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Fifth pair of skeletons found in Lake Mead

On Monday the remains of another human skeleton were found in drought-hit Lake Mead .His fifth remains have been recovered since May, and a third was found in the swim beach area of ​​the lake.

National Park Service (NPS) rangers demarcated the swim beach area of ​​the Lake Meade National Recreation Area in Nevada after responding at approximately 8:00 pm and cleared the wreckage. was recovered. The NPS said in a statement Tuesday in response to the report of the harsh findings.

A Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department diving team assisted in the recovery. Officials said the Clark County coroner was also contacted. 

The investigation is ongoing and no further information will be provided immediately, he said, NPS.

Drought in the West has caused coastline to recede in the shrinking Colorado River reservoir behind Hoover Dam, the fifth time since May that ruins have been discovered.

Human remains were last found at Swim Beach earlier this month. 

Details about the fourth skeleton were not immediately available, but investigators subsequently discovered a partial skeleton at the swimming pool waterline on 25 July. said it may be related to human remains.

Swim Beach at Lake Mead.
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Drought at Lake Mead.
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Boat at Lake Mead.
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"At this time, investigations into these remains include work to determine whether the two sets of remains belong to the same person," the coroner's office told the Las Vegas Review last week. Told the Journal.

On May 1st, the first human remains in the dried-up lake were found in barrels near Hemenway Harbor. Police believe the body belonged to a man who died from a gunshot wound, and that the body was likely dumped between the mid-1970s and the early 1980s.

Six days later, authorities announced that the remains of another man had been found in Calvil Bay.

Police speculate that Lake Mead may find more bodies as water levels continue to drop.