Human remains found a few miles north of Wikieup in a wash off Highway 93 on Sept. 5 have been identified, but their name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

Anita Mortensen with the Mohave County Sheriff's Office said the investigation is ongoing, and being conducted collaboratively with Las Vegas Metro. She said the deceased appears to be a Las Vegas area transient, and law enforcement believes that the homicide took place in Las Vegas Metro's jurisdiction.

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