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The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang

New Mexico identifies remains of nuclear lab employee missing for a year

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Melissa Casias. Photograph: Find Melissa Mondragon Casias

Authorities in New Mexico have identified human remains which they recently discovered as those of a Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) employee who had been missing for more than a year.

In a statement released over the weekend, state police said the remains belonged to Melissa Casias, a 53-year-old resident of Taos, New Mexico, who was last seen walking eastbound along a state highway on 26 June 2025.

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