The National Park Service is investigating reports of human skeletal remains being found at Lake Mead in Nevada, marking the fifth time such a discovery has been reported so far this summer.
The remains were found in the swimming area of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area at about 8 p.m. on Monday, according to the NPS. The agency is investigating the situation in collaboration with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and the Clark County medical examiner.The recovered body is the fifth instance of remains being found at the lake since May, as the water levels have been far below the maximum capacity levels of roughly 1,220 feet.
The first body was found by Las Vegas officials on May 1, and authorities said the victim appeared to have been shot and stored in a barrel before being dumped into the lake as many as four decades ago. Another set of human remains was found less than a week later on May 7 near the lake’s Callville Bay.A third set was found on July 26 near Swim Beach, which is where the fourth and fifth sets of human remains were also found.
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