Las Vegas Officials Identify Lake Mead Homicide Victim
Las Vegas officials have identified the homicide victim found stuffed in a barrel in Lake Mead, whose body was discovered due to receding water levels, as Edward Lelburian Jackson, an Arkansas man believed to have been killed in the early…
Springfield, MO, October 16, 2026 —
Las Vegas officials have identified a homicide victim whose body was found in a barrel in Lake Mead as Edward Lelburian Jackson, an Arkansas man believed to have been killed in the early 1980s.
The body was discovered as water levels receded, according to the information provided. Officials identified Jackson as the victim, but no date for the discovery or identification was provided.
The available account does not say how Jackson was killed, who may have been responsible, or when or where in Arkansas he lived. It also does not provide details about the investigation, the circumstances surrounding the discovery, or whether officials have identified any suspects.
Jackson is described as having been believed killed in the early 1980s; the precise date of his death was not specified. The information provided does not explain the basis for that estimate or describe how officials identified him.
The reported identification establishes the victim’s name, but further details about the case remain unavailable in the account. No additional information about investigative findings or next steps was provided.
Story summarized from the original created by Christopher Replogle, Associated Press on www.ky3.com, see more information here.
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