tech
March 27, 2026
Missing woman who knows key US scientific secrets: She is not the only one, there are also dead, is it all connected?
The case of a mother from New Mexico who disappeared without a trace last year has now been linked to the mysterious deaths and disappearances of five other key scientists and defense officials across the US.
TL;DR
- Melissa Casias, an administrative assistant at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), disappeared on June 26, 2025.
- Her disappearance is one of six linked to scientists and defense officials, five of whom had connections to nuclear research or rocket technology.
- Casias's case is linked to NASA scientist Monika Reiser and retired Air Force Gen. William Neal McCasland, all of whom have disappeared under mysterious circumstances.
- An FBI official expressed concern that these disappearances might be part of a larger pattern and could indicate espionage.
- The phones belonging to Melissa Casias were found wiped, and surveillance footage shows her walking alone miles from her home.
- Other researchers, including astrophysicist Carl Grilmer and two individuals in Massachusetts (Nuno Loureiro and Jason Thomas), have also been murdered or found dead under suspicious circumstances.
- Investigators are urging a thorough examination of the victims' lives to find connections and potential foreign targeting of U.S. citizens with sensitive knowledge.