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The household of Suchir Balaji state he was murdered and didn't kill himself. Now they've taken legal action against San Francisco and its authorities department.

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The moms and dads of deceased OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji have taken legal action against the city of San Francisco and the San Francisco Police Department, alleging that the real cause of his death was not suicide, however murder.

The claim, filed in January, declares that the SFPD concealed the criminal offense, ruling it a suicide without performing a thorough investigation.

Balaji, who had worked as a researcher at OpenAI, was found dead in his San Francisco apartment last November. Attorneys state Balaji's parents, Poornima Ramarao and Balaji Ramamurthy, requested further examination into his death however were told the case was already closed.

"The claim requires that the city, cops department, and medical inspector release public documents kept under the Public Records Act," Joseph Goethals, attorney for the petitioners, elearnportal.science told Decrypt. He said that if the files weren't supplied within 10 days, and "no legitimate exceptions apply, a claim can compel their release. We will seek a court order to obtain them."

The claim claims that SFPD violated the California Public Records Act by unlawfully withholding public records of the case. Attorneys for Ramarao and Ramamurthy also argued that the investigation into their boy's death was hurried and inadequate, with officials overlooking essential forensic findings and failing to address their requests for further inquiry.

The claim demands the immediate disclosure of all reports, photos, and videos, together with protection of legal costs.

Said Geothals: "If the San Francisco Superior Court does not translate and enforce the law correctly, we will seek option with the Court of Appeal. We hope it does not pertain to that."

Balaji worked for OpenAI from November 2020 to August 2024. In an interview with The New York Times in October, fishtanklive.wiki he said that before the general public launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, he had assisted OpenAI gather and utilize "massive amounts" of data taken from the web without approval.

According to the claim, in December, Balaji's household employed forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Cohen to perform a personal autopsy. In his report, Dr. Cohen identified that there was a single gunshot injury in the mid-forehead, oke.zone slightly to the right of the bridge of his nose.

Dr. Cohen said that the bullet trajectory was uncommon for a suicide, as it took a trip downward at a small left-to-right angle, completely missing out on the brain before lodging in the brainstem, according to the suit. Dr. Cohen identified a contusion on the back of Balaji's head, which he said raised further questions about the situations of his death.

The San Francisco Police Department did not immediately react to a demand for comment by .

The claim called out the scenarios of Bilaji's death. His body was discovered a week after The New york city Times discussed the whistleblower in a court filing related to its claim against OpenAI.

Despite Balaji's revelations, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pressed back on the New york city Times' claims. Speaking at the newspaper's yearly DealBook Summit, Altman dismissed the claims.