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Scientist who discovered water on distant planet shot dead on front porch of CA home.
Posted on 2/21/26 at 8:35 am
Posted on 2/21/26 at 8:35 am
Motives unknown, at this time.
But the last line seems curious...
The LACSD hasn't released Snyder's booking photo or any further information on the case.
Hmmm.
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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.'
The astrophysicist was found with a gunshot wound on his front porch after detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide responded to reports of an assault with a deadly weapon just after 6am.
Emergency responders attempted life-saving measures, but he was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
While investigating the shooting call, the Palmdale Sheriff's Station responded to a carjacking in the same area and arrested a man named Freddy Snyder, 29, who was named as a person of interest in Grillmair's homicide case.
Scientist shot
But the last line seems curious...
The LACSD hasn't released Snyder's booking photo or any further information on the case.
Hmmm.
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Posted on 2/21/26 at 8:38 am to SouthEasternKaiju
Aliens are living with us
Posted on 2/21/26 at 8:38 am to SouthEasternKaiju
Dude has been shot a couple of times now.
Posted on 2/21/26 at 8:39 am to SouthEasternKaiju
I don’t think discovering water on other planets and celestial bodies is a motive. Water has been detected on many other celestial bodies including planets and moons in our solar system.
Posted on 2/21/26 at 8:40 am to SouthEasternKaiju
NIMBY aliens getting ahead of the proposed loop on their planet
Posted on 2/21/26 at 8:47 am to GumboPot
I think the point was more of an identifier, not a topic of motive.
Water not discovered just here in our own solar system, but on an exoplanet isn't staggering news, but it's important stuff.
Weird part is they're not releasing the suspect's photo, who's reportedly 29.
What's up with that?
Water not discovered just here in our own solar system, but on an exoplanet isn't staggering news, but it's important stuff.
Weird part is they're not releasing the suspect's photo, who's reportedly 29.
What's up with that?
Posted on 2/21/26 at 8:53 am to SouthEasternKaiju
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What's up with that?
ET phone home
Posted on 2/21/26 at 8:55 am to SouthEasternKaiju
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Weird part is they're not releasing the suspect's photo, who's reportedly 29.
I think I read Snyder also tried stealing his aunt's car earlier in the day... I wonder if there's a way to find old booking photos- you know he's got to have a record.
Posted on 2/21/26 at 8:55 am to SouthEasternKaiju
Damn sophons
Posted on 2/21/26 at 8:56 am to SouthEasternKaiju
I'd think his murder is less about the science and more about the California aspect.
Posted on 2/21/26 at 8:59 am to SouthEasternKaiju
Here's something new about him..
Pasadena Now
He must have friends...
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"The man charged with fatally shooting a renowned Caltech scientist on the front porch of his remote Antelope Valley home had been arrested less than three months earlier on suspicion of carrying a loaded firearm in a personal vehicle — then released on his own recognizance after the charge was dismissed for unknown reasons, according to court and jail records.
Freddy Snyder, 29, was arrested Dec. 20, 2025, in Palmdale on suspicion of carrying a loaded firearm in a personal vehicle, jail records show. He was charged, but the charge was later dismissed for unknown reasons, according to court records. Snyder was released on his own recognizance on Dec. 23, jail records show."
Pasadena Now
He must have friends...
Posted on 2/21/26 at 9:14 am to SallysHuman
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but the charge was later dismissed for unknown reasons
it's totally legit.
Posted on 2/21/26 at 9:19 am to SouthEasternKaiju
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his desert California home
quote:
who contributed to the discovery of water on a distant planet
Focus on dehydrated perps, and a flood of tips will flow.
Posted on 2/21/26 at 9:21 am to Everyday Is Saturday
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Focus on dehydrated perps, and a flood of tips will flow.
it would generate a tsunami of perps
Posted on 2/21/26 at 9:22 am to Everyday Is Saturday
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Focus on dehydrated perps, and a flood of tips will flow.
This line of thinking is all wet.
Posted on 2/21/26 at 9:24 am to LCA131
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This line of thinking is all wet.
it just doesn’t hold water
Posted on 2/21/26 at 9:38 am to SouthEasternKaiju
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I think the point was more of an identifier, not a topic of motive.
Water not discovered just here in our own solar system, but on an exoplanet isn't staggering news, but it's important stuff.
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Posted on 2/21/26 at 9:48 am to SallysHuman
quote:It sucks when brilliant people who contribute to the body of human knowledge get snuffed out by the dregs of society, due in large part to lax, liberal law enforcement.
He was charged, but the charge was later dismissed for unknown reasons, according to court records. Snyder was released on his own recognizance on Dec. 23, jail records show."
Posted on 2/21/26 at 9:50 am to TDFreak
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due in large part to lax, liberal law enforcement.
What pisses me off the most is the gun control brigade... honestly, a lot of the tragedies they point to could be effectively decreased if only they applied the existing laws to these criminal fvcks.
Posted on 2/21/26 at 9:52 am to SallysHuman
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fvcks.
you speak latin?
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