Officials Identify Body Found in Barrel on Drying Lake Mead Shore in 2022

Clark County officials on Thursday released the identity of the murder victim found inside a corroded barrel on the receding shoreline of Lake Mead, advancing a high-profile cold case that reignited speculation regarding Las Vegas’ organized-crime era. The Clark County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as Edward “Buddy” Lelburian Jackson, an Arkansas native believed to have been in his mid-to-late 50s when he was killed. Jackson’s remains were discovered on May 1, 2022, by boaters who spotted a highly corroded 55-gallon metal barrel on the exposed shoreline of Hemenway Harbor, about 28 miles southeast of Las Vegas.