Human remains discovered in New Mexico have been identified as those of a missing Los Alamos National Laboratory employee, whose disappearance last year was linked to wider speculation about a group of missing or dead U.S. scientists.
The New Mexico Medical Investigator’s Office confirmed the remains were those of 53-year-old Melissa Casias. She’s among the 12 Americans with apparent ties to nuclear or space programs who have vanished or died since 2022. The group includes three missing or dead California NASA researchers and a nuclear scientist from MIT.
