Human remains found at Lake Mead identified as Las Vegas man missing for 20 years, coroner says

Authorities in Las Vegas have identified bones found in May along part of Lake Mead's newly exposed shoreline as the remains of a 42-year-old Las Vegas man, who is believed to have drowned 20 years ago.

The Clark County coroner's office said Wednesday that Thomas Erndt was reported missing Aug. 2, 2002.

The bones were found on May 7 by paddle boarders near a former marina in Lake Mead, the shrinking Colorado River reservoir behind Hoover Dam.