Las Vegas Lake Mead body found

It's really odd in the sense that had the lake never receded, we would never have discovered the body,” a police lieutenant in Las Vegas said, ...

Witnesses called the National Park Service, which responded and confirmed that the contents inside were in fact human remains, Lieutenant Spencer said. His shirt and belt were the only thing we could see over his decomposing bones.” Rangers with the National Park Service find one or two bodies at Lake Mead every year, he said, “so it’s not uncommon to work a homicide out at the lake.” It’s clear that the person “died as a result of a homicide,” he said, but he would not share how that was determined. Recent conditions have resulted in more significant water level declines. While the sun shined on nearby boaters floating in the water, they peeked their heads inside and discovered a skeleton.

Lake Mead gives up its mob secrets: Body of 1980s Vegas shooting victim is found in steel barrel on receding shoreline of lagoon - and cops expect to find MORE ...

He was killed in 1947 at the Beverly Hills home of his mistress Virginia Hall By the end of the decade, all casinos on the strip had allegedly been sold to legitimate owners. The story goes that twenty minutes after Siegel was killed in California, his associate, Davie 'the Jew' Berman, walked into the Flamingo and announced he was in charge. The water level in Lake Mead have reached their lowest heights since 1971. His shirt and belt were the only thing we could see over his decomposing bones.' The victim's shirt and belt were still clinging to their bones

"I would say there is a very good chance as the water level drops that we are going to find additional human remains," says Lieutenant Ray Spencer.

"I would say there is a very good chance as the water level drops that we are going to find additional human remains," Mr Spencer told KLAS-TV. "I would say there is a very good chance as the water level drops that we are going to find additional human remains," says Lieutenant Ray Spencer. "We're going to need scientists to weigh in and kind of give us some estimate on how long that person has actually been in the barrel," he said.

Human remains in a barrel were discovered Sunday along the drought-parched and receding shoreline of Nevada's Lake Mead, according to police.

The investigation is ongoing, and the park service declined to comment further. The Clark County Medical Examiner will work to confirm the cause of death, according to the National Park Service. The National Park Service alerted the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department about the discovery of the barrel, with the remains inside.

Las Vegas police believe a body found inside a barrel in the newly exposed bottom of Lake Mead was that of a man who had been shot.

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Las Vegas police believe a body found inside a barrel in the newly exposed bottom of Lake Mead was that of a man who had been shot Cops: Body in barrel in Lake Mead was man who had been shot

The Clark County coroner's office will try to determine the man's identity.

The barrel might have been visible due to Lake Mead's low water level from ongoing drought. Drought has dropped the water level of Lake Mead on the Colorado River in southern Nevada and northern Arizona so much that Las Vegas' uppermost water intake became visible last week. Las Vegas police believe a body found inside a barrel in the newly exposed bottom of Lake Mead was that of a man who had been shot.