Body found near Balloon Fiesta Park

EYEWITNESS NEWS A BODY IN THE NORTH DIVERSION CHANNEL WHILE OUT FOR A BIKE RIDE VALERIE CASTRO SPOKE TO THE MAN JUST HOURS AGO SHE S LIVE ALONG THE CHANNEL NEAR EDITH THIS IS THE DIVERSION CHANNEL WHERE J R PADILLA AND HIS SIX YEAR OLD DAUGHTER MADE THE DISCOVERY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AROUND 5 The person was just hunched over and pants down to his ankles shirt above his head and that s pretty much what we saw PADILLA SAYS HE AND HIS DAUGHTER WERE RIDING THEIR BIKES IN THE CHANNEL WHEN HE NOTICED THE MAN S BODY LYING IN THE WATERWAY HE CALLED 9-1-1 AND TOLD THEM WHAT THEY HAD FOUND PADILLA SAYS ITS NOT SOMETHING HE AND HIS DAUGHTER EXPECTED TO SEE ON THEIR SUNDAY BIKE RIDE She didn t know exactly what was going on but when she did find out she got a little freaked out and a little terrified we have a well rounded community a lot of things like this don t go on BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF S DEPUTIES ARE HANDLING THE INVESTIGATION REPORTING LIVE ALONG THE NORTH DIVERSION CHANNEL VALERIE CASTRO EWN 4 MIDDAY THE RECENTLY RETIRED FIRE CHIEF WHO WAS KILLED IN A GAS EXPLOSION AT