News Summary

• A man was found dead, “lying in a pool of blood,” Saturday night at the Nevada desert festival.
• Sheriff Jerry Allen confirmed that deputies, Bureau of Land Management rangers, and local rangers immediately secured a perimeter while the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office forensic team collected evidence.
• This homicide investigation marks the latest in a series of bizarre incidents at the festival over its 38-year history.
• In 2017, a man died after throwing himself into the burning effigy, while deaths from motorcycle crashes and vehicle accidents have occurred since the 1990s.