Retired Air Force General Missing in Albuquerque

Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. William Neil McCasland, a 68-year-old former leader of a key research laboratory, disappeared from his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on February 27, leaving behind personal items that suggested to his wife he may have intended to vanish deliberately.

McCasland was last seen around 11 a.m. near Quail Run Court NE. His wife, Susan Wilkerson, returned from a doctor's appointment about an hour later to find him gone. Approximately three hours after his departure, she called 911 to report him missing. In the recording, Wilkerson told the dispatcher, "My husband is missing. And it's been about three hours, and I have some indication that he must have planned not to be found." She noted that McCasland had left his phone turned off on the counter, along with his prescription glasses and possibly his smartwatch. He had changed out of the clothes he was wearing when she left, but all vehicles and bicycles remained in the garage, indicating he was likely on foot. Wilkerson added that he took only a pair of boots and a .38-caliber revolver from their home's gun safe, which contained several firearms.

Authorities from the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office...