更新于：2026年3月12日 / 美国东部时间上午10:50 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
authorities称，一名退休的美国空军少将自上月末在新墨西哥州失踪后，已失踪两周。
根据领导调查其失踪案的伯纳利洛县治安官办公室的说法，68岁的威廉·”尼尔”·麦卡斯兰（William “Neil” McCasland）于2月27日上午在阿尔伯克基的家中最后一次被人看到。由于麦卡斯兰的背景，治安官表示多个机构正在协助调查，包括美国联邦调查局（FBI）阿尔伯克基现场办公室的联邦探员。
“我们的首要任务是安全找到麦卡斯兰先生，”伯纳利洛县治安官约翰·艾伦（John Allen）在一份声明中说。”我们的调查人员和搜索团队正在持续工作，并且正在与我们的地方、州和联邦合作伙伴密切协调。”
治安官办公室已为麦卡斯兰发布银级警报。根据新墨西哥州法律，此类通知用于寻找50岁以上”智力功能明显且不可逆转恶化”的失踪人员，该办公室称。警报中包含的描述提到退休将军的”医疗问题”是其安全受到关注的原因，但治安官办公室未提供有关这些问题的细节。
艾伦呼吁居民和企业检查麦卡斯兰失踪地点的安全摄像头录像，并向其办公室报告任何相关信息。该办公室表示，邻里走访和采访尚未发现暴力犯罪的证据。
当局上周表示，尽管仍不清楚麦卡斯兰发生了什么，但他们”没有放弃找到他的希望”。
“尼尔不可能长时间与家人和朋友失去联系，”治安官办公室在3月6日表示。
根据该办公室的信息，麦卡斯兰身高5英尺11英寸，白发蓝眼。调查人员认为他在最后被看到的那天早上步行离开家，并暗示他可能在2月27日或2月28日出现在阿尔伯克基郊外的桑迪亚山脉。他们描述他是”一名狂热的户外运动爱好者”，”经常在东北高地和桑迪亚山麓徒步、跑步和骑自行车”。
哥伦比亚广播公司附属台KRQE报道称，麦卡斯兰在空军服役多年后于2013年退休，其中包括担任俄亥俄州赖特-帕特森空军基地空军研究实验室的指挥官，并领导阿尔伯克基柯特兰空军基地的菲利普斯研究基地。
根据他的军事传记，麦卡斯兰从美国空军学院获得航天工程学位后，于1979年被任命服役。传记还称，他还从麻省理工学院获得了航天工程博士学位。
Retired Air Force major general still missing 2 weeks after vanishing in New Mexico
Updated on: March 12, 2026 / 10:50 AM EDT / CBS News
A retired U.S. Air Force major general has been missing for two weeks, after vanishing late last month in New Mexico, authorities said.
William “Neil” McCasland, 68, was last seen at his home in Albuquerque on the morning of Feb. 27, according to the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office, which is leading an investigation into his disappearance. Because of McCasland’s background, the sheriff said multiple agencies are assisting with the probe, including federal agents with the FBI Albuquerque Field Office.
“Our priority is finding Mr. McCasland safely,” said Bernalillo County Sheriff John Allen in a statement. “Our investigators and search teams are working continuously, and we’re coordinating closely with our local, state, and federal partners.”
The sheriff’s office has issued a silver alert for McCasland. Under New Mexico law, the notifications are used to locate missing people aged 50 or older, “with a clear indication of irreversible deterioration of intellectual faculties,” according to the office. A description included in the alert cited the retired general’s “medical issues” as cause for concerns over his safety, but the sheriff’s office did not provide details about them.
Allen asked residents and businesses to check security camera footage from the area where McCasland went missing and report any relevant information to his office. The office said neighborhood canvassing efforts and interviews have not uncovered evidence of foul play.
Authorities said last week that they had not “given up hope” of locating McCasland despite still not knowing what happened to him.
“It is unlike Neil to be out of touch from his family and friends for this length of time,” the sheriff’s office said on March 6.
McCasland is 5 feet 11 inches tall with white hair and blue eyes, according to the office. Investigators believe he left his home on foot the morning he was last seen, and suggested that he may have been in the Sandia Mountains outside of Albuquerque on Feb. 27 or Feb. 28. They have described him as “an avid outdoorsman” who “is known to often hike, run, and cycle in the Northeast Heights and the Sandia foothills.”
McCasland retired in 2013 after a long career in the Air Force, including serving as the commander for the Air Force Research Lab at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio and leading the Phillips Research Site at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, CBS affiliate KRQE reported.
After graduating from the Air Force Academy with a degree in astronautical engineering, McCasland was commissioned to serve in 1979, according to his military biography. He also earned a doctorate degree in astronautical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, according to the biography.
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