More macabre discovery in the largest freshwater reservoir in the US

Newspaper USA Today A set of human remains have been found at the Mead freshwater reservoir, less than a week after authorities discovered the remains of a man in a barrel amid a drought that has ravaged the country, said a set of human remains on May 9. reduced the water level of the reservoir to its lowest level in history.

A witness saw the latest set of remains in the Calville Bay area of ​​the Mead Freshwater Reservoir around 2 p.m. ET on May 7, according to the US National Park Service. The Clark County Medical Examiner’s Division has yet to determine a cause of death. Authorities said the investigation is continuing.

Last week, police said that more bodies could be found in the largest freshwater reservoir in the US – located on the border of Arizona and Nevada.

Hemenway Harbor, where a body was discovered on May 1. Photo: The Republic

US National Park Service rangers found the human remains near Hemenway Harbor on May 1 after Shawna Hollister and her husband, Shawna Hollister, discovered it on the southwest side of the lake. contains fresh water Mead.

Talking about this body, Lieutenant Ray Spencer said that personal items found inside the box showed that this person died more than 40 years ago, in the 1980s.

However, he refused to disclose the cause of death nor to describe the items found. Lieutenant Ray Spencer said only that police are conducting an investigation and it will take a lot of time and effort to determine the identity of the deceased.

Mead Reservoir and Powell Reservoir are the largest man-made reservoirs in the US. They are part of a system that supplies water to more than 40 million people, serving agriculture and industry in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, and the southern border in Mexico.

Both reservoirs were full in 2000 but now the water level is down to about 30%.

The Hoover Dam, completed in 1936 during the Great Depression, helped form the Mead Freshwater Reservoir by damming the Colorado River.