Skeletal remains found in Lake Mead were identified by officials as a 1974 drowning victim named Donald P. Smith. A diver found Smith’s remains, prompting a search by a park dive team that uncovered more skeletal remains.
were identified by officials as a 1974 drowning victim, authorities in Las Vegas said Tuesday.
Donald P. Smith of North Las Vegas was 39 when he was reported missing in the Colorado River reservoir behind Hoover Dam, the Clark County coroner’s office said in a statement. The identification was made through DNA, and Smith's death has been ruled accidental, officials said. A diver found Smith’s remains in Lake Mead’s National Recreation Area’s Callville Bay on Oct. 17, prompting a search by a park dive team that uncovered more skeletal remains.A formerly sunken boat sits high and dry along the shoreline of Lake Mead at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Tuesday, May 10, 2022, near Boulder City, Nev. Authorities in Las Vegas say they've identified human remains found in October 2022 at shrinking Lake Mead as a North Las Vegas man who drowned in April 1974.
Coroner's investigators are still trying to identify other remains found last year while the lake recedes because of the drought, county spokeswoman Stacey Welling said., Clark County officials said. Erndt’s family said he drowned while going for a late-night swim as the family was boating on the lake with friends.
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