Overview

• Kruglov, 37, a Russian national living in Washington state, was identified by fingerprints by the Washoe County Medical Examiner after his body was found at a Black Rock City campsite on Aug. 30.
• Deputies responded around 9:14 p.m. to reports of a man lying in a pool of blood near 8:30 and I streets as the wooden effigy burned.
• Authorities are treating the death as a homicide, have not released the cause, and have not identified a suspect.
• Pershing County deputies, BLM rangers, Washoe County forensic teams and Black Rock Rangers processed the scene and continue to seek tips from attendees.
• Burning Man Project pledged full cooperation and support for tip rewards as friends fundraise to repatriate his remains to Omsk, with his father publicly calling for justice.