Her stepfather was found dead in a barrel at Lake Mead. She’s elated.

Sundae Schor, 77, said she felt relief upon learning that her stepfather, Edward Lelburian Jackson, was the victim identified from human remains discovered in a barrel at Lake Mead on May 1, 2022. "I've been waiting to hear this news my whole life, ever since I was hiding in my closet from the guy who would come and find me in the closet and rape me," Schor told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

The identification answered years of speculation surrounding the decades-old murder case but also provided closure for Schor, who said Jackson repeatedly sexually assaulted her during her childhood. Jackson entered Schor's life when she was 3 years old after marrying her mother, Mauna Ross. The family lived in Long Beach, California, through the 1950s and 1960s.

Schor described Jackson as an egotistical bully and a heavyweight boxer who earned the nickname "Eldorado Ed" for the Cadillacs he drove. She recalled a volatile home environment where Jackson demanded obedience and associated with "seedy figures" who quieted their conversations when she approached. Schor believes Jackson was alive as late as 1987, challenging police speculation that he died in the early 1980s.

The remains were found wearing a dirty Idle Time button-down shirt, jeans, Kmart sneakers, and a digital Timex watch — clothing Schor said was unlike the flashier outfits Jackson preferred. While shocked by the circumstances of his death, Schor said she was not surprised by his violent end. "The guy made me so paranoid and scared... I thought, maybe something will happen to him someday that'll make him feel this way," she said.

Sources: Las Vegas Review-Journal