New Mexico Police: CT Scan Finds No Bullet in Melissa Casias Skull

New Mexico State Police have introduced a significant new development in the investigation surrounding the disappearance of Melissa Casias, an administrative assistant at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The woman vanished on June 26, 2025, and her skeletal remains were subsequently discovered in the Carson National Forest on May 28 of the following year. Her remains were found alongside a handgun, which her family has stated does not belong to her.

While forensic experts have considered the possibility of suicide, a chilling detail from the police has complicated the narrative. Authorities confirmed that an initial CT scan of the skull fragments recovered from the woods revealed no projectiles, indicating that no bullet was found within the bone structure. Although this finding does not definitively rule out a gunshot wound, it has fueled speculation regarding foul play.

Former FBI agent Ben Hansen, who has analyzed the case for the *Brian Entin Investigates* podcast, expressed deep skepticism regarding the official narrative. He stated that the available evidence is "highly highly suspicious." Hansen estimated that the probability of murder stood at approximately 80 percent, arguing that the circumstances point toward a deliberate act rather than a tragedy stemming from depression.

Hansen advanced a more disturbing theory, suggesting that Casias may have been the victim of advanced weaponry involving directed energy. He described devices capable of firing beams of microwave radiation and charged particles at a target. According to Hansen, such technology could explain how a victim might be compelled to walk away from their family and community. He pointed to "voice-to-skull" technology, which allegedly allows users to beam voices directly into a victim's head, creating the illusion of divine commands or inducing a state of brainwashing.

These hypothetical weapons operate using low-frequency sound waves that fall below the threshold of human hearing. Hansen noted that exposure to such frequencies can induce severe psychological effects, including fear, paranoia, and the overwhelming sensation of being watched. He also drew parallels to Havana Syndrome, a cluster of unexplained illnesses affecting US diplomats and intelligence officers in Cuba. Symptoms associated with directed electromagnetic energy blasts include head pressure, dizziness, vertigo, nausea, auditory hallucinations, vision problems, memory loss, and balance issues.

On the podcast episode dated June 14, Hansen revealed that the Department of Homeland Security had reportedly purchased a similar device from the black market, possibly one originally developed by Russia. He raised the prospect that foreign adversaries might be targeting US military personnel, contractors, and laboratory employees with these novel weapons.

Despite the remains having been in the possession of officials since June 1, the New Mexico medical examiner's office has not yet announced an official cause of death. The investigation continues as authorities and investigators weigh the possibility of conventional violence against emerging theories involving experimental technology.

The last known image of Melissa Casias, a former FBI agent, was captured by a surveillance camera near State Road 518 in New Mexico on the afternoon of June 26, 2025. The footage shows the 53-year-old walking alone eastward, approximately three miles from her home, without her keys, identification, or purse.

Her daughter, Sierra, was the final family member to see her mother alive that day. After dropping off her husband, Mark Casias, at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) about 70 miles away, Melissa reportedly told him she had forgotten the security badge required to enter the nuclear facility. She claimed she needed to return home to retrieve it. However, Mark stated she possessed the badge when she left him, as it would have been necessary to pass security checkpoints.

Upon arriving in Ranchos de Taos, Sierra told investigators that her mother had visited her workplace to drop off a sandwich before stating her intention to work from home after forgetting the badge. Contrary to these claims, Melissa returned to the family home to deposit her work and personal phones. The devices were later discovered inside the house, their data completely wiped.

On the morning of her disappearance, Mark described his wife's behavior as "out of character." He believes this anomaly suggests she may have been influenced by a foreign actor to leave without warning. "I think either there was an influence from the outside and I'm not saying that it's energy-directed anything, but foreign adversary influence of some sort," said Hansen, an intelligence official. "The other option is they were enticed. This is the behavior in all these cases, it looks like they thought they were coming back."

Hansen's comments allude to a broader pattern of mysterious disappearances and deaths among scientists, nuclear lab workers, and military personnel across the United States, many of whom have ties to classified research or sensitive data.

While intelligence officials and local police continue to search for clues, a private investigator, Thomas McNally, has faced severe backlash from the Casias family. McNally previously asserted that Casias's disappearance and death were unrelated to her work at LANL. In April, he told the Daily Mail, "What the attention should be on is that there's a 53-year-old woman who's missing and has a family who love her, while the husband is out trying to date other women and doesn't care about her."

Court records indicate that Mark Casias has filed a restraining order against McNally following what the investigator allegedly launched as an "escalating campaign of public harassment, defamation and criminal threats" against him and his daughters. Sierra Casias has publicly refuted claims that her parents fought over financial struggles or that her mother's belongings were discarded after she was declared missing. The Daily Mail has reached out to McNally for comment regarding these legal claims.