{"id":28191,"date":"2026-06-06T06:48:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T06:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=28191"},"modified":"2026-06-06T06:48:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T06:48:37","slug":"the-remains-of-melissa-casias-a-54-year-old-employee-at-los-alamos-national-laboratory-were-found-deep-inside-carson-national-forest-after-months-of-silence-uncertainty-and-unanswered-calls-for-an","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=28191","title":{"rendered":"The remains of Melissa Casias, a 54-year-old employee at Los Alamos National Laboratory, were found deep inside Carson National Forest after months of silence, uncertainty, and unanswered calls for answers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0body of a missing nuclear lab worker\u00a0who vanished last year was reportedly found \u201cskeletonized\u201d with a gunshot to her skull in a national forest in New Mexico.<\/p>\n

Melissa Casias\u2019 decaying body was found in a remote part of the Carson National Forest on Monday, according to local authorities. Casias, 54, was last seen on June 26, 2025.<\/p>\n

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The body of missing nuclear lab worker Melissa Casias was found \u201cskeletonized\u201d with a gunshot injury to her skull.\u00a0Find Melissa Mondragon Casias<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thomas McNally, a former homicide detective who was investigating\u00a0Casias\u2019 disappearance\u00a0for her family, told\u00a0the Daily Mail\u00a0that the mom of one\u2019s \u201cskeletonized\u201d corpse was propped up against a tree \u2014 with a gun lying nearby.<\/p>\n

McNally said Casias\u2019 body didn\u2019t show any signs of animal activity or disturbance, despite being left to rot in the forest.<\/p>\n

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