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sarisataka

(18,197 posts)
Mon May 2, 2022, 06:01 PM May 2022

Las Vegas authorities: Barrel containing human remains discovered in Lake Mead amid drought, more co

Las Vegas authorities: Barrel containing human remains discovered in Lake Mead amid drought, more corpses likely to turn up

Authorities in Las Vegas say a barrel containing human remains was discovered in Lake Mead and more could turn up amid a drought that's caused the lake to reach historic lows. 

The barrel was discovered Sunday afternoon by boaters who alerted the National Park Service. The agency said in a statement rangers searched an area near Hemenway Harbor and found the barrel with skeletal remains. They are working with Las Vegas police. The Clark County coroner’s office will determine the person's identity.

Las Vegas police told 8 News Now the person was likely killed in the 1980s based on items found in the barrel, though authorities did not elaborate. Lt. Ray Spencer told the CBS affiliate more bodies are likely to be discovered as the lake, which is east of Las Vegas and borders Nevada and Arizona, recedes. 

“It’s going to be a very difficult case,” Spencer told the outlet. “I would say there is a very good chance as the water level drops that we are going to find additional human remains.”

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/05/02/barrel-human-remains-lake-mead/9620782002/
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Las Vegas authorities: Barrel containing human remains discovered in Lake Mead amid drought, more co (Original Post) sarisataka May 2022 OP
Gruesome yet fascinating ... Auggie May 2022 #1
Wasn't this an episode of Dexter? Initech May 2022 #7
Much of season five. NT NutmegYankee May 2022 #12
How awful pandr32 May 2022 #2
Well, the Organization DID come west. The Unmitigated Gall May 2022 #3
Mo Greene? AZSkiffyGeek May 2022 #4
Someone thought they were committing the perfect crime. lpbk2713 May 2022 #5
Jimmy Hoffa! roamer65 May 2022 #6
You beat to it! imanamerican63 May 2022 #10
Initially ... but I think more likely at the bottom of Lake Huron or Lake Michigan. Or both. Auggie May 2022 #13
So the whole city has been drinking corpse water this whole time? Yikes! Blues Heron May 2022 #8
They probably knew Lansky or Siegel dalton99a May 2022 #9
Because digging graves in the desert is really hard work... Wounded Bear May 2022 #11

pandr32

(11,446 posts)
2. How awful
Mon May 2, 2022, 06:19 PM
May 2022

Let's hope the remains can be identified. Someone, somewhere is probably wondering whatever happened to them.

lpbk2713

(42,696 posts)
5. Someone thought they were committing the perfect crime.
Mon May 2, 2022, 06:37 PM
May 2022


They didn't allow for Lake Mead reaching a critically low level.

If the barrel was left there in the 1980's the killer(s) might even be dead now.

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