OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji’s parents have taken legal action against the City of San Francisco in their quest to prove he was killed.

The tech prodigy, 26, who simply a month earlier revealed the company’s dubious approaches of training ChatGPT, was discovered dead on November 26.

Balaji was sprawled next to his restroom door with a gunshot wound to the head and blood all over part of his house in San Francisco’s Mint Hill community.

His parents Poornima Ramarao and Balaji Ramamurthy insist he couldn’t have eliminated himself, and rage police took simply 40 minutes to rule his death a suicide.

They claim their efforts to prove to have actually been obstructed by the city’s refusal to launch the cops occurrence report and other case files to them.

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

'In the two-plus months considering that their boy’s passing, petitioners and their counsel have actually been stymied at every turn as they have actually sought more details about the cause of and situations surrounding Suchir’s awful death,’ it read.

Their attorney, Kevin Rooney, argued the city was breaching the California Public Records Act with its refusal.

Suchir Balaji, 26, was found in his home 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 (pictured with him) insist he was killed and have actually spent more than $100,000 trying to prove it

The claim implicated authorities of attempting to have it both ways by saying the case was closed, however then denying access to the files because the case was still open.

'This contradiction is triggering a hold-up that is unlawful and unjustified,’ Rooney composed.

Balaji’s moms and dads hired Joseph Cohen, previous chief forensic pathologist of Riverside County, California, to conduct a second autopsy in December.

Ramarao earlier .com she would not release the results till after the Los Angeles Medical Examiner launched its report, which is due by 90 days his death.

The claim listed a few of the results, however did not reveal its findings on whether Balaji took his own life, or if it identified another manner of death.

'Dr Cohen, figured out that Suchir had suffered a single gunshot injury to the mid-forehead, in between his eyebrows and somewhat 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 down with a small left to best angle. He also kept in mind that the bullet entirely missed out on the brain before perforating and lodging in the brain stem.

'Significantly, Dr Cohen also kept in mind a contusion to the back of Suchir’s head.‘

Balaji’s parents previously used the finding that the bullet missed the brain, meaning he instead bled to death, and the separate head injury, to bolster their argument that his death was a murder, not suicide.

Balaji lived in this high-end structure on Buchanan Street in San Francisco’s Mint Hill area

The claim explained how staff form the medical inspector’s office handed Ramarao the home keys and told her she might obtain his body the next day.

'The representative likewise informed Ms Ramarao that she ought to not be allowed to see Suchir’s body and that his face had been destroyed when a bullet went through his eye,’ it read.

Rooney specified that Balaji’s moms and dads inquired about the status of the examination, however did not get an official reaction.

'Informally, SFPD authorities notified petitioners’ counsel that murder detectives quickly re-opened the investigation, reviewed closed circuit recordings from Suchir’s building, and quickly thereafter closed the investigation again, concluding that Suchir had actually dedicated suicide,’ the claim read.

A key factor for the suicide judgment is that no one was seen on CCTV entering an area of the building where they could have gone into Balaji’s home.

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

The city is yet to submit an action to the claim, and declined to comment.

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

The grisly scene left unblemished

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

Resting on the bloodstains was among Balaji’s wireless earbuds and two mysterious tufts of what appeared to be artificial hair, like from a wig.

His home, in a high-end structure 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 all over, I do not understand how they think it’s a suicide, it does not look close,’ his father, Ramamurthy, told DailyMail.com.

Balaji’s moms and dads refuse to think their boy took his own life, insisting it was a ‘cold-blooded murder’ in spite of cops declaring there was no foul play.

His house sits frozen in time - never cleaned, and touched just possible considering that cops left it on November 26.

Neither have they held an appropriate funeral nor buried his body, rather raising $85,000 to pay lawyers, private investigators, and forensic specialists to show he was killed.

Blood both inside the restroom, and pooled on the floor outside the door where his head was found

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

The report consists of lots of photos revealing the condition of Balaji’s one-bedroom apartment, along with earlier images taken by his family.

The bachelor pad is fairly organized through the entrance and lounge location, but quickly changes 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, rests on his cluttered desk with a fork and a dining establishment invoice.

Worse still is the cooking area table, scattered with clutter, a few of which spilled onto the floor together with pieces of chocolate.

'The disrupted surroundings supports possibility of fights/resistance, which require to be corroborated with other forensic proof,’ Rao wrote.

Balaji’s bed room was also in turmoil, and a wireless earbud was discovered on the floor near the entryway, with blood stains and hair strands on it.

