Coroner ID’s man found in a Fresno canal. A person saw the victim floating
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The Fresno County Coroner’s Office on Friday identified the man found in a canal on Wednesday.
He was Melvin Chatmon-Knowlton, 58, of Fresno.
The sheriff’s office received a call just after 8 p.m. of a body floating in the canal at Weldon and Mayfair avenues in Fresno.
Deputies and the Fresno Fire Department responded to the location and found Chatmon-Knowlton in the canal.
He was pronounced dead at the scene, spokesman Tony Botti said.
No foul play is suspected, Botti said.
Anthony Galaviz
The Fresno Bee