Bodies Discovered inside Car Submerged in Stockton Slough

KTON WITH WHAT INVESTIGATORS NOW KNOW. REPORTER: THEY DO KNOW IT WAS A WATER. IN STOCKTON. THIS IS WHAT VOTERS SPOTTED AT 10:00 THIS MORNING. PART OF A SILVER MERCURY MILAN STICKING OUT OF THE WATER IN A SLOUGH. THE VOTERS IMMEDIATELY CALL FOR HELP. >> DAVIS IN THE WATER IS BODIES INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THEY NOTICED THEY WERE MALE AND A FEMALE. MOST OF THE DAY TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE CAR TO GO INTO THE WATER. >> IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS AN ACCIDENT. OBVIOUSLY WE ARE OUT HERE INVESTIGATING. REPORTER: THEY KNOW THE CAR WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON THE LEVEE AND THEY BELIEVE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED LESS THAN 24 HOURS AGO. >> THIS IS FARMLAND AND A LOT OF FARMERS TRAVEL UP AND DOWN THE LEVEE. IF IT HAD BEEN YOUR FOR SEVERAL RECEIVED A CALL PRIOR TO THAT. REPORTER: IT HAS DISABILITY LICENSE PLATES. THEY ARE CHECKING IN FOR MECHANICAL FAILURES. THE IDENTITY OF THE COUPLE HAS AN AUTOPSY WILL BE PERFORMED.