A body was found near Lake Mohave at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area near Searchlight late last month, federal authorities said Wednesday.

Rangers with the National Park Service responded to a report of the body at 2:55 p.m. Sept. 30 at an area north of Six Mile Cove, U.S. Department of the Interior spokeswoman Elizabeth Peace said in an email.

The body was transferred to the Clark County coroner’s office, which was not immediately available Wednesday to identify the body or provide a cause or manner of death.

The Metropolitan Police Department said it responded to the report but deferred to federal officials for further comment. Additional information wasn’t immediately available, Peace said.

Six Mile Cove sits off of Lake Mohave, a reservoir on the Colorado River that opened i

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