Low water levels reveal body in barrel at Lake Mead.

[Robert59]

The plunging water level in Lake Mead -- the country's largest reservoir, besieged by drought -- unveiled another disturbing discovery over the weekend, police say: a body in a barrel.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/02/us/lake-mead-body-barrel-water-level-drought-climate/index.html

 

[Alligatorob]

Low water levels reveal body in barrel at Lake Mead​

Only one? It is the closest water body to Las Vegas...

Water levels in Lake Mead and Lake Powell are reaching historically low levels. I have read that we are in the worst drought in 500 years...

 

[Jules]

Only one?

First they’ve found. I’d gamble that they’re be more.

 

[helenbacque]

Maybe the Jimmie Hoffa mystery will finally be solved here.

 

[Alligatorob]

As I suspected:

Lake Mead: Shrinking reservoir reveals more human remains​

It will be interesting to see what the final tally is...

Maybe the Jimmie Hoffa mystery will finally be solved here.

No, not so far. However, with the current drought the lake will keep dropping for the next 6+ months. So it ain't over yet!

 

[Don M.]

Lake Mead: Shrinking reservoir reveals more human remains
No, not so far. However, with the current drought the lake will keep dropping for the next 6+ months. So it ain't over yet!

If this drought in the Western states doesn't begin to reverse....soon...the water situation there is going to become critical. Las Vegas may have to issue flashlights to the gamblers if Lake Mead drops much further, and can no longer generate much electricity.

While the western half of the nation continues to experience dryer weather, the eastern half is experiencing above average rain/snow.

 

[Becky1951]

"The largest US reservoir, Lake Mead supplies drinking water to 20 million people from Las Vegas to Los Angeles.
Police warn that more bodies will probably be found as the lake recedes."

 

[Jules]

"The largest US reservoir, Lake Mead supplies drinking water to 20 million people from Las Vegas to Los Angeles.
Police warn that more bodies will probably be found as the lake recedes."

They found another one today. No details.

 

[Murrmurr]

"The largest US reservoir, Lake Mead supplies drinking water to 20 million people from Las Vegas to Los Angeles.
Police warn that more bodies will probably be found as the lake recedes."

Hope the water treatment plant is well-maintained.

 

[Tish]

Hope the water treatment plant is well-maintained.

I am sure it will be.

 

[Alligatorob]

Hope the water treatment plant is well-maintained.

There may be none to treat soon...

 

[JustDave]

Back when the mob controlled Las Vegas, Lake Mead body dumping was probably quite common. I worked in Arizona back then, and I used Lake Mead to sail my first boat, a little 13 foot Sunfish. I never gave a thought to bodies.

 

[Fyrefox]

Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes…

 

[Judycat]

Just goes to show, if you want to get rid of a body, you have to burn it to ash then dump the ashes in the water.

 

[JonSR77]

The Mafia recently opened a new chain store, modeled after Crate and Barrel.

Called "Body and Barrel."

It's a home decor store headquartered in Bayonne, New Jersey. Wall decorations include stolen (and polished) hub caps, bookcases complete with a full line and range of brass knuckles, an arsenal of weapons including a 1930's Thompson submachine gun, and a framed photo of Al (Capone).

 

[WhatInThe]

Just goes to show, if you want to get rid of a body, you have to burn it to ash then dump the ashes in the water.

Just think if a killer thought they were free and clear for 50 years and the police come to their nursing home and put cuffs on them. Fellow residents may wind up developing more heart trouble than the perp.

For others it might a relief of sorts.

 

[Nathan]

The plunging water level in Lake Mead -- the country's largest reservoir, besieged by drought -- unveiled another disturbing discovery over the weekend, police say: a body in a barrel.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/02/us/lake-mead-body-barrel-water-level-drought-climate/index.html

..I thought the water tasted funny.

 

[Chet]

Imagine who's been dumped in the oceans.

 

[Murrmurr]

Back when the mob controlled Las Vegas, Lake Mead body dumping was probably quite common. I worked in Arizona back then, and I used Lake Mead to sail my first boat, a little 13 foot Sunfish. I never gave a thought to bodies.

There was a time when people committed suicide by jumping off Hoover Dam, too.

 

[Don M.]

If the climate continues to warm, and the SW drought continues to worsen, the U.S. may have to install a huge pipeline from the Mississippi River to the Colorado river basin, so as to feed Lake Powell and Lake Mead. Our entire SW could begin to resemble Death Valley and force millions to migrate North and East.

 

[JonSR77]

If the climate continues to warm, and the SW drought continues to worsen, the U.S. may have to install a huge pipeline from the Mississippi River to the Colorado river basin, so as to feed Lake Powell and Lake Mead. Our entire SW could begin to resemble Death Valley and force millions to migrate North and East.

I agree with Don. It is clearly, a very very serious issue.

 

[Alligatorob]

the U.S. may have to install a huge pipeline from the Mississippi River to the Colorado river basin, so as to feed Lake Powell and Lake Mead.

I saw an analysis of that one, not only would digging it cost a fortune and find huge environmental and regulatory problems but it would take more electricity to run the pumps than we generate in the whole of the Southwest.

Just not going to happen, much as we'd appreciate the water.

 

[Gary O']

Just goes to show, if you want to get rid of a body, you have to burn it to ash then dump the ashes in the water.

A hog farm comes in handy

 

[Jules]

A hog farm comes in handy

Very true. Willy Picton, a hog farmer near Vancouver, used that method on prostitutes. He’s sitting in jail now.

Lots of dead things besides people end up in lakes.

 

[JonSR77]

A hog farm comes in handy

Ah, HBO's Deadwood...