Melissa Casias, 53, vanished from her Taos home June 2025, leaving her phone, keys, and purse behind and was last seen alive walking east on the 518 Highway.

The body of Melissa Casias, an administrative assistant at Los Alamos National Laboratory, was found in the McGaffey Ridge area of the Carson National Forest.

Casias, 53, had been missing for nearly a year after she didn’t show up for work at Los Alamos National Laboratory. A gun was found near the remains, authorities said.

Melissa Casias went missing last June after dropping her husband at their Los Alamos laboratory and was last seen walking along a state highway.

The body of a missing nuclear lab worker has been found, 11 months after she vanished without a trace under disturbing circumstances and fears she held classified secrets.

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Human remains discovered last week in Carson National Forest in New Mexico have been identified as the body of 53-year-old Melissa Casias.

Human remains discovered by a hiker in a northern New Mexico national forest last week have been identified as Melissa Casias, a Los Alamos National Laboratory employee who…

Melissa Casias was employed at the Los Alamos National Laboratory when she went missing last year, her niece said.

Melissa Casias, de 53 anos, havia sumido em junho de 2025 no Novo México; restos mortais foram localizados por uma pessoa que caminhava em área de floresta já vasculhada…

This discovery marks another chapter in the disturbing wave of deaths and disappearances involving individuals tied to highly sensitive government programs.

The disappearance of nuclear lab worker Melissa Casias had been linked to a string of missing person cases involving US scientists, which have fuelled internet conspiracy theories.

La identificación fue posible casi un año después de que se reportara su desaparición en junio de 2025.

Melissa Casias fue encontrada sin vida en un bosque de Nuevo México tras casi un año desaparecida. Su caso forma parte de una serie de desapariciones y muertes relacionadas con…

Melissa Casias, 53, vanished from her Taos home June 2025, leaving her phone, keys, and purse behind and was last seen alive walking east on the 518 Highway.

Scientist Melissa Casias, 53, mysteriously disappeared after failing to turn up for work - and her 'skeletonised' body was found months later by a hiker despite an 'extensive'…

The disappearance of a Los Alamos National Laboratory employee that baffled investigators for nearly a year has taken a grim turn after her remains were discovered in a remote New…