Federal officials are investigating after more than 300 piles of human remains were found dumped in the desert outside Las Vegas as a new theory emerges.
A local man intially stumbled upon more than 100 piles of cremated remains in July. They were found in a desert area outside of Searchlight, a rural community about an hour south of the Las Vegas valley.
In August, a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) official confirmed that the piles of pulverized bone fragments, known as cremains, were human and that the department was actively investigating the discovery. Earlier this week, the case moved forward as hundreds more piles were found in another plot near the original dump site.
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Representatives from Palm Mortuaries and Cemeteries recovered approximately 315 piles from the desert on Wednesday. “I think most of us just felt like, ‘What a shame,'” Celena DiLullo, the president of the funeral home who stepped up to remove the remains, told KLAS…