I-Team: 'This could be my dad,' Las Vegas native suspects remains found at Lake Mead might be father

A Las Vegas native believes skeletal remains found at Lake Mead last month could be his father who died more than six decades ago.

[@toddkolod]

I am standing by to offer a DNA sample. So is my dad's sister. It's all in the hands of the Clark County Coroner's office now to contact us. I filed a report a few months ago. I imagine it is short staffed and has more pressing matters than the ID of 64 year old skeletal remains where no foul play is presumed.

[@youtubeisinconsistent9169]

I hope your family finds some closure after all these decades

[@ANA-mk7nz]

Hope thats your father so he can get closure

[@mma1st105]

I hope they act soon. Good luck Todd.

[@backagain5216]

Stay well Todd. Peace&love from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

[@damnyankeesdaughter5427]

I hope you get the answer soon

[@JonnyDIY]

Hoping the remains are identified and give some closure to a family 💕🙏

[@toddkolod]

Thanks for all the good wishes here. It will be 64 years on June 29, 2022.

[@Lissa11638]

🙏💜🙏💜🙏💜🙏💜🙏💜

[@MusicKttn]

Good luck to you. 🥺 I hope you get the answers you're looking for. 🤞☺️🙏💜

[@shanrose8283]

Hope you get some answers soon🙏

[@SD-ph6cr]

@211 what’s wrong with that? I mean there’s always hope is either it can be he’s dad or he isn’t. We all need closure. It’s okay to think what if’s.

[@bsfishing7073]

Would that not be cool if on the same day 64 years ago when he was taken away did they come out and say that the remains are your fathers

[@noemihooks4723]

Wow, bless his heart he was only 3 yrs old when his father drown. I hope they get closer. Rip

[@Jiu-JitsuJourney257]

Ya that’s sad.

[@dalhousieDream]

*closure

[@lizleyva1376]

Please update. We all want to know who these people are and maybe resolve their deaths that are currently unsolved mysteries

[@rogelioharog]

Chismosa 🤣

[@okeechobeewankenobi]

Proud of him. Just seeking a definitive answer to where his father rests. Good luck

[@uhohotdog3483]

I think the Vulture shot eating was abit much...

[@katherinekinnaird4408]

I hope this can be a peaceful close for this gentleman God bless you.

[@fishingoutdoors4427]

I think it's cool how things of the past are coming to light again. I always seem to find beauty in the disaster.

[@MarkMphonoman]

Sad story. My heart goes out to his family. 😔

[@robynperdieu3434]

Was it really necessary to show vultures picking up it's meal?

[@maryhodges9418]

Praying you finally get closure on your missing father 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@JBrandiTV]

I hope you get the answers you need.

[@jtlbz]

Lake Mead is a cemetery..

[@leticiascott5793]

Your gut feeling is one way to believe what you feel and I hope that the family can be at rest if this is his father. 1958 is a long time not knowing. He tripped over this finding and I hope the family can Rest 🙏🙏 Finally God bless you and being a Vegas Native? Your probably right! ❤️❤️

[@claudiasimpson4386]

Hopefully he's finally laid to rest. The Federal Government needs to clean up all the Junk along the shore !!!. What a Mess !!!!.

[@rigorocks23]

the government cant even find a system to pickup the trash on the curb thats racking up in my small town.i doubt theyll have the complex infrastructure to pick up trash at a lake

[@RaiRaiBrown]

Such a tragedy, I certainly hope this will bring closure and a final proper resting place for his father who was so young when he passed. A disappearance is so sad for the family to endure for so long.

[@deejaye2647]

Wow keep us posted!

[@brandonlarrabee5784]

I don't know if any of you know this but Las Vegas is a desert it is not the first time they have had a drought it is however the first time that Lake Mead has done this if you think this is natural you are out of your mind literally go back and look at the records there have been dozens of times where the weather was worse than this

[@tilled6695]

no there hasnt. I have the books to check and can tell you, No it was never this bad. Water was never this low, and people like you speaking on shit they have never seen is only making it worse kid. Go do some actual reading yourself and stop listening to other people

[@standdown4929]

@@tilled6695 Someone did a satellite time lapse video on Lake Mead from 1984-2021, it shows the changes.

[@beepboop4045]

@@tilled6695 seems like you need to go read some more books

[@WhateverDude38]

Imagine, when you're looking at Google Maps there could be bodies in the lakes and rivers and ponds you browse over. I'm sure there are.

