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New human remains were found at Lake Mead in Nevada over the weekend, days after a decomposed body was found in a metal barrel at the lake's shrinking shoreline. A witness reported seeing human skeletal remains at Callville Bay within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area at 2 p.m local time on Saturday, the National Park Service said in a release.

The discovery was made by two paddleboarders who say they noticed, what appeared at first glance to be a rock. However, upon further inspection, they realized they had discovered bones. As it stands, there are no signs of foul play, sources tell the 8 News Now I-Team.

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...

Authorities say a barrel carrying human remains has been discovered in Lake Mead.Boaters spotted the barrel Sunday afternoon and the National Park Service was alerted.The agency said in a statement rangers searched an area near Hemenway Harbor and found the barrel with skeletal remains. They are working with Las Vegas police.

While working on a story on the discovery of a barrel that contained human remains at Lake Mead, a news team from KTLA sister station KLAS found a second barrel and alerted police. Boaters discovered the body in the first barrel around 3 p.m. Sunday. While at the lake Monday, a KLAS teamnoticed a second barrel several hundred feet away from the site of the first – also onshore. Police said Tuesday the second barrel was empty. The person found in the first barrel, believed to be a man, is suspected to have been killed in the late-1970s or 1980s,...