On Sunday going to the lake the ships encountered a barrel containing human remains that, according to the disfigured nature of the metal drum, had existed there for decades.
“My husband heard a woman screaming and then he went and found the body in a very shattered 50-gallon drum,” said Shona Holster, a Las Vegas resident. Told in News 3. “Found a man almost to the bone, except for the appearance of some of his shirts and belts.”
The discovery prompted National Park Service Rangers to search the area to help the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department recover the remains.
Photos from the site show a rusty barrel partially submerged in mud, about a foot from the current level of the lake.
Lieutenant Ray Spencer, killed by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Says 8 news today Victim was allegedly murdered in the 1980s, based on items found in a barrel. Additionally, Spencer said he highly expects to find more bodies as the lake level drops.
“I think anyone can understand that there are probably a lot more corpses lying in the lake,” he said. “It’s just a question of whether we can bring them back.”
The level of lakes in the country’s largest reservoir has dropped due to the destruction of the region’s megacities, the driest in at least 1,200 years. Last week, water announced the original lake valve in 1971:
Official – The suction peak №1 is now visible and the lake’s low -level pumping station is already operational. The new low lake pump station was completed in 2020 to provide a high -quality water supply to southern Nevada. Find out more here https://t.co/o0rJqlXiFX pic.twitter.com/vPqULBlrCb
– Southern Nevada Water Authority (@ SNWA_H2O) April 26, 2022
Source: Huffpost
