Las Vegas Police Release Id of Man Found in Barrel in Lake Mead in 202
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A mob hitman was found in a barrel in 1976 — also unsolved.
Johnny Roselli, a Chicago Outfit mobster, was found stuffed in a 55-gallon drum in Miami in Aug. 1976. He'd just testified about CIA-mob plots. Like the Lake Mead case, his barrel murder was never officially solved.
OSU's forensic lab takes cold cases the FBI can't crack!
OSU's Center for Health Sciences accepts cold-case referrals from medical examiners nationwide. The Lake Mead barrel victim was ID'd only after OSU took over genealogy work from the FBI lab.
NamUs, the database used in this case, is searchable by the PUBLIC!
Launched in 2007 by the National Institute of Justice, NamUs lets families, medical examiners, and even civilians search unidentified remains — helping crack cases like the Lake Mead barrel homicide.
Topic poll · all networksLake Mead hit what % of capacity when the barrel was exposed in 2022?
- 27%
- 48%
- 61%
- 72%
Guess, then reveal the answer
27%
Topic poll · all networksHow many sets of human remains did Lake Mead's 2022 drought expose?
- 1
- 3
- 5
- 9
Guess, then reveal the answer
5
Topic poll · all networksWhen did the FBI's 'Strawman' op dismantle mob control of Vegas casinos?
- Late 1960s
- Late 1970s
- Mid-1980s
- Early 1990s
Guess, then reveal the answer
Mid-1980s
