Missing Las Vegas Man's Remains Identified at Lake Mead After 23 Years

Human remains found at Lake Mead last summer have been identified as those of Claude Russell Pensinger, a Las Vegas man who went missing in 1998. The cause and manner of his death remains undetermined. The discovery of Pensinger's remains is the latest in a series of similar discoveries since water levels at Lake Mead plunged to dangerously low levels last year due to climate change and long-term drought. The receding water levels have played a role in the discoveries of other human remains at the lake since last year.