MISSING US SCIENTISTS DEATH TOLL 17, NUCLEAR LAB WORKER FOUND SKELETONIZED
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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4.2 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Nancy Grace investigates a chilling pattern of brilliant scientists and national security officials who have mysteriously vanished or turned up dead. From the shocking discovery of the skeletonized remains of Los Alamos nuclear lab worker Melissa Casias in a New Mexico forest, to Amy Eskridge's apparent injuries from directed energy weapon attacks, the panel uncovers disturbing anomalies that defy simple coincidence. Former intelligence officers and forensic experts weigh in on the suspicious fates of whistleblowers like Department of Energy Special Agent Kevin Childress and Air Force Intelligence Officer Matthew Sullivan, both of whom died abruptly just before they were scheduled to deliver classified testimony to Congress. Explore the dark intersections of corporate espionage, advanced aerospace propulsion, and UAP disclosure in an investigation into whether these top-tier minds were silenced because of their knowledge of the world's most sensitive military secrets.
Joining Nancy Grace today:
- Joseph Scott Morgan - (AL) Professor of Forensics, Jacksonville State University, Author of "Blood Beneath My Feet," Host of "Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan," Instagram @JoScottForensic
- John Nantz - (SC) Former Supervisory Special Agent, FBI - Assigned to the Miami and Washington DC Field Offices for over 20 years. Townhall columnist. X, Truth Social, and Instagram: @thejohnnantz, LinkedIn and Facebook: @johnnantz
- Franc Milburn - (Spain) Former British Intelligence Officer, close with Amy Eskridge, spoke with her hours before her death
- Luis Elizondo - Former U.S. Army Counterintelligence Special Agent, Former employee of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, Former Director Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) and UFO whistleblower
- Lauren Conlin - (NY) Podcaster/Reporter/Co-Host of Pop Crime TV and Prime Time Crime, X: @Conlin_Lauren, Instagram: @LaurenEmilyConlin, YouTube: @PopCrimeTV
- Stephanie Harlowe - (Rochester, NY) Co-Host of 'Crime Weekly' podcast. Youtube: @StephanieHarlowe, Instagram: @stephanieharlowe
- Dave Mack - Investigative reporter, Crime Stories
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:03.4 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.8 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:11.0 | Tonight, the FBI continues its probe into space scientists dead and missing as the death toll actually rises to 17. |
| 0:22.1 | Good evening. I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. I want to thank you for being with us. |
| 0:27.2 | The toll of missing and or dead space scientist has risen. |
| 0:31.7 | Well, you have very, very brilliant people who have these kinds of, you know, very strange, |
| 0:35.8 | suspicious circumstances around them. Anti-gravity, jet propulsion, special alloys made for high-intensity heat, ideas and theories |
| 0:45.9 | that most of us have never imagined until they go missing or are found dead. |
| 0:54.1 | A number of them have gone missing with the same circumstances. |
| 0:58.0 | How can these not be connected? |
| 1:00.8 | This is highly alarming and ought to be investigated thoroughly by the FBI. |
| 1:07.1 | Joining us tonight, Crime Stories investigative reporter Dave Mack. |
| 1:11.5 | What about it, Dave Mack? |
| 1:13.6 | Nancy, in a shocking update to the scientist's story, you know, we've been covering missing and dead scientists. |
| 1:22.4 | And now the body, the skeletonized remains of Melissa Casillas has been found. She was working in New Mexico, |
| 1:32.3 | in Los Alamos, and went missing June of last year. June 2025, she takes her daughter lunch. |
| 1:40.9 | She is seen walking down the road the last time she was seen. And when she went missing, |
| 1:47.3 | the investigation began right at her house where investigators found two cell phones of Melissa |
| 1:53.6 | Casillas at home and were factory reset. And by the way, not factory reset at the exact same time, but factory reset at different times. |
| 2:06.9 | When she went missing, it was one of those remarkable things where there was nothing out of |
| 2:12.2 | the ordinary. |
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