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NASA nuclear engineer found dead in burned Tesla after vanishing from his Alabama home last year
Joshua LeBlanc's Tesla and body were found burned beyond recognition about two hours from his Huntsville home
Published April 22, 2026 11:39am EDT
At 4:32 a.m. on the same day, LeBlanc's family reported him missing, according to KLFY. He uncharacteristically failed to show up to his job as an aerospace technologies electrical engineer at NASA, where he worked on nuclear propulsion projects.
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Joshua LeBlanc, a former NASA scientist who died in a car crash on July 22, 2025. Photo taken on an unknown date. (Joshua LeBlanc/LinkedIn)
His body was also burned beyond recognition, and police confirmed his identity three days later after his body was transported to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences.
At the time, his family told KLFY that they feared he had been abducted and that he had left his phone and wallet in his home at the time of the disappearance.
Police tracked LeBlanc down using the data from his Tesla Sentry Mode, and found that his vehicle sat at the airport in Huntsville for four hours on the morning of his death. His family said his trip west was not part of his plan for the day, and that uncharacteristically, he was not communicating with them.
LeBlanc was later a team lead on NASA's Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operation (DRACO), a nuclear thermal propulsion engine.
Chavez, 79; Steven Garcia, 48; and retired Air ForceMaj. Gen. William Neil McCasland, 68, were all reported missing throughout 2023 to 2026, with each of their disappearances considered suspicious.

Jason Thomas, left, Melissa Casias, center, and Frank Maiwald are among scientists whose deaths or disappearances have drawn scrutiny as officials review whether any cases are connected. (Fox News: Sierra Casias: Legacy.com)

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