By Elizabeth Wolfe and Paradise Afshar | CNNHuman remains discovered in Lake Mead in October have been identified as a 39-year-old man who is believed to have drowned in the reservoir nearly five decades ago, officials announced Tuesday. Smith’s remains were uncovered after a diver came across a human bone in Lake Mead’s National Recreation Area’s Callville Bay on October 17, prompting a search by a park dive team that uncovered more skeletal remains. Medical examiners have been working to determine the identities and causes of death of the other remains discovered at the reservoir so far. Erndt’s family said he drowned while going for a late-night swim as the family was boating on the lake with friends. Investigators say the body belongs to a homicide victim who was likely killed and put in the lake in the mid-70’s to early 80’s.

Source: CNN March 29, 2023 23:54 UTC