A barrel containing a body has been found near Las Vegas - exposed as the shoreline of nearby Lake Mead recedes during a drought.
Based on personal items found inside the heavily corroded container, the individual died in the 1980s, homicide detective Lieutenant Ray Spencer said.
The barrel - which looks like an industrial storage drum - was spotted by boaters on Sunday afternoon, police said.
National Park Service rangers then searched an area near the lake's Hemenway Harbor and found the skeletal remains.
