Posted on 03/13/2026 3:12:05 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
Nearly two weeks after retired Air Force Gen. William McCasland disappeared from his home in the Albuquerque foothills, investigators have released a new photo they believe shows what he may have been wearing the day he vanished.
Authorities say the 68-year-old was last seen on Feb. 27.
The Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office believes McCasland left his house on the morning of Feb. 27. A repairman interacted with him around 10 a.m., and his wife left for a medical appointment at about 11:10 a.m. When she returned just after noon, he was gone.
Items unaccounted for from his home include hiking boots, a wallet, and a .38 caliber revolver with a leather holster.
BCSO released a new photo on Thursday showing a light green, long-sleeve button-up outdoor shirt, which is believed to be the top McCasland was wearing.
Volunteer search and rescue teams are working alongside law enforcement, using ground teams, K-9s, horses, drones and air support.
"The dog teams are given different search techniques. The horse team is going to investigate an odor," Lauri Dodge, a search team member, told KOAT on Sunday.
On March 7, investigators found a gray U.S. Air Force sweatshirt more than a mile away from McCasland's house. It was collected and processed, and BCSO says no blood was detected during initial processing, with more analysis pending.
BCSO said there is currently no evidence of foul play, and every credible lead is being pursued.
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He and Nancy Guthrie are on a beach in Cabo San Lucas.
Another missing oldster. So is Nancy Guthrie now presumed dead?
I did not know this but just learned that horses are increasingly being trained for scent detection in search and rescue operations, especially in rugged, open, or wooded terrain like the Albuquerque foothills.
68 is the new 38, if a guy or gal is physically fit.;-)
Possibly fell, broke something, or hit his head…
Couldn’t they track his cellphone?
Or maybe he was just tired of living.
At any rate, I hope they find him… For his family’s sake.
He and Nancy Guthrie are on a beach in Cabo San Lucas... with an alien bigfoot.
You left the last part out!!!
IIRC, he left his cell phone at his house. But he took his .38 and his boots.
He left with a gun.
I need more coffee.
Ugh… does NOT sound good…
I have a buddy who was hiking, got briefly separated from the hiking partner; he slipped backwards, smacked his head on a rock, and was unconscious. Luckily his hiking buddy found him and called for help.
It’s really easy to die out there, from the most innocuous thing.
But the fact that this guy left his cell phone at home, well… That is definitely problematic.
Oldster? Sheesh. 68 isn’t 84.
That said, I'm surprised he didn't take a cell phone.
Odd. They found his shirt & a sweatshirt?
They forgot to post the picture in the news.
He has a PhD in Astro engineering from MIT. He was the commander of AF Research Lab. Makes me wonder......
It’s in the video.
Astrophysicist Carl Grilmair recently murdered at his remote home in California.
Portuguese plasma physicist Nuno Filipe Gomes Loureiro murdered in MA.
Head of Air Force lab which specialized in directed energy weapons Air Force Gen. William McCasland missing.
Who knows?
Does he have knowledge that our adversaries are interested in?
Suicide. 8 to 1.
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