US EditionFederal officials investigate the discovery of cremated human remains in Nevada desert
Federal and local authorities are investigating the discovery of about 70 piles of cremated remains scattered on public land, with no clear explanation for their presence.
- Federal officials opened an investigation after cremated remains were found in Nevada, the Bureau of Land Management confirmed on Wednesday, August 27, with the Las Vegas Metro Police Department referring inquiries to the BLM.
- Nevada law allows scattering cremated remains on public land, while Bureau of Land Management policy permits individual, non-commercial scattering but restricts commercial funeral homes.
- On a dirt road outside Searchlight, crews found pulverized bones and ashes on public lands about 50 miles south of Las Vegas, with local TV estimating around 70 piles near U.S. Highway 95.
- Officials say it is unclear how the piles ended up in the desert or who left them, and no dedicated funeral homes in Searchlight account for local cremations, raising questions for the town's population of 329 residents.
- Experts note that approximately 1 percent of U.S. cremations go unclaimed, equating to 15,000 remains annually amid abuses like those at Return to Nature Funeral Home involving co-owners Jon Hallford and Carie Hallford.
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