Renowned Caltech Scientist Who Led Search for Life Across the Solar System Shot Dead on His Porch
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Key Points:
- Carl Grillmair, a 67-year-old Caltech astrophysicist known for his research on distant planets and galactic streams, was fatally shot on the porch of his Los Angeles home on February 16.
- Freddy Snyder, 29, was arrested at the scene and has been charged with Grillmair’s murder, a recent carjacking, and a first-degree burglary from December 28, and is being held on $2 million bail.
- Grillmair was a respected scientist at Caltech’s Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, credited with significant discoveries including evidence of water on an exoplanet and identifying galactic streams in the Milky Way.
- The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department continues to