Nearby, simply outside the bathroom door near the hinges, was a large location 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 chaotic desk with a fork and a restaurant invoice

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

The bachelor pad is fairly orderly through the entryway and lounge area, but quickly modifications as you get closer to where he died

The kitchen table, strewn with clutter, some of which spilled onto the floor together 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 just past the threshold on the bathroom tiles.

One tuft of artificial hair was jammed in the corner of the door, and other, consisting of a pin, so layered with dried blood it mixed into the pool.

The hair has only been physically examined and will quickly go through lab tests, together with blood samples, to discover what it is made of and if there was anybody else’s DNA at the scene.

Inside the bathroom were drops of blood across the tiles, on the cabinet next to 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 possibly crawling, and others while standing. A few of the blood might have been coughed up.

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

Ramarao said she had actually not seen images of her son’s body at the scene, however authorities told her he was found resting on his back with his feet pointed far from the bathroom.

She likewise said the private autopsy she paid for revealed the bullet was shot from above, getting in 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 room

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

The stock layout of Balaji’s apartment with the bathroom where he was found on the left

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

Rao wrote in his report that Balaji most likely felt sorry for 15 to 30 minutes.

Balaji’s moms and dads 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 sitting down, and shot in the head. As the injury wasn’t deadly, he survived for some minutes and got out of the bathroom before passing away from blood loss.

'A 10-minute battle, probably,’ his dad said.

His parents think the house was raided due to the fact that the killer was looking for a storage device that had damning evidence on it.

Balaji’s weapon, a Glock pistol that records showed he purchased on January 4, 2024, was discovered near his body, together with a box of 9mm ammunition in his closet with 6 rounds missing.

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

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

Splattered blood extended up the door and the doorframe about 18 inches, leaking down to the floor, 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 beside a red shopping bag that was adhered to the most significant blood swimming pool

Rao slammed the authorities examination as ‘incomplete and inadequate’ that missed out on vital hints like the phony hair and earbuds, which he called ‘an extremely major error’.

'Will have a serious effect on the understanding of the manner of death, besides helping the supposed suspect (if any) to get away from the criminal activity and including more speculations surrounding the death,’ he composed.

Rao composed that the disturbed scenes were ‘more most likely seen in homicidal death scene and hardly ever observed in alleged self-destructive cases’.

He likewise kept in mind the lack of a suicide note and the ‘extensively dispersed and pattern of blood splatters’ were ‘most not likely in victims whose fatality/unconsciousness is immediate’ as in a suicide by gunshot.

Ramamurthy said his child’s house was never totally tidy, however it was never anywhere near as unpleasant as they found it.

'Everything is spread, like somebody is browsing something,’ he said.

'And the blood identifies all over the place, asteroidsathome.net hairs ... if they have taken a deep analysis, they could have seen this, however they didn’t want to, they just took the gun and took him, that’s all.

'They currently chose it was a suicide when they strolled in, in 40 minutes, then they handed us back the secrets.‘

Blood on the other side of the doorframe to the huge bulk of the blood splatter, as seen from inside the bathroom

Balaji’s gun, a Glock handgun that tapes show he bought on January 4, 2024, was found near his body, in addition to a box of 9mm ammunition in his closet with 6 rounds missing out on

Among the rounds was found in the gun case, that included the record of sale, another four in other places, and one unaccounted for

Balaji’s last hours alive

Ramamurthy was the last known individual to speak to Balaji, in a call at 7.12 pm on November 22 that may only have been hours before he died.

Balaji had simply returned from a holiday to Catalina Island, off the coast of Los Angeles, with some buddies, who were former colleagues or worked in tech, for his birthday a day previously.

They spoke for 15 minutes about his trip, the hikes he did in LA, the weather, and the birthday cash Balaji would soon be sent out.

Ramamurthy asked him if he wanted to go to an exhibition in January together, and he said, ‘Sure, let’s see, I’ll consider it’.

'I asked do you plan to visit us and he said, “Not instantly”,’ he recalled.

'He mored than happy, he didn’t show any depression. He had actually simply returned, and in the end he said, ‘I’m choosing dinner, I’ll talk to you later on.’ Usually, he goes out for dinner.‘

Whether the half-eaten ready-meal indicated he never ever headed out, simply got takeaway, or consumed it the next day is uncertain as the specific time of death is not understood - though police think it to be that night or the next morning.

Balaji’s parents didn’t hear from him for the next 2 days - the weekend - however weren’t concerned as he was frequently hectic and had actually simply returned home.

But by Monday, they began to stress