Road 44 and Ave 228 in Tulare as 46-year-old Francisco Radillo. On Wednesday, June 12, 2019 an autopsy was completed on Francisco, but additional testing is needed to determine an official cause of death.

On June 8, 2019, Deputies received a 911 call of a body discovered in the Tulare ponding basin. They arrived on scene and found a body was submerged in water at that location. Members of the TCSO Dive Team were able to pull him out. 

Detectives are asking for the public’s help in finding Radillo’s family. Anyone with information on this case, please contact Detective Greg Burns or Sgt. Gary Marks with the Tulare County Sheriff's Office at (559) 733-6218 or they can remain anonymous by calling or texting (559)725-4194 or through email at tcso@tipnow.com.