US police identify remains of man found in barrel in shrinking reservoir

Nevada police have identified human remains discovered in a corroded barrel at Lake Mead in May 2022 as Edward "Buddy" Lelburian Jackson, a man from Arkansas who frequently traveled across the western United States. Jackson, believed to have been in his mid-to-late fifties when killed by a gunshot to the head during the 1980s, was never reported missing and had no known connections to Las Vegas. The barrel containing his body was exposed when severe drought conditions caused the reservoir's water levels to drop significantly.