Missing Scientist Was Struggling with Parents’ Deaths When He Vanished in the Middle of the Night, Wife Says

“This isn’t like him,” Jason Thomas’ wife told police after he disappeared in December 2025

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  • Jason Thomas, 45, of Wakefield, Mass., was reported missing on Dec. 13, according to police
  • Kristen Bartoli, Thomas’ wife, revealed her husband was struggling with the deaths of his parents, who died within an hour of each other
  • Bartoli said her husband vanished after they returned home from one of their first social outings since his parents died

New details are emerging about a scientist who disappeared suddenly after walking away from his home.

Police previously said 45-year-old Jason Thomas was reported missing on Dec. 13 after he was last seen around midnight in the area of Murray Street and Chestnut Street in Wakefield, Mass.

Thomas, who is a scientist at Novartis, had recently lost both of his parents before he vanished, according to NBC affiliate WBTS…

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