1 Big Tech Whistleblower's Parents Take Legal Action against After Cops Claimed Suicide
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OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji's moms and dads have taken legal action against the City of San Francisco in their quest to show he was killed.

The tech prodigy, 26, who simply a month previously revealed the company's suspicious approaches of training ChatGPT, was discovered dead on November 26.

Balaji was sprawled beside his bathroom door with a gunshot injury to the head and blood all over part of his apartment in San Francisco's Mint Hill community.

His parents Poornima Ramarao and Balaji Ramamurthy insist he couldn't have actually killed himself, and are furious authorities took just 40 minutes to rule his death a suicide.

They claim their efforts to prove to have actually been hampered by the city's rejection to launch the cops incident report and other case files to them.

A claim submitted in the San Francisco Superior Court demands a court order granting them access to the files.

'In the two-plus months given that their child's death, petitioners and their counsel have been stymied at every turn as they have actually looked for more details about the reason for and circumstances surrounding Suchir's terrible death,' it read.

Their legal representative, Kevin Rooney, argued the city was breaching the California Public Records Act with its rejection.

Suchir Balaji, 26, was discovered in his apartment or condo in San Francisco on November 26 with a gunshot to the head and his death ruled a suicide

Balaji's moms and dads Poornima Ramarao and Balaji Ramamurthy (imagined with him) insist he was murdered and have actually spent more than $100,000 trying to show it

The claim implicated authorities of attempting to have it both methods by saying the case was closed, but then denying access to the files due to the fact that the case was still open.

'This contradiction is causing a delay that is illegal and unjustified,' Rooney composed.

Balaji's parents hired Joseph Cohen, former chief forensic pathologist of Riverside County, California, to perform a 2nd autopsy in December.

Ramarao earlier told DailyMail.com she wouldn't launch the results until after the Los Angeles Medical Examiner launched its report, which is due by 90 days his death.

The claim noted a few of the outcomes, however did not expose its findings on whether Balaji took his own life, or if it determined another manner of death.

'Dr Cohen, identified that Suchir had actually suffered a single gunshot injury to the mid-forehead, between his eyebrows and slightly to the right of the bridge of the nose,' the claim detailed.

'In what Dr Cohen identified as irregular and unusual in suicides, he kept in mind that the trajectory of the bullet was downward with a minor left to ideal angle. He likewise kept in mind that the bullet totally missed out on the brain before boring and lodging in the brain stem.

'Significantly, Dr Cohen also noted a contusion to the back of Suchir's head.'

Balaji's parents formerly utilized the finding that the bullet missed out on the brain, suggesting he rather bled to death, and the different head injury, to bolster their argument that his death was a murder, not suicide.

Balaji resided in this high-end building on Buchanan Street in San Francisco's Mint Hill neighborhood

The claim explained how staff form the medical inspector's workplace handed Ramarao the apartment or condo secrets and informed her she could obtain his body the next day.

'The agent also informed Ms Ramarao that she must not be allowed to see Suchir's body and that his face had actually been destroyed when a bullet went through his eye,' it checked out.

Rooney specified that Balaji's moms and dads asked about the status of the investigation, however did not receive a formal reaction.

'Informally, SFPD authorities informed petitioners' counsel that murder investigators briefly re-opened the examination, examined closed circuit recordings from Suchir's structure, and quickly thereafter closed the examination again, concluding that Suchir had actually devoted suicide,' the claim read.

An essential factor for the suicide ruling is that no one was seen on CCTV entering an area of the structure where they might have entered into Balaji's house.

However, his moms and dads claimed there were 2 entrances that were not kept track of by security electronic cameras.

The city is yet to file a response to the claim, and declined to comment.

Photos obtained by DailyMail.com show blood was pooled next to the restroom door where his head lay, however likewise splattered around the restroom far from the body

The grisly scene left untouched

Photos obtained by DailyMail.com reveal blood was pooled beside the bathroom door where his head lay, however also splattered around the restroom far from the body.

Pushing the bloodstains was among Balaji's wireless earbuds and 2 mysterious tufts of what seemed synthetic hair, like from a wig.

His home, in a high-end building on Buchanan Street in San Francisco's Mint Hill area, was likewise raided, 'like someone was looking for something'.

'After seeing there is a lot blood everywhere, I do not understand how they think it's a suicide, it doesn't look close,' his father, Ramamurthy, told DailyMail.com.

Balaji's moms and dads refuse to believe their son took his own life, insisting it was a 'cold-blooded murder' despite authorities declaring there was no nasty play.

