NewsLocal News

Actions

Coroner identifies 32-year-old from Chino as body found in Kern River Thursday

Posted
and last updated

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — The Kern County Sheriff's Department said they located a body in the Kern River Thursday morning near the mouth of the canyon.

The coroner confirmed that it was 32-yr old Shahzad Khan's body that was found near the mouth of the canyon around 7:45 Thursday morning.

There's no positive identification of the victim but this is the same area where recovery crews had been looking for the body of a man who was swept away in the rapids following a professional rafting trip.

The family of Khan told 23ABC that he was the man that went under. Khan's brother-in-law said the family has taken several trips down the Kern River in the past.

This is a developing story. More information as it becomes available.

,

Weather

Daily Forecast

View Hourly Forecast

Day

Conditions

HI / LO

Precip

Tuesday

05/13/2025

Clear

-° / 52°

0%

Wednesday

05/14/2025

Mostly Clear

80° / 56°

0%

Thursday

05/15/2025

Mostly Clear

86° / 60°

0%

Friday

05/16/2025

Partly Cloudy

89° / 60°

0%

Saturday

05/17/2025

Partly Cloudy

81° / 54°

7%

Sunday

05/18/2025

Clear

77° / 56°

0%

Monday

05/19/2025

Clear

84° / 60°

0%

Tuesday

05/20/2025

Clear

93° / 64°

0%