San Francisco’s chief medical examiner and police department have determined that the demise of former OpenAI researcher Suchir Balaji, found dead in his apartment on November 26 last year, was a suicide. Balaji's parents have disputed the suicide theory.
The conclusion was made clear in a letter sent late Friday by the San Francisco Police Department and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to the attorneys representing Balaji’s parents, San Francisco Examiner reported.
The letter is a detailed account of the two departments’ probe into Balaji’s death. It included fresh details about how investigators concluded it was a suicide and the state of mind of the deceased at the time of his death.
The autopsy report supports the earlier police investigation, which found "no evidence of foul play," according to San Francisco Police Department Officer Robert Rueca.
According to a letter from the San Francisco Police Department and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, former OpenAI researcher Suchir Balaji had alcohol and amphetamine in his system at the time of his death. Investigators also discovered he had been searching for information on brain anatomy on his computer. Gunshot residue was found on both of his hands, and his DNA was found on a pistol located under his leg. Documents at the scene confirmed Balaji was the gun's owner. According to the report, ballistics tests later confirmed that the pistol was the one used in his death, as reported by sfexaminer.com.
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