Missing Los Alamos scientist found dead with gun but no bullet in skull

What was said

"investigators tell Los Angeles magazine that Casillas's remains were skeletonized with a handgun located near the body. But they say the initial forensic CT scan of Casillas's skull did not find any bullets or projectiles of any kind."

Melissa Casillas, a 53-year-old administrative assistant at Los Alamos National Laboratory, was found dead in Carson National Forest nearly a year after vanishing. While a handgun was discovered near her skeletonized remains, a forensic CT scan revealed no bullets or projectiles in her skull, contradicting initial suicide theories and raising questions about whether the scene was staged.