{"id":162223,"date":"2022-08-16T13:47:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T13:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=162223"},"modified":"2022-08-16T13:47:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T13:47:00","slug":"mafia-executions-uncovered-as-drought-dries-las-vegas-lake-up-to-reveal-bodies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/mafia-executions-uncovered-as-drought-dries-las-vegas-lake-up-to-reveal-bodies\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Mafia executions’ uncovered as drought dries Las Vegas lake up to reveal bodies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Treasure hunters have been flocking to a drought-ridden lake in the US currently filled to less than 30 per cent of its capacity in the hopes of uncovering spoils.<\/p>\n

Since May the body of four suspected mobsters have been found decomposing in Lake Mead dating back to the 1970s.<\/p>\n

Several of them were found carrying gunshot wounds to the head in suspected mob executions.<\/p>\n

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Treasure hunters are also hoping to find ghost towns and the buried loot of a notorious gangster.<\/p>\n

Located 20 miles outside of Las Vegas, it\u2019s no surprise that the lake has a few nefarious surprises in it, such was the influence of the Chicago mob in the 1970s.<\/p>\n

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Experts believe that one of the bodies found in the barrels belongs to a man named Johnny Pappas. <\/p>\n

Pappas disappeared in 1976 and the man suspected of killing him was notorious mobster Tony Spilotro- a man who went on to inspire Joe Pesci's character in the iconic film Casino. <\/p>\n

And speaking to the Daily Mail, former National Park Service official Travis Heggie warned he expected people to find far more grim things.<\/p>\n

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He said: \u201cThis is just the tip of the iceberg.<\/p>\n

\u201cI'm expecting all sorts of criminal things to show up \u2014 and I mean a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indeed, two former police officers have even offered a $5,000 reward to anyone who discovers more sunken barrels as they believe there might be gold in them.<\/p>\n

It has long been rumoured that the missing loot of Bugsy Siegel was sunken in the lake.<\/p>\n

Siegel was one of Las Vegas\u2019 richest men before his murder in 1947 and it\u2019s thought he sunk his fortune in the lake.<\/p>\n

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