Lab worker who vanished last year found dead in New Mexico national forest
Remains found in a New Mexico national forest have been identified as those of Melissa Casias, a worker at the Los Alamos National Laboratory who disappeared last year, authorities announced over the weekend.
TL;DR
- Remains found in New Mexico's Carson National Forest identified as Melissa Casias.
- Casias was an employee at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
- A handgun was found near the remains.
- The cause and manner of death are still under investigation.
- Casias is the second Los Alamos employee to go missing last year.
- The FBI is investigating possible links between missing or deceased scientists and lab staff.