[@vincentsavoca5575]

Whenever Los Angeles’s public works drains the municipal lakes, they find a shit-ton of illegal guns that were dumped there.

[@WhateverDude38]

​@@vincentsavoca5575 wonder how many crimes were committed with those guns.

[@rosannecole4992]

Who knows what their going to find a treasure trove evidence...May these people find closure !

[@nb5053]

Isn't Lake Mead a reservoir where city tap water is drawn from? Does it mean people have been drinking water that have soaked with dead bodies?

[@pillbinladen434]

I think they treat the water before we drink it. I might be mistaken.

[@nb5053]

@@pillbinladen434 They absolutely treat the water beforehand, but still...... Are you willing to wear a dead person's used shoes even if it is sanitized by UV light and stuff? It's just the thought of it makes me uncomfortable.

[@bombosti8187]

Well technically speaking yes you are correct

[@cherokeedonna83]

Will there be an update of a DNA ? This is so sad. :(

[@carrieanncancino5118]

Let's hope they find the DNA they need to identify the remains that were found so there could be closure to they're families. What a very sad time for the families of the missing. 💔🕯️🕊️🛐🤲✝️🙏❤️

[@tacomatrd510]

Park service needs to go out and clean all that stuff up.. get it clean before rain comes back. 🤞

[@juliaweber212]

The guys who do cases under water should go there

[@mainemermaid6596]

How sad that he lost his father at such a young age. I hope it turns out to be him, so the body will be identified, and his son can have closure be able to bury him. Sending prayers, PS: I really hope the state is allocating money to clean up the lake bottom while they can easily access everything. Metal detector enthusiasts must be having a great time.

[@jerseyjoyride1316]

You're absolutely right, now would be a great time to go out there and clean it as long as it's safe to do so. And is a person who metal detects I wish I lived close enough to search the lake bed myself. Best of luck to all those that do,!

[@pokerjunky]

@@jerseyjoyride1316 they are charging people doing that now no one can go out there searching or using anything

[@healdiseasenow]

Every year in Florida at flood to-the-point everybody has to take a boat to their house and you got to have 12 or 15 ft stilts or your house will be underwater.. why can't they build a simple pipeline from Florida to Nevada and all over the place if we can move oil like this why can't we move water

[@teresasmith533]

Why don't they funnel water from floods in Yellowstone its alot closer?

[@SAthefuture]

First of all Florida is surround by saltwater, the ocean…. Second you’d have to pipeline the water uphill a long way. That’s tough.

[@healdiseasenow]

@@SAthefuture if it was oil it would be done. I'm taking about the swannee river the Santa Fe river they flood 50 miles square every year, look at lake ocochobee 100x as big as lake mead

[@healdiseasenow]

@@teresasmith533 yes get Elon on it 5 days later lake Mead will be full 🌝

[@EKA201-j7f]

@@healdiseasenow No - 5 days later he will be thinking about it, in between his other projects and passing fancies.

[@SteamGaming2023]

going to keep an eye on this story

[@richardlong8014]

Those waters were super deep 60 years ago. Sinking that deep would be tough to find. Good luck.

[@sandyfields678]

Wow hope he will know soon of his father..

[@Ro6entX]

Interesting. Hopefully the family will get their answer soon.

[@BBoldGaming]

I have two friends still there in the lake

[@noelio67]

I remember being in Lake Mead in '97..... was a hell of a lot more water then.....whats going on? ....from Galway City Ireland 🇮🇪 ☘🍺

[@EKA201-j7f]

No rain for years and years and well, years.

[@noelio67]

@@EKA201-j7f Over here, these bastards are cloud seeding the sky, flying a plane back and over leaving chem trails that expand giving cloud cover....blocking out the sun, its about 18°C here for 2 wks.....no blue sky & no sun......its ridiculous 😒 you go down to Portugal Spain Italy etc with that not too high temperature and its blue skies 24/7...... it rains here about 250 days of the year anyways, this is what pisses me off. I read they do it in Texas too to help farming, but we certainly don't need it. We need natural sunny Vitamin D. Of course, the government's will call it global warming 🙄......we certainly don't see any of that, they're even messing with the weather down in Australia causing flooding

[@alldayallnitelv]

That's and climate change there's a lot of lakes drying out

[@noelio67]

Says 3 replies but I only see 2..... censorship at its best on this Orwellian media outlet 💯🥃🍺

[@kate7478]

Massive population increase and drought.

