Man found in Searchlight desert identified
A man found dead in the desert Sunday after a heat wave struck the Las Vegas area was identified Tuesday.
Manuel Vargas, 26, from North Las Vegas, was found Sunday night in a ridge near Nelson Road in Searchlight after a visitor reported him wandering in the desert earlier that day, according to the National Park Service.
Vargas’ cause of death had not been determined as of Tuesday.
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