Family of Los Alamos lab worker found dead near handgun rejects suicide theory, suspects foul play

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Christina Coleman reports on the discovery of Melissa Casias' remains in a New Mexico forest, a missing Los Alamos National Laboratory worker. This incident highlights a disturbing pattern of 11 US scientists and government employees tied to nuclear programs mysteriously disappearing or dying since June 2022. The FBI and House Oversight Committee are investigating. The family of a worker at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico found dead next to a handgun over the weekend has rejected the idea that she would have killed herself, and some relatives believe foul play may have been involved. Melissa Casias, 54, vanished on June 26, 2025, from Taos, New Mexico, according to authorities. Relatives on her parents' side of the family wrote on Facebook that the area where she’d be found, in the McGaffey Ridge area of Carson National Forest, had been