Gruesome new details have emerged about the murder of Russian national Vadim Kruglov, who was found dead last weekend at the Burning Man festival in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert.

The 37-year-old, who was originally from Siberia but was living in Washington State , was found lying in a pool of blood on Saturday. Officials said a deputy was “flagged down by an event participant,” who alerted them to the grisly scene at around 9:15 p.m. local time.

Kruglov’s throat had been slashed and authorities recovered a knife at the scene, where a cellphone was also found near his body in a tent pavilion, sources told TMZ. Examining the phone could take weeks.

Prior to him being identified, Kruglov’s friend Sofiia Shcherbakova put out an “urgent” missing persons alert on Tuesday, saying she l

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