Melissa Mondragon Casias, a 53-year-old administrative assistant employed at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), vanished without a trace last June, leaving her family searching for answers.
Nearly a year later, on May 28, 2026, a hiker discovered her body alongside a firearm in the McGaffy Ridge area of Carson National Forest in New Mexico.
However, this discovery has raised more questions than it has answered.
