Authorities say human remains recovered near Lake Mead last weekend may be from the same set found 12 days earlier.
Rangers were dispatched to the reservoir between Nevada and Arizona after skeletal remains were found near Swim Beach.
It’s the fourth occasion since May that remains have been found as the Colorado River reservoir behind Hoover Dam shrinks.
Partial human remains recovered at Boulder Beach on July 25 may be connected to the skeleton remains found Saturday.
The coroner’s office is investigating if the two sets of remains are from the same individual.
Human bones were recovered in a barrel at Hemenway Harbor on May 1.
Police suspect the corpse was abandoned in the mid-1970s to early 1980s after a man died of a gunshot wound.
Six days later, investigators uncovered another man’s skeleton near Calville Bay.
The discovery have sparked discussion about unresolved missing person and murder cases extending back decades to organised crime and early Las Vegas, a 30-minute drive from the lake.
A submerged WWII boat has also been uncovered.
As Lake Mead’s water level drops, police expect to find additional remains.
The UN warned last week that Lake Mead and Lake Powell are nearing “dead pool status” Because of low water levels, hydroelectric plants can’t be powered.
NASA published satellite photographs this month showing Lake Mead’s significant changes between 2000 and 2022, when its water level will be at its lowest in 85 years.