Melissa Casias, a 53-year-old employee of Los Alamos National Laboratory, is found dead in New Mexico about a year after she disappeared. Multiple outlets report that her remains are identified by New Mexico authorities following a discovery in a national forest. BBC, CBS, and The Washington Times say she went missing in June 2025, with reporting that she was last seen walking eastbound along a state highway on June 26, 2025, in the Taos area. Fox News and other outlets state that a hiker discovered her remains on May 28, and that police are investigating the death. The Guardian and Fox News also report that the remains are found alongside a handgun, though details about how it relates to the case are disputed. Fox News quotes family members and a private investigator rejecting suicide as the cause and raising questions about the circumstances. BBC notes the case has been discussed alongside online speculation about deaths and disappearances involving people in U.S. scientific and related fields, and it references speculation that investigators and others consider debunked. Across coverage, officials do not present a final determination of cause of death, and the case remains under investigation.
Melissa Casias, Los Alamos lab worker missing since June 2025, found dead in New Mexico
Melissa Casias, a 53-year-old employee of Los Alamos National Laboratory, is found dead in New Mexico about a year after she disappeared. Multiple outlets report that her remains are identified by New...
- Melissa Casias, 53, worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory and was reported missing in June 2025.
- Authorities identify her remains after they are found in New Mexico’s Carson National Forest area.
- Reporting says she was last seen on June 26, 2025, walking eastbound near Taos.
- A hiker discovered her remains in late May 2026, about a year after she disappeared.
- Her remains are reported to have been found alongside a handgun; her family disputes suicide and foul play remains under investigation.
The skeletal remains of a missing Los Alamos lab worker, recently discovered in New Mexico, have only deepened the mystery surrounding her disappearance. Melissa Casias, 53, walked out of her home near Taos on June 26, 2025, and remained missing until the grim discovery of her body by a hiker on May 28. Her case...
2 hours agoMelissa Casias vanished from Taos, New Mexico, in June 2025. Her family and a private investigator question circumstances of her death near a handgun.
5 days agoMelissa Casias, a nuclear lab worker, was found dead in Carson National Forest after disappearing on 26 June, 2025. Her case adds to a trend of mysterious deaths and disappearances among individuals connected to US nuclear and aerospace programs. Here we examine the timeline of these events.
1 week agoA Los Alamos National Laboratory staff member has been found dead in New Mexico after her disappearance last year.
1 week agoA body has been recovered of one of the eleven scientists with ties to America’s space and nuclear secrets who have mysteriously died or disappeared. The remains of Melissa Casias, a worker at Los Alamos National Laboratory, was found by a hiker in New Mexico’s Carson National Forest nearly a year after she went missing....
1 week agoMelissa Casias' case was part of debunked speculations about recent deaths and disappearances in the US scientific community.
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