SALT LAKE CITY — A body has been discovered in a canal in Salt Lake City.

Lt. Andrew Cluff with the Salt Lake City Police Department’s Watch Command said a passerby found the body near North Star Drive and Redwood Road Sunday.

He said the caller, who spends time in the area, told police the body wasn’t there two days ago.

Fire crews were on scene Sunday afternoon removing the body.

There has been no word yet on an age, gender or identification.