Since May, four sets of bodies have been discovered in the reservoir formed by the Hoover Dam in Nevada and Arizona as the water continues to evaporate.
, a reservoir formed by the Hoover Dam in Nevada and Arizona, is rapidly evaporating because of a mega-drought. Water levels are now the lowest they have been since 1937. And, before now, the lake had been concealing a multitude of human remains.have been found in the lake. Investigations are underway into all the remains. One set of remains, discovered inside a barrel, appears to be that of a shooting victim.
The state the bodies were found in is unclear, however. Melissa Connor, a forensic anthropology professor at Colorado Mesa University, said they may have turned into a"soap-like consistency known as adipocere."CrackerClips/Getty
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