Identified! NV - Las Vegas, *GRAPHIC*, Skull found on Lake Mead shoreline, 2nd discovery in week, May'22 - Thomas Erndt

[Susikatze]

Great. One has their name back and is returned to family. Hope the others follow soon.

 

[carbuff]

This article from last year says "At least six skeletons have been retrieved from the lake in the past year and there could be many more waiting to be found." I wonder if any more were found after that?

Lake Mead body discovery solves 50 year mystery

One of the many sets of human remains found within Lake Mead has been identified, bring the mystery to a close.

www.newsweek.com

 

[azure]

Warning: Graphic

"Las Vegas police announced over the weekend that more skeletal remains were found at Callville Bay within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Lindsey and Lynette Melvin reportedly found the skeletal remains on Saturday"


Second body found at Lake Mead week after corpse was found in barrel

Clarifying because there have been so many bodies found in Lake Mead recently. The subject of this thread, Callville Bay Doe, has been identified as Thomas Erndt.

RIP Thomas Erndt.

Interview with Mr. Erndt's son, also named Thomas Erndt.

A week later, on May 7, people discovered the remains of who has now been identified as Thomas Erndt. They were half buried in the mud near Callville Bay, where Erndt had gone missing two decades earlier.

 

[carbuff]

Sorry,I thought this thread was for the general situation of remains in Lake Mead. My bad.

 

[azure]

Sorry,I thought this thread was for the general situation of remains in Lake Mead. My bad.

I wasn't trying to correct you, @carbuff! I just thought the thread could be moved to Identified.

 

[carbuff]

I wasn't trying to correct you, @carbuff! I just thought the thread could be moved to Identified.

You're right, it should be. I'll flag a moderator.