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A man was found dead at the Burning Man festival, prompting a homicide investigation. Authorities are investigating the death, which occurred near the burning of the Man effigy. The victim's identity remains unknown.
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Man Found Dead at Burning Man, Prompting Homicide Investigation By Johnny Diaz Aug. 31, 2025 A man was found dead “lying in a pool of blood” at the popular Burning Man arts and music festival on Saturday night, prompting a homicide investigation by local and federal officials in Nevada, the authorities said. Deputies responded around 9:14 p.m. to a report of a man on the ground at the event’s campsite who was “obviously deceased,” Sheriff Jerry Allen of the Pershing County Sheriff’s Office in Nevada said in a statement. It was not immediately clear how the man, whose identity the sheriff said was unknown, died. The body was taken to the Washoe County Regional Medical Examiner’s Office. The body was reported as the “Man” — the towering wooden sculpture shaped like a man — was beginning to burn. Several participants in the immediate area were interviewed, the sheriff said. “This process is still ongoing and the portion of the ‘city’ where this occurred will have heavy law enforce...
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