On Thanksgiving morning, November 27, 1997, National Park Service workers found the body of 20-year-old Francis James McDonough in a desert area of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area near Las Vegas. The discovery was made at about 6:18 a.m. near the 3.3-mile marker on North Shore Road. McDonough had been bound, stripped of his clothing, and shot to death. Investigators say the killing happened at a different location before his body was left in the desert and that the actual crime scene has never been found.

Detectives traced the investigation to a car McDonough had borrowed; that vehicle was recovered near Hollywood and Lake Mead Boulevard, several miles from where his body was discovered. Authorities questioned several people during the probe, including 20-year-old Jamie Lynn Bechyne, who was identified as someone who might have information. The homicide remains unsolved and investigators continue to seek tips that could lead to an arrest.

If anyone knew Francis, saw his borrowed car, or has information about where the killing may have occurred, please come forward.