cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/45996860

Our thoughts, prayers, and love goes out to any that were lost trying to bring us a better world. The pattern of hostility towards researchers and scientists needs to stop. This ongoing issue will be tracked here.

Deceased — Researchers, Scientists & Related Figures

#	Name	Date of Death	Notes	Source
1	Stanley Meyer	March 21, 1998	Inventor of water-powered car; died at restaurant, last words "they poisoned me"; ruled brain aneurysm	source
2	Stefan Marinov	July 15, 1997	Physicist; fell from EU Parliament building, Brussels	source
3	Floyd "Sparky" Sweet	~1995	Free energy (vacuum triode amplifier) researcher	source
4	Robert C. "Cliff" Duncan	2003	DoD/NASA engineer; NAE member	source
5	Mark McCandlish	April 13, 2021	UFO/ARV researcher; ruled suicide (shotgun); was scheduled to testify at Senate UAP hearing	source
6	Ning Li	July 27, 2021	Physicist; superconductivity / anti-gravity research	source
7	Amy Eskridge	2022	Co-founder, Institute for Exotic Science, Huntsville AL; family cites chronic pain	source
8	Michael Hicks	July 30, 2023	NASA JPL physicist (comets & asteroids); cause of death undisclosed	source
9	Matthew Sullivan	2024	USAF intelligence officer; died before testifying in federal UFO whistleblower case; reported suicide	source
10	Frank Maiwald	July 4, 2024	NASA JPL space research specialist; died age 61, LA; cause not made public	source
11	Matthew Livelsberger	January 1, 2025	US Army Special Forces soldier; died in Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside Trump International Hotel, Las Vegas	source
12	Joshua LeBlanc	July 22, 2025	NASA Marshall Space Flight Center electrical engineer (nuclear propulsion); body found in burned Tesla, Huntsville AL	source
13	Nuno Loureiro	December 2025	MIT professor; director, Plasma Science & Fusion Center; fatally shot at home near Boston by former classmate	source
14	Feng Yanghe	Unknown	Chinese scientist; part of broader pattern reported by Newsweek	source
15	Jason Thomas	Body recovered March 17, 2026	Novartis scientist; disappeared December 12, 2025; body found in Lake Quannapowitt, MA; no foul play suspected	source
16	Carl Grillmair	February 16, 2026	Caltech/IPAC astrophysicist; fatally shot on front porch of LA County home; suspect arrested	source
17	Andrew Moffatt	~April 13–17, 2026	UAH research engineer (RSESC); died in private plane crash returning from family funeral	source
18	Wynn Free	~April 14–18, 2026 (disputed)	Author; co-wrote The Reincarnation of Edgar Cayce with Wilcock; exact date/cause unconfirmed	source
19	David Wilcock	April 20, 2026	UFO author, History Channel Ancient Aliens; died by suicide; family cites depression and financial debt	source

---

Missing — Researchers & Related Figures

#	Name	Date Last Seen	Notes	Source
1	Anthony Chavez	May 2025	Age 78; retired Los Alamos National Laboratory foreman; Los Alamos police investigating; no foul play indicated	source
2	Melissa Casias	June 2025	Age 53; Los Alamos administrative employee; last seen on highway near Talpa, NM; phone factory-reset before disappearance	source
3	Monica Reza	June 22, 2025	Age 60; NASA JPL aerospace engineer (director, Materials Processing Group); disappeared hiking near Mt. Waterman, Angeles National Forest	source
4	Steven Garcia	August 2025	Age 48; property custodian, NNSA Kansas City National Security Campus (Albuquerque); missing; no body found	source
5	William Neil McCasland	February 27, 2026	Retired Air Force Major General, age 68; commanded AFRL at Wright-Patterson AFB; walked out of Albuquerque home leaving phone, glasses, and wearables behind; FBI involved	source

If you know anything that can lead to justice for these missing researchers please submit a tip to a trusted legislator or the FBI at https://tips.fbi.gov/home.