DEVELOPING STORY
The Missing & The Dead
Defense and nuclear insiders keep vanishing. Nobody is explaining why.
11
missing or dead since July 2024
2024–2026
The recent cluster – eleven defense, nuclear, and space program personnel who have died or vanished since mid-2023. Five missing. Six dead. Four states. One institutional ecosystem.
The Missing
Missing Steven Garcia
August 28, 2025 Albuquerque, New Mexico
Missing Maj. Gen. McCasland
February 27, 2026 Albuquerque, New Mexico
Missing Melissa Casias
June 26, 2025 Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico
Missing Anthony Chavez
May 4, 2025 Los Alamos, New Mexico
Missing Monica Reza
June 22, 2025 Angeles National Forest, CaliforniaThe Dead
Deceased Carl Grillmair
February 16, 2026 Llano, California Deceased Nuno Loureiro
December 16, 2025 Cambridge, Massachusetts Deceased Jacob Prichard
October 25, 2025 Dayton, Ohio Deceased Jaymee Prichard
October 25, 2025 Dayton, Ohio Deceased 1st Lt. Jaime Gustitus
October 25, 2025 Dayton, Ohio
Deceased Frank Maiwald
July 4, 2024 Los Angeles, California1949–2021
The historical pattern – from the first Secretary of Defense to Disclosure Project witnesses. Each case is fully sourced in our investigation article.
Deceased Michael Hicks
July 30, 2023
Deceased Jason Thomas
March 17, 2026
Deceased James Forrestal
May 22, 1949
Deceased Morris Jessup
April 20, 1959
Deceased James McDonald
June 13, 1971
Missing Frederick Valentich
October 21, 1978
Deceased Danny Casolaro
August 10, 1991
Deceased Frank Olson
November 28, 1953
Deceased Phil Schneider
January 17, 1996
Deceased Paul Bennewitz
1980s–2003
Deceased Max Spiers
July 16, 2016
Deceased Mark McCandlish
April 13, 2021
Deceased Karl Wolfe
March 10, 2018
Deceased John Wheeler III
December 31, 2010
Deceased Edward Ruppelt
September 15, 1960Know something?
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