Burning Man: Police treating death at US desert festival as suspicious

The death of a reveller at the Burning Man festival in Nevada is being treated as suspicious, police have said. Shane Billingham, 33, was found unconscious in his car at the vast desert party on Thursday evening. The New Zealand national had “poisonous” levels of carbon monoxide in his blood, a post mortem has now discovered. An unidentified “controlled substance” was also found to be an exacerbating factor, the Washoe County medical examiner’s office said in a statement. Following the report, Pershing County Sherriff’s Office said it is investigating the death as suspicious. Witnesses said Mr Billingham was given CPR by bystanders after being discovered in his vehicle at about 6.30pm local time. He was taken to a medical tent but was later pronounced dead...MORE