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The Nevada Bureau of Land Management identified Vadim Kruglov of Russia as the victim of a potential homicide at Burning Man festival

Kruglov was 37 and lived in Tacoma, Wash.

He was found dead on Aug. 30 and identified on Wednesday, Sept. 3

The Nevada Bureau of Land Management has identified the victim of a potential homicide at the Burning Man festival.

In a statement shared on social media on Wednesday, Sept. 3, the NBLM confirmed the man was identified as Vadim Kruglov of Russia. He was 37 and lived in Tacoma, Wash.

A Pershing County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) deputy was notified of Kruglov lying in “a pool of blood” on Saturday, Aug. 30, around 9:14 p.m. local time, as the festival’s symbolic “Man” wooden effigy began to burn, according to a prior press release from

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