UPDATE: Melissa Casias

“Well, Fox News published an article April 21 about a family who died in a plane crash just recently. On board was a, quote, decorated veteran pilot, aerospace engineer, and defense researcher, James Tony Moffitt. And also his son who was up and coming in the field, Andrew Moffat. Their plane crashed in South Carolina, but they were from Huntsville, Alabama, the same city that chemist and entrepreneur Amy Eskridge called home. Now Amy's 2022 death was ruled a suicide, but she has been grouped in with that list of scientists.”

“Now on to update number two, Rick Valerio. Now remember, this is the guy who was sitting on his horse crying in front of a church. The one who told the tourist that he had just found his cousin decapitated in the mountains. Now Mata confirmed more about that second interview he did with him him after the body cam one that you saw in our episode, but there wasn't much more. He said that in that follow-up, Valerio admitted that he is intoxicated every time he's on a horse, but not much else came from the interview.”

“So originally, when we talked to Sierra, she thought that that interaction happened in September, about three months after Melissa went missing. Mark though, he remembered it happening in July. Well, they were both slightly off, and Sierra confirmed for us that she checked the notes on her phone, and now she is confident that that interaction happened on exactly August 8. Now Sierra had a note in her phone because this woman, Wendy is her name, gave Sierra her phone number. Now is it even weirder that this woman gave her her number than would go on to deny knowing her? Thank you for asking. Yes. It is.”

“And you wanna know the strangest part of all? John s Smith, the one who is actually tied to the number connected to Wendy, he is connected to a company called Caterpillar Inc. According to their website, Caterpillar Inc is shaping the future as the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel electric locomotives, Backed by one of the largest independent global dealer networks and financing services through Cat Financial, the company's primary business segments, power and energy, construction industries, and resource industries are solving customers toughest challenges through a commitment to commercial excellence and advanced technology. So are you ready for it? Caterpillar Inc has mad contracts with the Department of Defense.”

“I found an old presentation from 2011 that was made by Los Alamos National Laboratory for its work with the National Nuclear Security Administration, and Caterpillar Inc was a contributor on the study. So I know the 2011 connection between Los Alamos and Caterpillar was years before Melissa went missing. But maybe Mark's idea that Melissa got help from some subcontractor of the lab isn't that far fetched after all. Or maybe there is still information to be found.”