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Authorities are not ruling out the possibility that a skeletal body found encased in a metal barrel along the diminishing shoreline of Lake Mead is linked to a notorious Las Vegas mob hit from the 1980s, Your Content has learned.
According to the Las Vegas Police, the skeletal remains discovered within a barrel at the depths of Lake Mead potentially belong to a victim of a 1980s Las Vegas mob murder.
Detectives have determined that the victim met a violent end, as indicated by clear signs of homicide, and the items found alongside the skeleton strongly suggest that the crime took place during the 1980s.
Identifying the body could prove to be a lengthy process, possibly spanning years, as investigators delve into missing persons reports from the 1980s and employ DNA extraction techniques.
The grim discovery emerged as the water levels in Lake Mead receded to their lowest point in half a century.
Law enforcement officials caution that this unsettling find might just be the tip of the iceberg, as further bodies could come to light as the water recedes, according to NewsFeed.
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