{"id":1468959,"date":"2022-05-09T13:59:36","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T17:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1468959"},"modified":"2022-05-09T13:59:40","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T17:59:40","slug":"more-skeletal-remains-found-at-nevada-lake-following-discovery-of-decomposed-body-on-shore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-skeletal-remains-found-at-nevada-lake-following-discovery-of-decomposed-body-on-shore\/","title":{"rendered":"More Skeletal Remains Found At Nevada Lake Following Discovery Of Decomposed Body On Shore"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmore-skeletal-remains-found-at-nevada-lake-following-discovery-of-decomposed-body-on-shore%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1468959&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/Lake-Mead-2.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>More human remains have been discovered at a Nevada lake just days after a decomposing body was found in a metal barrel stuck in the muddy shoreline as the lake\u2019s water levels fall amid a severe drought.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The National Park Service (NPS) announced that skeletal remains were discovered Saturday afternoon at Callville Bay in the Lake Mead Recreation Area, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/human-remains-discovered-lake-mead-days-body-found-barrel-rcna27880\"><span>according<\/span><\/a><span> to NBC News. After the find, the area was roped off, and the Clark County Medical Examiner launched an investigation into the cause of death.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The NPS <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/05\/09\/us\/lake-mead-human-remains-drought-climate\/index.html\"><span>added<\/span><\/a><span> that it had \u201cno further information is available at this time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lake Mead is the nation\u2019s largest reservoir.<\/p>\n<p><span>More than a week ago, another body was discovered by a group of boaters who noticed what appeared to be a skeleton in a metal barrel stuck in mud as they returned to shore. It is believed that the original body dates back to the 1980s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe were docking our boat to go home and heard a woman scream,\u201d Shawna Hollister, who was at the lake, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.8newsnow.com\/news\/local-news\/i-team-sources-body-found-at-lake-mead-outside-las-vegas\/\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cMy husband walked over and found the body. His shirt and belt were the only thing we could see over his decomposing bones.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ahead of the investigation, local police anticipated a complex probe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a very difficult case,\u201d Las Vegas Metro police homicide Lt. Ray Spencer <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.8newsnow.com\/i-team\/i-team-body-found-in-barrel-in-lake-mead-may-date-back-to-1980s-more-likely-to-appear-as-water-recedes-las-vegas-police-say\/\"><span>told<\/span><\/a><span> the 8 News Now investigation team. \u201cI would say there is a very good chance as the water level drops that we are going to find additional human remains.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI think anybody can understand there are probably more bodies that have been dumped in Lake Mead, it\u2019s just a matter of, are we able to recover those?\u201d he asked.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After initial investigations, police <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news3lv.com\/news\/local\/gunshot-wound-believed-to-be-cause-of-death-for-body-found-in-barrel-at-lake-mead-las-vegas-metro-police-lvmpd-homicide-nevada\"><span>suspect<\/span><\/a><span> that the body found in the barrel was a homicide victim.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe believe this is a homicide as a result of a gunshot wound,\u201d Spencer announced in a press release.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Lake Mead, crucial to a system providing water to millions of homes, has hit its lowest water level since its formation during the 1930s, when it was created as a byproduct of the Hoover Dam\u2019s construction. It provides water to several states, including Arizona, California, and Colorado.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWith more than 750 miles of shoreline, you can enjoy a day at the beach, take a boat out and disappear for hours or nestle into a cove to try to catch a big one,\u201d the National Park Service <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/lake\/planyourvisit\/lake-mead.htm\"><span>explains<\/span><\/a><span> on its website about visiting Lake Mead. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More human remains have been discovered at a Nevada lake just days after a decomposing body was found in a metal barrel stuck in the muddy shoreline as the lake\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":1482134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1468959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1468959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1482134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1468959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1468959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1468959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}