FBI probes cases of missing or dead scientists, including four from the L.A. area
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WASHINGTON — Amid growing national security concerns, the FBI said Tuesday that it has launched a broad investigation in the deaths or disappearances of at least 10 scientists and staff connected to highly sensitive research, including four from the Los Angeles area.“The FBI is spearheading the effort to look for connections into the missing and deceased scientists.We are working with the Department of Energy, Department of War, and with our state and state and local law enforcement partners to find answers,” the agency said in a statement.The FBI’s announcement comes after the House Oversight Committee announced that it would investigate reports of the disappearance and deaths of the scientists, sending letters seeking information from the agencies involved in the federal inquiry as well as NASA, which owns the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge, where three of the missing or dead scientists worked.“If the reports are accurate, these deaths and disappearances may represent a grave threat to U.S.
national security and to U.S.personnel with access to scientific secrets,” Reps.
James Comer (R-Ky.), chairman of the committee, and Eric Burlison (R-Mo.) wrote in the letters.President Trump told reporters last week that he had been briefed on the missing and dead scientists, which he described as “pretty serious stuff.” He said at the time that he expected answers on whether the deaths were connected “in the next week and a half.” California A man accused of killing acclaimed astrophysicist Carl Grillmair had faced trouble with the law, including gun charges and a suspected burglary, weeks before the deadly encounter in Antelope Valley.Michael David Hicks, who studied comets and asteroids at JPL, was the first of the scientists who disappeared or died.He died on July 30, 2023, at the age of 59.
No cause of death was disclosed.A year later, JPL ph...