Las Vegas Police Plan to Release the ID of a Man Found in a Barrel in Lake Mead
Officials say the victim found in a barrel at Lake Mead in 2022 has been identified after years of investigation.
- On Thursday, Clark County officials and Las Vegas police will reveal the identity of the homicide victim found inside a barrel at Lake Mead in May 2022, ending a four-year mystery.
- Boaters discovered the remains at Hemenway Harbor on May 1, 2022, as dropping water levels exposed a 55-gallon barrel containing a homicide victim shot between the mid-1970s and early 1980s.
- Investigators utilized DNA analysis, clothing, and a silver Timex watch to identify the adult male, whom specialists estimated was between 27 and 61 years old at death.
- Scheduled for 3 p.m. today at LVMPD Headquarters, the news conference will feature Clark County Coroner Melanie Rouse and LVMPD Homicide Lt. Robert Price discussing investigation findings.
- This homicide was one of four cases involving remains found at Lake Mead in 2022, as prolonged drought continues exposing what decades of water concealed in the reservoir's depths.
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Las Vegas officials release the ID of a man whose body was found in a barrel in Lake Mead
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas officials identified a homicide victim Thursday whose remains were found in a rusted barrel on a Lake Mead shore after the lake’s level was depleted amid drought. Clark County Coroner Melanie Rouse identified th...
Police Announce Identification of Gunshot Victim Found in Lake Mead Barrel After Four-Year Investigation
LAS VEGAS, NV — One of the most scrutinized desert mysteries in modern Southern Nevada history reached a breakthrough as the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and the Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner announced the formal identification of a homicide victim discovered sealed inside a steel barrel at
Las Vegas police, coroner ID body found in barrel at Lake Mead
On Wednesday, officials with the Clark County Office of the coroner/medical examiner, in conjunction with police, said that they had positively identified the person whose remains were discovered at Hemenway Harbor on May 1, 2022.
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