Human remains discovered in Lake Mead in October have been identified as a 39-year-old man who is believed to have drowned in the reservoir nearly five decades ago, officials announced Tuesday.
Medical examiners have been working to determine the identities and causes of death of the other remains discovered at the reservoir so far., 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.found in August and July
along the shoreline of the lake’s popular Boulder Beach that all belong to one person, according to the coroner’s office. It also includes the first set found on May 1, tucked inside an eroded barrel with an obvious gunshot wound. Investigators say the body belongs to a homicide victim who was likely killed and put in the lake in the mid-70’s to early 80’s.
But without identification of the victim, investigators are extremely limited, Lt. Jason Johansson of thelast year. As more time passes, he said, the chances of finding witnesses and potential suspects narrows. “If you think about what the age of who your witnesses or anybody related to this case would be, many of them are getting older every day. And they’re at an age where you have to worry, are they even alive? And so I would say that’s probably our biggest concern right now,” Johansson said.
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