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A grisly discovery in southwest Fresno has added a new layer of uncertainty to an alreadydisturbing homicide investigationafter authorities recovered a second body from a canal connected to a case involving a slain woman and a missing man.

The latest find was reported Tuesday when the Fresno Irrigation District alerted police to what appeared to behuman remainscaught against a concrete barrier in a canal near Glenn and Webster avenues.

Officers responded alongside crews from Fresno Fire, the Fresno Sheriff’s Department and American Ambulance, eventually recovering the body of an adult from the water.

Investigators said the remains appeared to have been in the canal for an extended period.

Authorities have not yet identified the individual or determined whether the death is connected to the ongoing homicide case that has gripped the city for weeks.

The canal is part of the same waterway where50-year-old Georgiana McGhee was discoveredon May 10 near Neilson and Hughes avenues, about 4.5 miles away.

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McGhee’s death was later ruled a homicide.

Police have arrested 48-year-old Boshay Ware in connection with her killing.

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