[@ocsrc]

There are SO MANY barrels popping up now And the skeleton remains from all the bodies dumped without a barrel are now buried under the mud. A Godsend, because it would be horrific to see hundreds of skeletons in the mud

[@sd90mac8]

I sure hope they can now identify this human being, only God knows who he is, 🙏🙏🙏

[@joycebruhn3672]

Loving everyone is something we should strive for

[@jess4metoo]

So any updates?

[@konniej8657]

Was he on a speed boat with his friend? Did they find his friends body?

[@lynnleigha580]

Bittersweet

[@dutchepperson2727]

Good luck with your search.

[@whirlwindcochran8361]

We are 2 ½ years away from disaster at lake mead. Do the math. roughly down 6ft a month if we are lucky.

[@douglasmasone7144]

Ask Oscar Goodman about bodies in barrels?

[@ValioMadre7]

Could be they found Jimmy Hoffa?

[@youngkwak9931]

We drink that water

[@LivingLifeOutWest]

Why was the body in a barrel if it was an accidental drowning?

[@Crazyd2050]

Different body.

[@lynnleigha580]

Well, I'm no Sherlock Holmes, but I'm thinking, his dad did in fact drown in lake mead, and someone found human remains in lake mead, it's highly possible that is his dad and I'm praying it is, so they can finally put him to rest

[@standdown4929]

The problem is, his dad is not the only one that drowned in Lake Mead. There are a lot of bodies.

[@LydiaStarz]

So sorry for this family. But also Im a bit creeped out because I swam and sunbathed at Lake Mead in 1982 when I liveed in N Las Vegas. It was a beautiful place before the the dessert reclaimed it. It is a man-made lake afterall..

[@Grgaforniateezy]

But why would he be in a barrel if he drowned?

[@milesb4231]

It's amazing how they treat the lake like a desert dump ---- clean it up people.

[@pillbinladen434]

He does look like his Dad, though.

[@Wassaja_Eskiminzin]

He is not no native from Las Vegas lol

[@juliaweber212]

I hope they find the Truth

[@tiffmonique7154]

I hope Adventures With Purpose search this lake.

[@dalhousieDream]

DNA in teeth will solve this

[@rhondaburke5700]

And people are/were drinking that water 🤢

[@AA-ke5cu]

That'S TONY SPLASHOTRA worked in the 3rd counting room.

[@deborahwallace9801]

🙏💕💓

[@345mrse]

This sounds like a job for Pawn Stars.

[@monaural2.988]

I also feel Nevada should get plows and earth movers out there and start digging at least several feet from what’s already on the surface. It’s a good bet more skeletal parts will be pulled up, some probably dating back to Harry Truman’s presidency. There will be a lot of microfilm newspaper searching and contacting grandchildren and more.

[@jennifermyers66]

I HOPE YOU FINALLY GET CLOSURE FOR YOUR FAMILY SIR.... LUCKY LUCIANOS DAUGHTER 😎☂️🍒💥💯™️®️©️

[@pokerjunky]

But the barrel body was shot up!

[@TbhIThink]

Yeah you can tell by that huge Jay Leno jaw that’s him

[@龙源探索]

LMFAO... Are we suggesting anything here? 🤪🤣🤪🤣 1:22

[@TheEuphoricsloth]

Mysteries

[@sidattoya2905]

Barbara Brock brother?

[@pallen807]

Thousands of bodies in lake Mead over the years

[@macbook802]

He wouldn't have sank, he's not metal. Unless he is made of metal then his dad is almost like wolverine

[@Rocks77-n4w]

Never going to lake mead again

[@Michaelajacksonfilms]

Ok, who put in the vulture inset :))

[@ryinanable]

What tribe was he?

[@MsCwebb]

The Averni tribe from ancient Germania.

[@joycebruhn3672]

Wow he was on a speed boat drowned

[@kimackerman8125]

Seems tho this was a dumping ground for homicides,maybe a serial killer ,to the exception of this gentleman's dad, I hope that the people will be confirmed who they are t give closure to families

[@juliaweber212]

How can it be him in the barrel though

[@jeffreykeffer4352]

They are talking about the second body found , not the first one which was the barrel body

[@hystloko2890]

😭

[@coneyoster1275]

I don't wanna be a kill joy for this poor guys hope but these 2 bodies were in drums so I highly doubt it. These 2 guys are victims of murder.

[@barb2062]

A whole lot of sins are going to come out of this lake.

[@HolicChan]

didnt u say he was in a barrel lol.....

[@jnolette1030]

Pull DNA from a tooth and match it up?

