A murdered boy whose body was found by Nevada hikers was initially misidentified, and Las Vegas police on Sunday released a new digitally enhanced photo of the young homicide victim in hopes someone will come forward with information about who he is and what may have happened.
The victim s body was found Friday by a hiker near a southern Nevada trailhead and remains unidentified as police continue their investigations into his death.
The body of a boy was found off the highway between Las Vegas and Pahrump on Friday, May 28, 2021, by a group of hikers off state Route 160 in Mountain Springs, near mile marker 20, said the Metropolitan Police Department. “He is clearly the victim of a homicide,” Lt. Ray Spencer said. They believe…