Hiker Finds Body of Missing Nuclear Facility Worker in New Mexico Forest

Tim Haarmann, principle investigator with the Stealthy Insect Sensor Project at Los Alamos National Laboratory, checks on his bomb-sniffing honey bees on Nov. 30, 2006. Rick Scibelli/Getty Images

A hiker discovered the body of a missing nuclear laboratory employee, Melissa Casias, in a remote New Mexico forest, police officials announced in an update.

New Mexico State Police, in a Facebook post on May 28, said that the hiker found human remains in the McGaffey Ridge area of Carson National Forest, along with a handgun.