Event Brief
Missing Los Alamos worker found dead in New Mexico forest
Filed: Jun 02, 2026 at 6:05 PM ET
Summary: Melissa Casias, a missing Los Alamos National Laboratory worker, was identified after remains were found in a remote forest.
WHO: Melissa Casias; FBI
WHAT: Human remains found next to a handgun in a remote northern New Mexico forest were identified as those of missing Los Alamos National Laboratory administrative assistant Melissa Casias.
WHEN: Jun 02, 2026 at 5:04 PM ET
WHERE: Northern New Mexico forest
WHY: The death is part of an FBI investigation into dead or missing federal scientists or staff involved in sensitive national-security research.
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