Las Vegas police plan to release the ID of a man found in a barrel in Lake Mead

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police in Las Vegas are poised to settle a mystery Thursday by publicly revealing the identity of a man whose body was found in a barrel at a newly exposed shoreline at Lake Mead.The discovery by boaters in 2022 sparked memories of the city's mob era, which ended in the mid-1980s. Organized crime helped build up the city, and a body stuffed in a barrel was known to signify a mob killing.Las Vegas police have scheduled a news conference for Thursday afternoon. Authorities have already said the man was shot, and they estimate he was killed between the mid-1970s and early 1980s, based on the type of shoes found with him.The man had been wearing a button-down short-sleeve shirt, light blue jeans, a silver wristwatch and blue-and-white tennis shoes.The Mob Museum in Las Vegas has suggested the victim could be connected to the mob, speculating it could be: George “Jay” Vandermark, a gambling machine cheater trusted by the mob to oversee slot machine operations at the Stardus