Apparent Murder Weapon Found in Burning Man Homicide, But Still No Suspects Identified

"The most disturbing news out of the late August Burning Man event in the Nevada desert this year was a death by apparent murder during the event's leadup to the Saturday night burning of the wooden man effigy. A few days after we learned of that, the homicide victim was identified as 37-year-old Russian national Vadim Kruglov. But in the more than two weeks since then,"

"The Chronicle reports that the Pershing County, Nevada's Sheriff's Office has announced that they have recovered a knife they believe may be the murder weapon. The Reno Gazette Journal has published an image of the knife from the sheriff's office announcement, seen above. Though that is not the exact knife, it's a stock image of the commonly available commercial knife, meant to show the color and approximate size of the weapon."

""It appears the injury was caused by a single stab wound to the victim's neck," the sheriff's office said in a statement to the Gazette Journal The Pershing County Sheriff's Office continues to seek information in the form of photos, videos, or eyewitness accounts from anyone who may have been near the scene of the crime between 8 and 9:30 pm on the night of Saturday, August 30."

Pershing County Sheriff's Office recovered a large knife believed to be the murder weapon in the fatal stabbing of 37-year-old Russian national Vadim Kruglov at Burning Man. Investigators report the injury appears to have been caused by a single stab wound to the neck. Kruglov's body was located near the Burning Man grid intersections of 8:45 and I Street during the event's leadup on the night of August 30. No suspects have been publicly named and no detailed leads have been released. Authorities seek photos, videos, or eyewitness accounts from anyone near the scene between 8 and 9:30 pm on August 30 and ask witnesses to call [phone] or [phone].

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