About this episode

The episode discusses the mysterious disappearance and subsequent discovery of Melissa Casias, addressing misinformation and conspiracy theories surrounding her case.

53 year old Melissa Casias from Taos, New Mexico, disappeared under very mysterious circumstances on June 26, 2025. The case seemed to generate no promising leads and quickly go cold. Her remains were recently found in a remote heavily wooded area on May 28, 2026. Melissa’s case has gotten a lot of attention… but arguably for all the wrong reasons. There has been an unbelievable amount of speculation, misinformation, and just straight up conspiracies and lies about Melissa. These have even come from major news sources. It seems before we can know what happened to Melissa on June 26, 2025, people will have to start getting loud with the facts. So today, Kaydra is bringing on Gina and Amber from Weird True Crime. They have been working with Melissa’s family and combing through the police reports from day one. Verifiable information only. Kaydra talks through all of the rumors point by point including the missing scientists conspiracy to get clarification for her listeners. You will also hear a lot of information I guarantee you aren’t hearing anywhere else. This is the perplexing story of Melissa Casias. Listen to Weird True Crime’s 3 part series wherever you get your podcasts…

People in this episode

Host: Kaydra

Guests: Gina, Amber

Topics covered

• disappearance
• true crime
• investigation
• misinformation
• conspiracy theories
• missing persons

Keywords

• Melissa Casias
• disappearance
• true crime
• Weird True Crime
• investigation
• misinformation
• conspiracy theories

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Taos, New Mexico

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