The nearly year-long search for a missing Los Alamos National Laboratory employee has ended with a grim discovery in New Mexico. Authorities have officially identified human remains found in Carson National Forest as those of 54-year-old administrative assistant Melissa Casias.
With confirmation of her death, investigators are now piecing together the circumstances surrounding her disappearance. Early speculation around the case has given way to forensic analysis and a potentially contentious legal battle involving her family. Advanced forensic techniques may eventually clarify what happened to her.
