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LAS VEGAS (AP) — More human remains were found at the drought-hit Lake Mead National Recreation Area east of Las Vegas, officials said Sunday.
The remains were discovered for the fourth time since May as drought in the West shrinks the Colorado River reservoir behind the Hoover Dam, receding the coastline.
A National Park Service official said rangers were called to a reservoir between Nevada and Arizona around 11 a.m. Saturday after a skeletal remains was found on Swim Beach.
Rangers and Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department diving teams went to retrieve the bodies.
Park Service officials said the Clark County coroner's office said investigators were reviewing missing person records to try to determine when and how the person died. rice field.
On May 1, barrels containing human remains were found near Hemenway Harbor. Police believe the body belonged to a man who died from a gunshot wound and that the body was likely dumped in the mid-1970s or early 1980s.
Less than a week later. , officials announced that human bones had been found in Calvil Bay.
Most recently, a partial human remains was found in the Boulder Beach area on July 25th.
Police speculate that more bodies may be found as Lake Mead's water levels continue to drop.
These discoveries lead to a long unsolved history dating back decades to organized crime and the dawn of Las Vegas, just a 30-minute drive from Las Vegas. It has sparked speculation about missing persons and murders. that lake.
Since the reservoir was full in 1983, the lake level has dropped more than 170 feet (52 meters).
Lake levels are falling, as the majority of peer-reviewed science says. The world is warming mainly due to rising levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
Scientists say the western United States, including the Colorado River Basin, has become warmer and drier over the past 30 years.
