The FBI has announced plans to investigate potential links between the disappearances and deaths of at least ten scientists and government employees over the past few years. The House Oversight Committee has also opened a probe into the same set of cases, which date back to 2023. Yet, the families of several of the victims\u2014Melissa Casias, Carl Grillmair, Michael Hicks, and Jason Thomas\u2014are adamant that their loved ones were not part of any coordinated plot. They claim the allegations are unfounded and, in some instances, backed by evidence.<\/p>\n
According to the FBI\u2019s statement, the agency intends to examine whether the disappearances and deaths of these professionals share a common thread. The cases span a range of roles\u2014from administrative assistants to research scientists\u2014and involve institutions such as Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Caltech\u2019s Infrared Processing & Analysis Center. The House Oversight Committee\u2019s inquiry is expected to focus on whether any of the incidents were orchestrated by a single entity or if they are isolated events.<\/p>\n
While the government has not released a detailed list of the ten cases, the public record includes the following:<\/p>\n
Melissa Casias worked as an administrative assistant at Los Alamos, primarily handling phone calls and scheduling. Her brother, Paul Casias, who also works at the laboratory, told TMZ that Melissa had expressed a desire to disappear and not be found. He emphasized that she was not involved in any classified projects and had no reason to be targeted. Paul also noted that the government has not reached out to him regarding any investigation into his sister\u2019s disappearance.<\/p>\n
Michael Hicks spent more than twenty years as a research scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. His brother, Steve Hicks, told TMZ that the family is aware of the circumstances surrounding Michael\u2019s death in July 2023 but has chosen to keep the details private. Steve dismissed the notion that Michael\u2019s death was linked to the other cases, calling it \u201ca bunch of silliness.\u201d He highlighted Michael\u2019s scientific achievements and expressed concern that the family\u2019s legacy could be tarnished by unfounded conspiracy theories.<\/p>\n
Carl Grillmair, an astronomer at Caltech\u2019s Infrared Processing & Analysis Center, was shot on his porch in Llano, California, on February 16, 2026. Carl\u2019s wife, Mary Grillmair, told TMZ that the killing was an isolated event. She explained<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The FBI has announced plans to investigate potential links between the disappearances and deaths of at least ten scientists and government employees over the past few years. The House Oversight Committee has also opened a probe into the same set of cases, which date back to 2023. Yet, the families…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}