Suchir Balaji does not look like a suicidal man.

Carrying a bag of take-out rice, meat and vegetables, he can be seen strolling through the lobby of his San Francisco apartment building dressed casually in jeans, sneakers and a zip-up sweater. His wireless earbuds are planted firmly in his ears.

To passersby he has the appearance of any tired, young professional ready to relax on the couch with his dinner.

Yet this newly uncovered surveillance image from 7.30pm on November 22 is believed to be the last photograph of the 26-year-old tech engineer alive.

Just hours later he died by a single gunshot wound to the head. His body was found four days later on November 26.

The medical examiner concluded his death was a suicide. Police agree. But the young man's parents are convinced he was the victim of foul play.

They believe he was punished for daring to speak out against the dangers of the world-changing technology he'd been working on.

A month earlier, Balaji had revealed OpenAI's dubious methods of training ChatGPT and warned of its dangers to the internet.

The last image of Suchir Balaji alive as he pressed the elevator call button in the lobby on the day he died, his other hand clutching a bag containing his last meal. His parents say the camera in the elevator itself had been disabled

Ramarao posted another CCTV image of Balaji arriving home from his birthday holiday, six hours earlier at 1.33pm, carrying his luggage over his shoulder

His mother, Poornima Ramarao, now...

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