Aviva Fried (on location), edited by Laura Laplaud 09:31, June 10, 2022
Global warming has unexpected consequences in the United States: the drying up of lakes brings corpses to the surface.
In Nevada, not far from Las Vegas, several bodies were found in Lake Mead.
Bodies probably submerged for several decades and which could have links with the mafia.
The story is simply stunning.
The United States is also experiencing a historic drought, especially in Nevada, a state on the west coast where the lakes are drying up until revealing mysterious bones, skeletons which could have a connection with the mafia.
A skeleton found by two sisters who were paddleboarding
In Las Vegas, bets are off on the identities of the bodies found in Lake Mead.
The largest water reservoir in the United States is only at 30% capacity.
Dead bodies that until now slept at the bottom of the water are rising to the surface, a skeleton, for example, was found by two sisters who were paddleboarding.
Another corpse was discovered in a barrel.
According to investigators, it dates from the 1970s or 1980s. The police revealed that the body bore traces of gunshot wounds and that it could be a settling of mafia accounts.
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The mafia dominated Las Vegas in those years and was not used to lace.
The specialty of the gangsters was precisely to make their rivals or debtors disappear by stuffing them in barrels then throwing them into Lake Mead, but they hadn't thought that global warming would disrupt their plans.
A case that fascinates Americans
The scientific police will try to identify the corpses, even if it may be complicated.
She will be able to count on many amateurs since the affair fascinates the Americans.
A former police officer, podcast host, even offers 5,000 dollars to anyone who discovers a new body in Lake Mead.