Body Disposal Errors 101

[ashdigger]

Lake Mead in Southern Nevada is dropping from drought. That drop is causing unwanted discoveries.

It amazes me how lazy people are at disposing of problems. I’m not writing a how to guide, but a shovel, ambition and lime are helpful.

I’ve found a body burning in the desert (pro-tip it takes roughly 7 pallets because people are terrible fuel)

Here’s the two at Lake Mead. Let the past rise again.

 

[warren]

We don't have that much of a problem up here. When the ice goes out in the spring the bodies are exposed. Same with our oversized tides. Stiffs always make it back in the incoming tide and are left high and dry. Or, the other mistake is to not dig deep enough and the coyotes, carrion birds, Eagles and such. will expose them. Stupidity and laziness made my job so much easier than TV would have people think. Well, Car 54 Where Are You was spot on but, that's about it.

 

[mortonbriar]

Maybe he go caught with the ricochet while target practising from inside the barrel. I hope the police checked the inside of the barrel for a painted bulls eye before assuming foul play.

 

[sablebrush52]

We usually just dump 'em in the San Bernardino Forest and let the bears, wolves and mountain lions do the clean up.

 

[Servant King]

Lake Mead is a reservoir, not a natural body of water. The level is dropping because it's being drained. There is no drought, hasn't been since late 2014. It's just an excuse for water companies to raise prices on their monopolized resource. Not unlike in the film Chinatown.

But back to the story...yeah, pretty sloppy disposal job. Seems like everything these days is done pretty half-assed. I guess homicide is no exception.

 

[brian64]

Not unlike in the film Chinatown.

If I had to pick one favorite movie that would be it.

 

[bassbug]

I dunno.....shot, put in a closed barrel and sent to the bottom of a lake sounds pretty well thought out, but I'm obviously not well versed in such matters.

Now, had they found his artisan carved pipe, monogrammed leather tobacco pouch and Colibri in there....

 

[Franco Pipenbeans]

I guess with the amount of money flowing through Las Vegas since the ‘40’s there’ll be lots of bodies knocking around that part of the world.

I have watched Casino , at least twice, so I consider myself to be a fully fledged expert in this field. ???

When I was living in Canada they had a lot of feet in shoes turning up, no bodies, just feet in trainers and, if I remember rightly, it was usually the right foot. I’m not sure if they ever got to the bottom of where they were coming from; legs obviously but there were as many theories of origin as you could guess, from lost hikers to victims of some organised crime group or other.

 

[simong]

Body disposal? My mate 'Brick Top' professes the use of pigs.

 

[pappymac]

I hear alligators work well as body disposal experts.

 

[mikethompson]

What a strange thread

 

[Zero]

Happy Mother's Day?

 

[JOHN72]

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Hey Zero. Nice pipe, how many grams of tobacco will fit in that bowl?

 

[FurCoat]

I hear alligators work well as body disposal experts.

And pigs

 

[verporchting]

Clearly not an experienced pipe smoker, our villain, otherwise he would have packed the barrel properly, smoked the contents to a fine white ash and wiped it clean with a paper towel before properly storing it at the bottom of the lake.

Tsk, tsk. Amateur.

 

[anotherbob]

I watch a good amount of real crime stuff and one thing I've concluded is murders tend to be dumb even the smarter ones seem to "criminally" over estimate their own intelligence. Heck most of the time it's solving a problem much smaller then the threat of murder conviction (like paying the alimony is going to cramp your style less then having the threat of lots of jail over your head for the rest of your damn life).

 

[jpmcwjr]

Lake Mead is a reservoir, not a natural body of water. The level is dropping because it's being drained. There is no drought, hasn't been since late 2014.

Surely?!? Are you trolling or jesting?

 

[Streeper541]

Along the Gulf Coast they were usually feed to the gators and if one had the means... the sharks.

Fun fact: Cicra 2005, Texas had an alligator population higher than all other gulf states combined.

 

[jpmcwjr]

As to pigs disposing of murder victims, one of the series I watched featured that very method. Can't be sure.... Breaking Bad?

 

[scloyd]

As to pigs disposing of murder victims, one of the series I watched featured that very method. Can't be sure.... Breaking Bad?

I recently watched a series or a movie where a guy put a body in a pig pen. The pigs at it all up. Good to the last drop.