Posted on 05/02/2022 4:44:25 PM PDT by BenLurkin
A body found in a barrel at Lake Mead on Sunday may have been underwater for as long as four decades and more bodies are likely to appear as the lake recedes due to severe drought, according to Las Vegas Metro police.
Boaters discovered the body around 3 p.m. Sunday, KTLA sister station KLAS reported.
Police suspect the person was killed in the 1980s based on personal items in the barrel, Las Vegas Metro police homicide Lt. Ray Spencer said. He would not elaborate on the person’s cause of death or the items found, citing the ongoing investigation.
A photo shared with KLAS showed what looked like skeletal remains in the barrel. The barrel looked to have been stuck in the mud.
Lake Mead, located in both Nevada and Arizona, 24 miles east of Las Vegas, dropped below 1,056 feet in elevation last Tuesday, less than a week after hitting 1,057 feet the week before. Lake levels are expressed in altitude, not depth. At its highest levels, the lake is near 1,225 feet.
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It probably looks like Davey Jones locker down there.
I had one of those.
Lost it decades ago.
Left it hanging somewhere.
Probably in a bar.
If anybody finds it, please let me know.
Turtleneck sweater.
Dingy Harry Reed is dead, otherwise the Vegas mob would be a good place to ask questions of....
Plaid leisure suit.
Frodo? Just askin
A card counting blackjack player at The Horseshoe Casino.
Card counter was the first thing I thought of.
Jimmy is that you? They found Jimmy Hoffa!!!
Umm, water doesn’t flow over Hoover Dam.
You can still get them. I didn't know they were a called a racer jacket.
https://membersonly.com/collections/mens-members-only-jackets/products/mens-classic-iconic-racer-jacket
DNA can decompose rapidly in water environment....hopefully they may get some....but there probably wasn’t a dna database that they could compare the sample to anyway.
“Umm, water doesn’t flow over Hoover Dam.”
Exactly, that’s why it was stupid to try that stunt - very hard landing.
Must have had incriminating evidence about the Clinton’s.
They can get DNA from bone marrow and tooth pulp.
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“He would not elaborate on the person’s cause of death...”
I’m betting foul play.
Also, I wasn’t in Vegas that weekend.
Anybody seen Dexter Morgan lately?
Members Only jackets made a comeback around 2016. Today, mullets are back. High school boys have them. It’s hilarious.
Hoffa?
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