A third set of human remains was found in Lake Mead, in the United States this Monday (26), as the water levels in the reservoir decrease, according to the National Park Service.
Rangers responded to a call of human remains found at Swim Beach in Boulder City, Nevada at around 4:30 pm local time, according to the statement.
“Park rangers are at the scene and have established a perimeter to retrieve the remains,” the statement said.
The Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office is helping to determine the cause of death, the National Park Service added.
This is at least the third body found in the Lake Mead area.
With the dry the country’s largest reservoir has receded to unprecedented levels.
The first body, discovered on May 1, was found in a barrel and was likely that of a murder victim who died of a gunshot wound “between the mid-70s and early 80s, based on the clothes and shoes he wore. the victim has been found,” reported a press release from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police.
Another set of remains was found on May 7 in the area of Via Callville Bay.
The receding waters also exposed sunken boats, including a World War II vessel found last month.
Some 40 million people in the west rely on water from the Colorado River and its two largest reservoirs — Lake Mead and Lake Powell — where levels have dropped at an alarming rate in recent years amid a climate-change megadrought.
As of Tuesday, the water level of Lake Mead was at 1,040 feet. It is the lowest level ever recorded for the reservoir since 1930.
The lake’s low water level exposed, in April, one of the reservoir’s original water inlet valves for the first time.
The valve has been in service since 1971 but can no longer draw water, according to the Southern Nevada Water Authority.
This agency is responsible for managing the water resources of 2.2 million people in southern Nevada, including Las Vegas.
“The lake has drained dramatically over the last 15 years,” Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Homicide Lieutenant Ray Spencer lamented in May. “It is likely that we will find additional bodies that have been dumped into Lake Mead as the water level drops further.”
Source: CNN Brasil
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