A clearer picture is emerging of the shocking homicide that took place on Saturday at the annual Burning Man Festival, the nine-day international desert gathering of thousands, as police in Nevada have identified the man found dead in a pool of blood on the grounds of the event. Yet further questions have emerged as details about the deceased Russian man, and what happened in the final few days, are beginning to crystalize.

The annual Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert, about 120 miles northeast of Reno, touts itself as an event that brings people together to “co-create art, community and shared experiences of awe.” But this week, a palpable police presence loomed over the penultimate and final day of this year’s celebration, with detectives questioning revelers in the temporar

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