Boston (SmartAboutHealth) - It appears that the missing vials of a virus from the Army biomedical facility, Fort Detrick may never be found.

Army investigators have come out and stated that there appears to be no criminal misconduct surrounding the 3 missing vials of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus.

These vials vanished a year ago from the biomedical facility, sparking an investigation by the Army’s Criminal Investigation Command.

There appears to be no criminal misconduct though, meaning the probe may be coming to a close.

It is now believed that the most likely scenario was that the missing vials were destroyed by accident.

The virus in these vials has been linked to brain inflammation and death.