Dr. Victor Gideon was a former Umbrella researcher who participated in the T-Virus research, later working for The Connections. Following Umbrella's bankruptcy in 2003, he purchased the Rhodes Hill Chronic Care Center, a medical facility previously owned by the Spencer Foundation, where he ran the institution as its director, and continued to conduct clandestine experiments. 28 years after the Raccoon City Incident, Gideon identified the condition known as Raccoon City Syndrome.