NV NV - Multiple Sets of Human Remains Found in Lake Mead

[Bit of hope]

I came across this missing person on a unidentified FB page....I think this is interesting....

Robert Louis Arcaris

Robert was last seen on October 12, 1987, in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is believed to be a possible victim of a homicide in the Lake Mead area. AKA Meyers, Louis Robert.

 

[dotr]

I came across this missing person on a unidentified FB page....I think this is interesting....

Robert Louis Arcaris

Robert was last seen on October 12, 1987, in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is believed to be a possible victim of a homicide in the Lake Mead area. AKA Meyers, Louis Robert.

Very interesting, maybe he will be located!
ETA, cross posted on this thread..
NV - NV - Robert Arcaris, 36, Las Vegas, 12 Oct 1987 (websleuths.com)

Missing Person / NamUs #MP21376 | NamUs (ojp.gov)
''Last known to be boating at Lake Mead just East of Las Vegas''.
''Nickname/Alias
Robert Lee Harrison, Robert Lyons, Louis Robert Meyers, Louis Myers''

 

[Valiant]

Imagine if AWP were called there. The things they could find. I wonder if they would be interested in something like that? It would be worth it if they could bring more people back to their worried families.

AWP specializes in finding cars under water, not people outside of cars. I guess their equipment might be useful for finding barrels?
I think AWP is a great group, but not the group with the experience and equipment for this search.

 

[Bit of hope]

Any news on the second barrel? Was it the same type/manufacturer? Was it closed/open, as rusty as the first?...the body (if there was one) might have washed out...

 

[PatLaurel]

Any news on the second barrel? Was it the same type/manufacturer? Was it closed/open, as rusty as the first?...the body (if there was one) might have washed out...

The barrel is similar to the first one... not so corroded though and it's half stuck in the sand. It's hard to say for now if a body or anything else was ever inside it.

"(...) A small hole in the second barrel revealed empty space,(...)"

https://www.8newsnow.com/i-team/i-team-discovers-2nd-barrel-at-lake-mead-near-site-of-murder-victims-remains/

MOO JMO

 

[Andreee]

Western states....not southern states.

True, but being I am from waaay north in Canada, I consider most places south

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Las Vegas police looking for DNA to help identify body in barrel

Justin Woo, a Las Vegas entrepreneur and founder of VegasHelps, has previously worked with LVMPD to help solve cold cases through DNA evidence. Woo made a private donation that helped solve the 1989 Stephanie Isaacson murder case through genealogy DNA testing.

Woo said that he has offered to help Metro on this specific case but that LVMPD is still working to retrieve some DNA so it can be tested. Othram Labs in Texas has worked closely with LVMPD on solving cold cases through genealogy.

 

[annpats]

Vegas ain't far and the mafia might have gotten bored with digging holes in the desert. Could be a disposal method for mob victims.

I was thinking the same thing.
Hinky gambling debts, got in with the wrong people.....maybe he paid a high price.
RIP barrel man. I hope you get your identity and a beautiful grave.

 

[sds71]

The department has received numerous tips since Sunday’s discovery. A spokesperson did not release the exact number, only saying it was “several dozen.”
I-Team: Las Vegas police receive dozens of tips about murder victim found in barrel at Lake Mead (8newsnow.com)

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I'm surprised there would be so many tips after so long.
I'm wondering if some are from amateur sleuths.

Hoping this man can get his name back, and family and friends will finally know what happened to them.

 

[cvaldez1975]

Vegas ain't far and the mafia might have gotten bored with digging holes in the desert. Could be a disposal method for mob victims.

could be like this case Fifth Body Taken From New Melones Lake – Russian Mafia May Be Involved

 

[cvaldez1975]

Poor person.
I hope they weren't still alive when they were put in the barrel

i hope not either but probably not. they were shot.

 

[cvaldez1975]

2nd barrel found empty

— While working on the story of the discovery of a barrel that contained human remains at Lake Mead, the 8 News Now I-Team found a second barrel and alerted police.

Boaters discovered the body in the first barrel around 3 p.m. Sunday. The I-Team first reported the discovery on Sunday afternoon and new details about the discovery Monday.

The person, believed to be a man, is suspected to have been murdered in the late-1970s or 1980s, investigators said.


While at the lake Monday, the I-Team noticed a second barrel several hundred feet away from the site of the first — also onshore.

I-Team discovers 2nd barrel at Lake Mead near site of murder victim's remains

is it possible the body came out, or was is still closed? maybe just trash?

 

[MajorHoople]

Since bodies tend to float when they decompose I would think the barrel would need to be weighted with something heavy to keep it on the bottom of the lake.

 

[PatLaurel]

"NewsNation Investigative Team Discovers 2nd barrel"

 

[hafom8840]

Have they released the caliber the bullet was/could’ve been? I know a ballistic report would be very inefficient with something like this but still

 

[Lilibet]

My husband who fancies himself a comedian offered up "its Jimmy Hoffa" sigh.

I have to admit that Hoffa crossed my mind, as unlikely as it is. I see your husband and I are not alone in thinking of Hoffa. But whoever it is, I hope he can be identified and returned to his family.

 

[FrankieFalzon]

could be like this case Fifth Body Taken From New Melones Lake – Russian Mafia May Be Involved

Not Russian, actually. Kadamovas's torture/ransom/murder gang was probably created by the Vilnius Brigade, and the ransom money was probably flowing back to it. There's even a decent book about the possible connection:

 

[dotr]

(21) Mob Museum historian weighs in on body found in barrel at Lake Mead - YouTube

 

[cvaldez1975]

Not Russian, actually. Kadamovas's torture/ransom/murder gang was probably created by the Vilnius Brigade, and the ransom money was probably flowing back to it. There's even a decent book about the possible connection:

interesting! our family camps near there and i always found it somewhat fascinating and creepy. and why that lake? its so far.