# Taos, New Mexico · Place

> Town in Taos County near where Melissa Casias was last seen in June 2025. In America's missing scientists, 2021–2026.

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# Taos, New Mexico

Town in Taos County near where Melissa Casias was last seen in June 2025

[America's missing scientists, 2021–2026](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists)[36.4072° N, 105.5733° W]

Taos, New Mexico is a town in the record of America's missing scientists, 2021–2026, placed to about 10 km.

Town centre from Wikidata Q876315.

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Placed to about 10 km[Open the mystery's map](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists#map)

## In the mysteries

**America's missing scientists, 2021–2026**

Town in Taos County near where Melissa Casias was last seen in June 2025

[The mystery ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists)

## Nearby within 500 km

[Taos County, New Mexico](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/places/PLC0DCR6F257SNZ/taos-county-new-mexico)

County

19 km N

[Picuris Pueblo](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D9KTDN40KT6/picuris-pueblo)

pueblo

27 km SW

[Carson National Forest](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/places/PLC0DCQVDRXKR1P/carson-national-forest)

National forest

46 km W

[Los Alamos, New Mexico](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/places/PLC0DCQV8NEGSW7/los-alamos-new-mexico)

Town and laboratory

87 km SW

[Los Alamos National Laboratory](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/places/PLC0DCR6XB79THQ/los-alamos-national-laboratory)

Laboratory

90 km SW

[Sandia Mountains](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/places/PLC0DCQV7WM61VW/sandia-mountains)

Mountain range

155 km SW

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Taos, New Mexico [Place PLC0DCQV8YA81GJ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0DCQV8YA81GJ
```

Key

**PLC** 0DCQV8YA81GJ

Record

Place

Kind

Town

Position

36.4072° N, 105.5733° W

Precision

About 10 km

In

[America's missing scientists, 2021–2026](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists)

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[ Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q876315)

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