[@mesropmadzharyan6727]

It could be Jimmy Hoffa .

[@jimmyp1145]

Unveiling her deadly secret s ha and we all swam in that dead pool lets go brandon 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 the drought is real

[@patstokes7040]

I'm glad they had to tell us there was on DNA testing in 1958 for all of you people that have been living under a rock.

[@Blend-24]

DNA will tell

[@petedavidson6931]

Let’s figure this all out together, Body gets dumped in lake, check 👍, Body starts to decompose, check 👍, Little Fishes taste Body, check 👍, Bigger Fishes nibble on Body, check 👍, Little Fishes grow up to be Big Fishes, check 👍, You all people go fishing on lake, check 👍..... you all people EAT FISH! Poor Dudes DNA is in you all.....

[@crystaln6988]

watery graveyard

[@bluewater8955]

Look at those strong jaw chin lines on the jaw and the pic look the same.

[@santaclause8758]

DNA

[@joseantoniomoch4006]

Couldn't remains be cloned to make it certain. End all queries?

[@shondasmith5470]

I'm sorry Bud but it's not your Dad. 😭

[@johnoconner706]

bro, this old man don't look nothing like his supposed father.

[@loganblack4885]

Yes I was thinking the same thing

[@cyberhype5495]

i bet the other guy in the boat killed him

[@diannagraham8514]

I don't understand all the concern about remains found in late mead. I've told you every which way I can they murdered my husband at Elkhart general hospital and you're giving them a license to keep murdering people cuz no one is listening and no one is doing anything

[@leevan2095]

Who are you writing this to?

[@diannagraham8514]

@@leevan2095 one that will listen. And to the people that have hacked my phone. Which are probably the murdering doctors and nurses at Elkhart general hospital. So anything I want to say to the murdering monsters the lessons coming to Earth I just write it on here somewhere they'll read it they'll see it that's who I'm writing to murdering monsters at Elkhart general hospital

[@diannagraham8514]

@@leevan2095 the mayor of Elkhart Indiana. The da. The lawyer for Elkhart Indiana. That Linda Thomas that stole my husband's medical records and Nancy Kaufman that helped her. Pastor Quinn nikisha Baker these are the people I'm writing to and everybody at their cartoon hospital to touch my husband oh yeah let's not leave out Kathy bontrager yeah yeah

[@cocosphynx911]

The concern is, they were found, once were missing & remain unidentified. Try not making this about you and find a story similar to yours … get your attention there.

[@leevan2095]

@@diannagraham8514 this video is posted by a channel that seems to be located in Nevada. I don't think any of those people you listed will see this. What exactly was the goal here?

[@jeidenrodriguez1228]

So your telling me you and your family did or said nothing about ur father being in the lake all this time ?

[@jgage2344]

Did you even watch this ? It was 1958 …what were they to do ? He literally said his grandfather tried everything…and he was a child . Go watch some …adventures with purpose videos and get an idea just how many people go missing every year into even shallower water and that’s with a CAR …

[@jeidenrodriguez1228]

@@jgage2344 there had been plenty and I mean plenty of tech that could have been found his father since the 80s but all of a sudden he so worried a lil odd is all I'm saying

[@LC-xd2zy]

@@jeidenrodriguez1228 that cost money maybe they didn’t have it to look

[@mr.bigred6908]

Exactly. This guy wants clout.

[@sparkytuttle2966]

@@jeidenrodriguez1228 , what do you mean, all of a sudden he's worried? His dad drowned in 1958. So did you not expect him to go on with his life? He said his grandfather searched back then. This lake was deep and many times bodies got caught in plants or sand. So, you want to try and make this man responsible for searching for his dad in the 80's. He lives out of the country now, who knows when he left the states. But in your mind you think he's just suddenly paying attention to the thought that those bones might be his dad...how about the fact those bones have just come up to the surface? Why throw shade where none is due. What would you have done?

[@OregonCrow]

Not interested.

[@leetraviusmckay314]

Still posted a comment 🤣😂

[@OregonCrow]

@@leetraviusmckay314 Are you ok?

[@KN-jr6tx]

The bones are their moneyyy

[@sparkytuttle2966]

Whose money?

[@KN-jr6tx]

@@sparkytuttle2966 The skeletons use bones as their money.

[@shanrose8283]

@@KN-jr6tx skeletons use bones for money?😂 didn't know skeletons needed money.

[@MsCwebb]

Some people bone skeletons for money.

[@bhiggins66]

NamUs #MP40945