Rapidly Receding Waters of Lake Mead Reveal Decades-Old Human Remains

Human remains found at Lake Mead in Nevada have been identified as those of a 52-year-old man who disappeared in 1998.
Human remains found at drought-stricken Lake Mead have been identified as a Las Vegas man missing since July 1998.
Authorities are still trying to identify a man who police say was shot in the head and stuffed into a barrel.
Remains found in May 2022 were identified a few months later as those of Thomas Erndt, a 42-year-old Las Vegas father whose family said he drowned in 2002 while boating in the Callville Bay area.
The pattern of findings came as water levels at the sprawling reservoir plummeted to alarming record-lows after decades of drought and over-consumption.