Over 300 Piles Of Human Remains Discovered In Nevada Desert

Hopefully this mystery gets solved.

Over 300 piles of human remains were discovered in a Nevada Desert earlier this week.

The piles of ash were confirmed to be human remains after originally being found in August.

A preliminary investigation believes a funeral home dumped the remains in the desert but investigators are still trying to find out how the remains got there.

The Daily Mail had more details to share on the mystery:

More than 300 piles of cremated human remains have been found scattered across the Nevada desert.

A team from Palm Mortuaries and Cemeteries arrived at the scene on Wednesday to remove the piles.

They found about 315 sets of ashes and placed them each in individual urns.

It comes after officials launched an initial investigation which confirmed in August that the mounds were human, 8 News Now reported.

However, no traceable information could be salvaged from the ‘cremains’ – a term a staff member at the Bureau of Land Management used to refer to the piles.

Authorities believe a funeral home littered the desert with the ashes, but have not released details of any businesses suspected of being involved.

Take a look:

More than 100 piles of cremated human remains have been uncovered in the desert outside Las Vegas, Nevada.

Near the site, investigators found zip ties and a shattered urn, raising chilling questions.

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The Hill provided further details and comments on the piles of human remains:

“I think most of us just felt like, ‘What a shame,’” said Celena DiLullo, the president of Palm Mortuaries and Cemeteries.

Each pile represents a person who lived in the Southern Nevada community. The piles are likely the work of a commercial funeral home business, several sources confirm to KLAS’ 8 News Now Investigators.

DiLullo and other Palm employees moved each pile into a bag and into an individual urn during the recovery effort on Wednesday.

There is no law in Nevada barring a person from scattering ashes on public land. State law requires funeral operators to preserve the “dignity” of any remains in their care. BLM policy allows for a person to scatter cremated remains; however, the policy limits “commercial distribution of cremated remains.” A mass dumping site, like this one, likely violates federal law.

“I don’t know if it was the wishes of these people to be out, so that’s kind of what goes through my mind,” DiLullo said. “If this is not how they would want to be remembered, we would just want to have a place for them to be.”

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