Overview
- Investigators are reviewing whether any cases connect after a string of scientists were reported dead or missing, with a retired Air Force general’s disappearance drawing the most focus.
- Retired Maj. Gen. William Neil McCasland vanished from his Albuquerque home, with his phone left behind, a sweatshirt later recovered nearby, and his .38-caliber handgun missing, according to the sheriff and his wife.
- The sheriff has noted irregularities in McCasland’s case, including a report that he experienced memory fog that day, while search efforts continue and family have not confirmed the sweatshirt belongs to him.
- Some incidents in the broader cluster have clear findings, including MIT physicist Nuno Loureiro’s shooting death, for which police named Claudio Manuel Neves Valente as the suspect linked to the Brown University attack.
- Other cases remain unresolved or show no current sign of foul play, including the suspected recovery of Novartis scientist Jason Thomas’s body and the ongoing search for former Aerojet Rocketdyne scientist Monica Reza, as debate grows over unproven theories promoted by politicians and media guests.