Person · Los Alamos, NM
Anthony "Tony" Chavez
- Who: Anthony "Tony" Chavez, 78, a retired LANL HVAC technician or construction foreman. The list's name and job belong to Dr. David E. Chavez, an explosives chemist who is alive.
- What happened: he left his Los Alamos home around 4 May 2025, leaving his car, wallet and keys. Police found no foul play and closed the case as inactive in October 2025.
- The leads: a friend told police he was working on "quantum physics" with an unidentified Los Alamos scientist, and that a "pushy man" pressed him over his sister's house. Both unverified.
Retired LANL worker. The Chavez in the press and the Oversight letters is Anthony "Tony" Chavez, 78, a retired LANL HVAC technician or construction foreman who walked away from his Los Alamos home around 4 May 2025 and is still missing. The list's name and job belong to Dr. David E. Chavez, a living LANL energetic-materials chemist with no reported death or disappearance. This card follows Anthony's case and notes the merge.
On the record
- Missing since about 4 May 2025.
- List check (Igor's list and the press lists): entry wrong. Two people merged. The reported case is Anthony Chavez, retired LANL worker, missing. David E. Chavez, the LANL explosives chemist, is alive.
- As the list had it: "David Chavez, Explosives Specialist & Chemist, LANL. Deceased (Late 2025). Research focused on energetic materials, high-explosive synthesis, and advanced propellants."
- Cause or status, as sourced: Missing, no outcome. Los Alamos Police: no signs of foul play, "not believed to be endangered"; case closed inactive 6 Oct 2025. Misadventure in the canyons: proposed, not demonstrated. David E. Chavez: alive per public appearance on 20 Sep 2025; no death record.
- Anthony last seen about 4 May 2025; car, wallet and keys at home; no foul-play signs.
- LAPD closed the case as inactive 6 Oct 2025. A journal was found; a possible Santa Fe-to-Dallas flight sighting went nowhere.
- A detective told CNN there were no foul-play signs and no sign he planned to leave.
- LANL declined to comment and referred questions to the White House.
- NM DPS missing-person record M99969.
- David E. Chavez, LANL energetic-materials chemist, appeared at a Caltech alumni event in Los Alamos on 20 Sep 2025.
Claims (5)
Anthony was working on "quantum physics" with an unidentified Los Alamos scientist, on matter existing in two places at once.secondhandSourced, unconfirmed
It should be treated as a homicide because a "pushy man" pressed him to sell his sister's house below market.secondhandSourced, unconfirmed
He bought a 9mm pistol for self-defence shortly before vanishing but never picked it up.secondhandSourced, unconfirmed
He was a "Los Alamos engineer" in a targeted pattern.speculationSourced, unconfirmed
The list swapped Anthony for David by searching "Chavez Los Alamos".analysisSourced, unconfirmed
Connected
Energetic materials (explosives and propellants) fieldNuclear weapons and nuclear propulsion fieldLos Alamos National Laboratory orgDr. Christopher Adams (as listed) personMelissa Casias personMonica Jacinto Reza personMaj. Gen. William "Neil" McCasland personSteven Garcia person