Burning Man guest found in 'pool of blood' in suspected homicide at climax of wild desert festival: sheriff

The death of a man uncovered in a pool of blood as a giant human-shaped effigy began to burn on Saturday at the annual Burning Man art and music festival in the northwestern Nevada desert is being investigated as a homicide personnel noted The body was discovered just before p m when a festivalgoer flagged down a deputy at the desert gathering and released seeing a man lying in a pool of blood the Pershing County Sheriff's Office declared Sunday Deputies and rangers with the Bureau of Land Management promptly responded to the campsite and exposed a single White adult male lying on the ground obviously deceased the sheriff s office reported Bureaucrats are researching the death in the Black Rock Desert about miles north of Reno as a homicide NEARLY DECOMPOSING BODIES EXPOSED STASHED IN HIDDEN ROOM OF FUNERAL HOME RAN BY COUNTY CORONERInvestigators began interviewing several participants who were in the immediate area and created a perimeter around where the body was uncovered in the makeshift encampment which is called Black Rock City The dead man was taken to the Washoe County Diagnostic Examiner s Office His identity was not instantly known the sheriff s office revealed No further details were straightaway circulated MAN ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF MURDER AFTER WOMAN S BODY ASCERTAINED AT REMOTE CALIFORNIA CAMPSITEThe sheriff's office declared it appears to be a singular crime but urged everyone at the festival to be vigilant of their surroundings and acquaintances Burning Man leaders explained in a announcement that they are cooperating with law enforcement and inquired participants in Black Rock City not to interfere with their inspection Functionaries described the examination as complicated as they work to preserve a crime scene in a city that will be gone by the middle of the week The Burning Man festival ends on Monday The festival combines wilderness camping with a weeklong art celebration attracting tens of thousands of people each year The gathering is highlighted by the burning of a large wooden effigy of a man The Associated Press contributed to this record