Nothing puts your problems into perspective like death. Sure, the orgy dome being rendered unusable by wind was a bummer, but it doesn’t compare to the unsolved homicide that appears to have happened on the grounds of Burning Man over the weekend. Making matters worse, the situation remains unsolved, and police are struggling to connect with potential witnesses as they head back home from the desert getaway.

Thus far, the details about the situation are pretty sparse. According to USA Today , the suspected homicide is thought to have happened on August 30, sometime between 8 and 9:30 p.m. local time, around the time of the final “Burn” event, when a 100-foot wooden effigy was set ablaze. Festival goers who spotted the victim flagged down police and told them of a body “lying in a pool

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