A friend of a couple in Indiana reported that they did not contact for a long time, on March 12, and the next day in the morning, Nagisi was found by police officers walking along the road near Rockford, after which he was taken to the hospital. Information on the state of the scientist at the moment, no, reports BBC.

Soon after this, law enforcement officers found the body of 80-year-old Sumire Nagisi near the car of a couple parked in the field.

The cause of the incident has not yet been established, but the police said that they have no reason to suspect that this is a criminal incident.

The pair was last seen at their home in West Lafayette, near Purdue University, where Nagishi teaches chemistry.

Relatives suggest that the couple got lost on the way to the airport, as the car was found 12 km from Chicago Rockford International Airport. The husband probably left the car to look for the road, the wife also left the salon, but for unknown reasons died near the car, the cause of her death is not yet established.

Relatives noted that Sumire Nagishi suffered from Parkinson's disease, which in recent years has rapidly progressed.

Eiichi Nagishi is a Japanese living in the US who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2010.