Overview
- Investigators are evaluating hiking boots and a light green shirt recovered at McCasland’s Pagosa Springs residence for any connection to his disappearance.
- Unseasonably warm conditions in the Sandia foothills have overwhelmed thermal sensors, limiting the usefulness of nighttime helicopter and drone searches.
- Authorities say there are no confirmed sightings or videos and no evidence of foul play, though they are not ruling out any scenario.
- The operation has canvassed more than 700 homes and used K-9 teams, drones and aircraft, with the FBI’s Albuquerque field office assisting the sheriff’s investigators.
- Residents are asked to review Feb. 27 footage between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m.; McCasland’s phone and glasses were left at home, and his wallet, a .38 revolver with holster, and a red backpack remain unaccounted for.