Daily Mail News
By SOPHIE GABLE, US REPORTER
Published: 01:38 EST, 20 February 2026 | Updated: 03:33 EST, 20 February 2026
A renowned scientist who contributed to the discovery of water on a distant planet was mysteriously shot and killed on the front porch of his desert California home.
Carl Grillmair, 67, was identified as the victim of a fatal shooting in Llano, a rural area of northern Los Angeles, on Monday morning.
Colleagues called Grillmair’s research ‘ingenious’ and said that discovering water ‘is a telltale sign the conditions of the planet are auspicious for life.’
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