Missing Scientists: Nuclear Worker Skeleton - Missing Bullet Bombshell
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 18 June 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Melissa Casias' remains were found by a hiker May 28 in Carson National Forest in New Mexico, nearly a year after she disappeared. Casias worked at Los Alamos as an administrative assistant, and her death now linked to the 17 other missing or dead scientists. Authorities found a handgun nearby the remains.
The remains were skeletonized when found by a hiker in the McGaffey Ridge area of the Carson National Forest. Reports indicate a gunshot wound to the head, but no bullet was found.
Joining Nancy Grace today:
- Glenanne Johnson - former weapons engineer at the U.S. Department of Defense
- Franc Milburn - former British Intelligence Officer.
- John Nantz - former supervisory special Agent, FBI, Townhall columnistX, Truth Social, and Instagram: @theJohnnantz, LinkedIn and FB: @johnnantzWebsite: townhall.com/columnists/johnnantz
- Jeff Gentry - certified bloodstain pattern analyst, senior crime scene analyst and death investigator, former toxicology lab analyst, author: "Forensic Science: Applications to Death and Crime Scene Investigations" ; TikTok: @jeffreygentryBPA, FB: Jeff Gentry Bloodstain Pattern Analyst
- Lauren Conlin - co-host of "PopCrimeTV" on YouTube. Website: www.popcrime.tv & primetimecrimeshow.com, X- @Conlin_Lauren, Instagram- @LaurenEmilyConlin, YouTube: @PopCrimeTV
- Dave Mack - investigative reporter, 'Crime Stories'
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:03.2 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.1 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:11.4 | A missing nuclear lab worker connected to the string of missing and dead scientists found dead in a chilling and eerie forest discovery. |
| 0:26.0 | Amidst claims of suicide, there's no bullet. |
| 0:33.1 | Was she murdered somewhere else her body disposed in a remote and dizzly wooded location? |
| 0:40.4 | No bullet, no suicide. |
| 0:43.6 | Good evening. |
| 0:44.4 | I'm Nancy Grace. |
| 0:45.3 | This is Crime Stories. |
| 0:46.7 | I want to thank you for being with us. |
| 1:01.0 | Neil McCaslin, he was a linchpin to a lot of the military's black projects. Basically, they're working on technologies that in theory we won't see for another 50 years. |
| 1:06.0 | Space scientists dead and missing as the death toll actually rises. |
| 1:11.6 | And so you're actually moving space and time around the craft. |
| 1:16.5 | Her remains had not seen any kind of scavenging. |
| 1:20.6 | Joining us tonight, an all-star panel. |
| 1:23.0 | But first I'm going to go to John Nance, |
| 1:25.9 | former supervisory special agent with the FBI assigned to the Miami and D.C. field offices over 20 years. |
| 1:35.5 | Mr. Nance, thank you for being with us tonight. I know you're not a medical examiner, but I'm very fatigued with claims that all of these top security clearance scientists and lab workers all just walk out of their home with no ID, no cell phone. |
| 1:57.1 | Melissa Cassius's cell phone had been factory wiped when her daughter found her cell phone. |
| 2:03.8 | They all just walk out and suddenly have an urge to commit suicide. |
| 2:10.1 | Melissa Casillas, gun found near her body. |
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