Lake Mead body found

The grim discovery comes a week after the body of a homicide victim was discovered in a barrel at the Nevada lake.

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More human remains have been found at drought-stricken Lake Mead just days after a shooting victim was discovered.

Last week, police said the body found in the barrel at Lake Mead was a shooting victim from the mid-1970s or the early 1980s because the victim was wearing shoes that were manufactured during that period. The Clark County Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death and he investigation is ongoing, officials said. More human remains have been found at drought-stricken Lake Mead just days after a body was discovered inside a barrel in the newly exposed the bottom of the lake.

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 ...

Park rangers responded and set a perimeter to recover the remains. The discovery comes nearly a week after remains were found in a barrel at Lake Mead on May 1, exposed by receding water levels. 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.