{"id":225001,"date":"2022-08-04T22:06:31","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T03:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=225001"},"modified":"2022-08-08T12:37:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T17:37:47","slug":"lake-mead-body-is-my-dads-says-las-vegas-native","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/lake-mead-body-is-my-dads-says-las-vegas-native\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Mead Body is My Dad’s, Says Las Vegas Native"},"content":{"rendered":"

In May 1958, Daniel Kolod, 22, was riding in a speedboat on Lake Mead with a friend when they hit a wake. Both men were tossed into the water. One never made it out.<\/p>\n

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Daniel Kolod, who drowned in Lake Mead in 1958, holds his new baby Todd in 1955. Now 67, Todd believes the second body found at Lake Mead this spring is his father’s. (KLAS<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Police declared Kolod drowned in Callville Bay. His body was never recovered. But Todd Kolod, 67, is now thoroughly convinced that the second body found this spring on the freshly exposed bottom of Lake Mead belongs to his father. It was found on May 7, 2002, in Calville Bay.<\/p>\n

Police and park officials already declared the manner of death not suspicious. This week, the Clark County coroner\u2019s office revealed the deceased person\u2019s age at the time of death: between 23 and 38.<\/p>\n

With each clue, I always expect in my mind that it\u2019s going to put us farther away from our goal. But consistently, each clue is putting us closer, and this is like a bullseye,\u201d<\/strong> said Todd, who lives in Spain, speaking to KLAS-TV\u2019s<\/em> I-Team investigators this week.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Another clue involved is the skeleton\u2019s missing front teeth. Daniel Kolod lost his in a car accident a year before drowning and wore a partial denture, Todd told KLAS.<\/p>\n

Missing Body<\/h2>\n

Witnesses said they saw Daniel Kolod drown in Callville Bay, according to the KLAS<\/em> story. The boat the two men were riding in was found circling on its own about a mile from the drowning site. But a search for the body yielded no results.<\/p>\n

My grandfather, he did everything he could to find the body,\u201d<\/strong> said Todd, who was 3 when his father drowned. \u201cI just assumed finding the body was an impossibility.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

According to Todd, the coroner\u2019s office has yet to contact his family to obtain a DNA sample.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m starting to lose hope a little bit,\u201d he told KLAS. \u201cMaybe this new finding lights something up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Remains Not Remaining<\/h2>\n

On May 1, 2022, remains in Lake Mead became international news after boaters discovered the first of a continuing series of bodies inside a corroded metal barrel under Hemenway Harbor. Along with the coroner\u2019s office, homicide police are investigating the case of a man they believe was murdered by a gunshot to the head sometime from the mid-\u201970s to early \u201980s.<\/p>\n

On July 25, 2022, the third set of remains was found partially submerged in mud at Swim Beach, a small recreation area along the Boulder Basin. That person\u2019s death is not considered suspicious.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lake Mead is now at 30% of full capacity. This is its lowest level since it was first filled by the completion of the Hoover Dam in 1935. Two decades of slowed snow runoff into the Colorado River has been cited as a major contributory factor.<\/p>\n

Lake Mead is the largest US reservoir. It provides water to nearly 20 million people in California, Nevada, Arizona, and some of Mexico. The lake was last considered full in 2000 when its water level was 1,214. It has fallen 174 feet since then, leaving an eerie white bathtub ring of calcium and other minerals formerly dissolved in the water along its walls.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs water levels recede and fluctuate, it is possible that artifacts that we do and don\u2019t know about may emerge; including human remains from previous missing person reports,\u201d the park service wrote in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In May 1958, Daniel Kolod, 22, was riding in a speedboat on Lake Mead with a friend when they hit a wake. Both men were tossed into the water. One never made it out. Police declared Kolod drowned in Callville Bay. His body was never recovered. But Todd Kolod, 67, is now thoroughly convinced that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":225002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82013,81886],"tags":[81960,82042,82199,82198,82197,82017,82043],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLake Mead Body is My Dad's, Says Las Vegas Native - Casino.org<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In May 1958, Daniel Kolod, 22, was riding in a speedboat on Lake Mead with a friend when they hit a wake. Both men were tossed into the water. 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