His apartment or condo sits frozen in time - never cleaned up, and touched as low as possible given that authorities left it on November 26.

Neither have they held a correct funeral nor buried his body, instead raising $85,000 to pay attorneys, private investigators, and forensic experts to show he was murdered.

Blood both inside the bathroom, and pooled on the floor outside the door where his head was discovered

Among them was Professor Dinesh Rao, who composed an initial report on the scene obtained by DailyMail.com.

The report includes lots of photos showing the condition of Balaji's one-bedroom apartment or condo, in addition to earlier images taken by his family.

The bachelor pad is fairly orderly through the entryway and lounge location, but rapidly modifications as you get closer to where he passed away.

His last meal, a half-eaten ready-meal with brown rice still in the plastic tray, sits on his chaotic desk with a fork and a dining establishment invoice.

Worse still is the kitchen table, strewn with clutter, a few of which spilled onto the floor along with pieces of chocolate.

'The disturbed surroundings supports possibility of fights/resistance, which need to be proven with other forensic evidence,' Rao wrote.

Balaji's bedroom was likewise in upheaval, and a wireless earbud was discovered on the floor near the entrance, with blood stains and hair strands on it.

Nearby, just outside the bathroom door near the hinges, was a large area of dried blood with the other earbud and a red shopping bag.

His last meal, a half-eaten ready-meal with wild rice still in the plastic tray, rests on his messy desk with a fork and a restaurant invoice

His home sits frozen in time - never ever cleaned up, and touched as low as possible since police left it on November 26

The bachelor pad is fairly orderly through the entrance and lounge location, however rapidly changes as you get closer to where he died

The kitchen table, strewn with mess, some of which spilled onto the floor along with pieces of chocolate

Splattered blood extended up the door and the doorframe about 18 inches, dripping down to the flooring, and a splash extended simply past the threshold on the bathroom tiles.

One tuft of synthetic hair was jammed in the corner of the door, and other, consisting of a pin, so coated with dried blood it combined into the swimming pool.

The hair has actually just been physically examined and will soon undergo lab tests, in addition to blood samples, to discover what it is made from and if there was anybody else's DNA at the scene.

Inside the bathroom were drops of blood throughout the tiles, on the cabinet beside the sink, and on the cabinet deal with, on the other side of the room.

Rao wrote that a few of the drops of blood appeared to have fallen while the victim was sitting, or potentially crawling, and others while standing. A few of the blood might have been coughed up.

Also on the flooring was a knocked over trash can and a plastic floss pick.

Ramarao said she had not seen pictures of her boy's body at the scene, however police informed her he was discovered lying on his back with his feet pointed far from the bathroom.

She also said the personal autopsy she paid for revealed the bullet was shot from above, going into above his nose and lodging simply below the back of his skull.

Inside the restroom were drops of blood throughout the tiles, on the cabinet next to the sink, and on the cabinet deal with, on the other side of the space

Also on the floor was a knocked over trash can and a plastic floss choice

The stock design of Balaji's house with the bathroom where he was found on the left

She claimed the bullet completely missed his brain, and he instead bled to death on the bathroom door, and had a 2nd blunt trauma injury on the side of his head.

Rao composed in his report that Balaji likely bled for 15 to 30 minutes.

Balaji's parents theorize their kid was assaulted from behind while he was listening to music and cleaning his teeth, and his head smashed into the wall or cabinet.

After resisting, he was pulled up onto his knees or taking a seat, and shot in the head. As the injury wasn't fatal, he made it through for some minutes and left the restroom before passing away from blood loss.

'A 10-minute struggle, most likely,' his father said.

His moms and dads think the apartment was raided because the killer was trying to find a storage gadget that had damning proof on it.

Balaji's weapon, photorum.eclat-mauve.fr a Glock handgun that records revealed he purchased on January 4, 2024, was found near his body, in addition to a box of 9mm ammo in his closet with 6 rounds missing out on.

Among the rounds was discovered in the weapon case, which consisted of the record of sale, another 4 in other places, and one unaccounted for.

Ballistic tests to verify whether this was the weapon that killed him are yet to be carried out. His parents claimed there was no gunshot residue on his hands.

Splattered blood extended up the door and the doorframe about 18 inches, dripping down to the flooring, and a splash extended simply past the threshold on the restroom tiles

Blood drops inside the restroom looking inside from the door

A splash of lighter blood next to a red shopping bag that was adhered to the most significant blood pool

Rao criticized the cops investigation as 'insufficient and insufficient' that missed out on crucial clues like the phony hair and earbuds, which he called 'a very major error'.

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