Bodies of Mafia murder victims 'rising' from lake they were dumped in due to global warming
dailyrecord.co.ukWhen the Mafia in Las Vegas wanted to dispose of a murdered body, then the deep waters of Lake Mead were the ideal spot - with the body often stuffed into a steel drum.
Known as a "Chicago overcoat", that and a pair of "concrete shoes" were enough to guarantee the corpse would never see light again.Or so the Mafia thought.
However now, in an unexpected result of global warming, Lake Mead is starting to reveal its chilling secrets, The Mirror reports.The surface of the lake, located along the borders of Nevada and Arizona, is now 52 metres lower than it was in the 20th century, revealing at least one victim of a Mafia murder.Las Vegas police were called on May 1 after leisure boaters spotted the remains of a man in a rusted barrel near the lake’s Hemenway Harbour.The victim’s gunshot wound and “Chicago overcoat” barrel container indicate a Mob whack.Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Homicide Lieutenant Ray Spencer said the type of trainers on the body dated the killing to the late 1970s or early 80s.
He added: “The water level has dropped so much over the last 30 to 40 years that, where the person was located, if a person were to drop the barrel in the water and it sinks, you are never going to find it unless the water level drops."The barrel did not move.
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