Las Vegas Police Identify Man Found in Barrel in Lake Mead in 2022

Authorities identified a man found in a barrel in Lake Mead through a DNA match provided by family members in Arkansas.

AI-written summary · The Chestnut Post · October 15, 2026 at 8:15 PM EDT · How we use AI

Las Vegas police have identified a man whose remains were discovered inside a barrel in Lake Mead in 2022.

Authorities said the victim had been killed by a single gunshot to the head in the early 1980s.

The identification was made after family members in Arkansas provided a DNA match.

Originally reported by The New York Times. Read the full story at The New York Times

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