UNSOLVED NV - Skull, jaw, teeth, Lava Butte, East of Wetlands Park, Feb 2018

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[h=1]Search for missing man leads to discovery of other human remains[/h]

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Miles down the Lava Butte dirt road into a desert wash, Red Rock Search and Rescue is working to find a missing man.

Boulder City Detective Ron Miller said he knows Joseph Mackanos was headed to the Henderson DMV when he disappeared on Jan. 17. Mackanos car was discovered ten days later in a wash in Lava Butte East of Wetlands Park. His car was stuck on a rock in the desert, but he was nowhere to be found. Three weeks later, he is still missing.

On Sunday, while the team was searching they came across a skull. The coroner was called out to the search and was able to locate a jaw according to Craig McVeay, the Deputy Commander of Training. They also found teeth, which may connect it to another case where bones were discovered four years ago.

Recently, these searches have led them to find more than just the person who is missing. On that day, they say more than 40 people showed to look for Mackanos. Each time volunteers are out on the trail, many where GPS devices and their tracks are downloaded to a database that is later used to assess if they have missed an area. They will then send people to cover that area the next search.

http://news3lv.com/news/local/search-for-missing-man-leads-to-discovery-of-other-human-remains

Thread for Joseph: https://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?365219-NV-Joseph-Mackanos-69-Henderson-17-Jan-2018

*I'm not sure if there is already a thread for the remains found 4 years ago