Authorities in Las Vegas believe they have a positive ID for a body discovered inside a barrel after it floated to the surface of Lake Mead more than four years ago, according to officials familiar with the investigation.
At the time the body was found by boaters on May 1, 2022, officials said one thing was immediately clear: this was no accident. The body was an apparent homicide victim believed to have died of a gunshot wound around 40 to 50 years ago, the Clark County Coroner said at the time.
The discovery garnered a flood of national attention as a macabre symbol of Sin City’s dark history and mafia past…