The National Park Service has announced the discovery of a three sets of human remains near Lake Mead

Human remains were found near Lake Mead

The officials suspect that one of the sets of human remains that were found near Lake Mead at the beginning of May match to a murder victim who died in the 1970s or 1980s. The bones were found in two separate sets. The third set of human remains uncovered in the Lake Mead region since early May has been unearthed.

National Park Service

Around 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon local time on Monday, the National Park Service (NPS) reported that it was notified that human remains had been discovered close to Lake Mead National Recreation Area. The remark was made in a news release.

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Recover the remains

According to the National Park Service (NPS), as soon as park rangers became aware of the occurrence, they swiftly put up a perimeter to "recover the remains." In order to learn more about what took happened, a call was placed to the Office of the Medical Examiner in Clark County.

Investigating the incident

According to the National Park Service (NPS), "no more information is available" at this time, and the NPS reaffirmed that officials are now investigating the incident.

On May 1, members of the public who were boating on Lake Mead came upon a barrel that was housing the bones of a person who had been murdered, which prompted a thorough inquiry.

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Conclusion

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's forensic investigators have come to the conclusion that the dead person was killed somewhere between the middle of the 1970s and the early 1980s.

Homicide Lt. Ray Spencer

Kmart was the retailer of the victim's apparel and shoes in the middle of the late 1970s, according to Metro Police Homicide Lt. Ray Spencer, who disclosed this information to the local news outlet KLAS.

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Lt. Spencer

Lt. Spencer of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department stated at the time that "We suspect this is a homicide as a consequence of a gunshot wound."

Lieutenant Spencer

According to Lieutenant Spencer, a dip in water levels may have been a contributing factor in the finding of the human remains.

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Las Vegas Review-Journal

After 30 to 40 years of declining water levels, "if someone were to drop a barrel of paint into the water where they were placed, you would never discover it unless the water level decreased," Lt. Spencer said in an interview in May with the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

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Callville Bay

Lt. Spencer was also included in the conversation: "The barrel is now clearly visible because the water level has fallen. No movement could be seen in the barrel. So the barrel didn't even get washed up."

Nearly a week later, divers discovered more remains in Lake Mead. Two paddle boarders discovered the bones at Lake Mead National Recreation Area's Callville Bay at about 2 p.m. on May 9 and alerted NPS rangers, according to KLAS.

Clark County Medical Examiner

When park rangers set up a perimeter and removed the dead, an alert was sent to the Clark County Medical Examiner to investigate the incident.