OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji's moms and dads have actually taken legal action against the City of San Francisco in their mission to prove he was killed.

The tech prodigy, 26, who simply a month earlier exposed the business's dubious methods of training ChatGPT, was discovered dead on November 26.

Balaji was sprawled beside his restroom door with a gunshot wound to the head and blood all over part of his home in San Francisco's Mint Hill area.

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

They claim their efforts to show to have actually been obstructed by the city's rejection to release the authorities event 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 because their kid's death, petitioners and their counsel have 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 lawyer, Kevin Rooney, argued the city was breaking the California Public Records Show its refusal.

Suchir Balaji, 26, was discovered in his apartment 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 (envisioned with him) insist he was murdered and have invested more than $100,000 attempting to prove it

The claim implicated authorities of trying to have it both methods by saying the case was closed, however then rejecting access to the files since the case was still open.

'This contradiction is triggering a hold-up that is illegal and unjustified,' Rooney wrote.

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

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

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

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

'In what Dr Cohen defined as atypical and uncommon in suicides, he noted that the trajectory of the bullet was down with a minor left to right angle. He likewise kept in mind that the bullet completely missed out on the brain before perforating and lodging in the brain stem.

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

Balaji's moms and dads formerly utilized the finding that the bullet missed the brain, indicating he rather bled to death, and the separate head injury, to boost their argument that his death was a murder, not suicide.

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

The claim explained how staff form the medical examiner's workplace handed Ramarao the apartment keys and told her she could obtain his body the next day.

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

Rooney mentioned that Balaji's moms and dads asked about the status of the investigation, however did not get an official reaction.

'Informally, SFPD authorities informed petitioners' counsel that murder investigators briefly re-opened the examination, reviewed closed circuit recordings from Suchir's structure, and soon afterwards closed the investigation again, concluding that Suchir had committed suicide,' the claim read.

An essential reason 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 apartment.

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 file a reaction to the claim, and declined to comment.

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

The grisly scene left unblemished

Photos obtained by DailyMail.com show blood was pooled next to 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 cordless earbuds and 2 mystical tufts of what appeared to be artificial 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 somebody was looking for something'.

'After seeing there is so much blood everywhere, I don't understand how they believe it's a suicide, it doesn't look close,' his daddy, Ramamurthy, higgledy-piggledy.xyz told DailyMail.com.

Balaji's parents refuse to believe their kid took his own life, insisting it was a 'cold-blooded murder' despite cops declaring there was no nasty play.

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

Neither have they held a correct funeral service nor buried his body, instead raising $85,000 to pay attorneys, detectives, and forensic specialists to prove he was murdered.

Blood both inside the restroom, and pooled on the flooring 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 consists of lots of images revealing the condition of Balaji's one-bedroom apartment or condo, together with earlier images taken by his family.

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

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

Worse still is the cooking area table, scattered with mess, some of which spilled onto the flooring together with pieces of chocolate.

'The disturbed surroundings supports possibility of fights/resistance, which require to be corroborated with other forensic evidence,' Rao composed.

Balaji's bedroom was also in turmoil, and a cordless earbud was discovered on the flooring near the entryway, with blood stains and hair strands on it.

Nearby, simply outside the restroom door near the hinges, was a big area of dried blood with the other earbud and a red shopping bag.

His last meal, a half-eaten ready-meal with brown rice still in the plastic tray, rests on his chaotic desk with a fork and a restaurant receipt

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

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

The cooking area table, scattered with mess, some of which spilled onto the flooring 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 simply past the limit on the bathroom tiles.

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

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

Inside the restroom were drops of blood throughout the tiles, on the cabinet beside the sink, and on the cabinet manage, on the other side of the room.

Rao wrote that some of the drops of blood appeared to have actually fallen while the victim was sitting, or potentially crawling, and others while standing. A few of the blood could have been spent.

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

Ramarao said she had not seen pictures of her kid's body at the scene, however cops told her he was found pushing his back with his feet pointed away from the restroom.

She likewise said the personal autopsy she paid for showed the bullet was shot from above, entering above his nose and lodging simply listed below the back of his skull.

Inside the bathroom were drops of blood throughout the tiles, on the cabinet next to the sink, and on the cabinet manage, on the other side of the room

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

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

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

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

Balaji's moms and dads think their child 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 wound wasn't fatal, he endured for some minutes and left the restroom before dying from blood loss.

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

His moms and dads believe the home was raided due to the fact that the killer was trying to find a storage gadget that had damning evidence on it.

Balaji's weapon, a Glock handgun that records showed he purchased on January 4, 2024, was found near his body, in addition to a box of 9mm ammunition in his closet with six rounds missing out on.

One of the rounds was found in the weapon case, that included the record of sale, another 4 elsewhere, and one unaccounted for.

Ballistic tests to verify whether this was the gun that eliminated him are yet to be performed. His moms and dads 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 just past the threshold on the bathroom tiles

Blood drops inside the restroom looking inside from the door

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

Rao criticized the authorities investigation as 'insufficient and inadequate' that missed out on vital hints like the phony hair and earbuds, which he called 'a very major error'.

'Will have a major effect on the understanding of the way of death, besides helping the alleged suspect (if any) to leave from the criminal offense and including more speculations surrounding the death,' he composed.

Rao wrote that the disrupted scenes were 'most likely seen in bloodthirsty death scene and rarely observed in alleged suicidal cases'.

He likewise kept in mind the absence of a suicide note and the 'commonly 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 kid's house was never ever completely neat, but it was never anywhere near as unpleasant as they discovered it.

'Everything is scattered, like somebody is browsing something,' he said.

'And the blood spots all over the place, hairs ... if they have taken a deep analysis, they might have seen this, but they didn't wish to, they simply took the gun and took him, that's all.

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

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

Balaji's weapon, a Glock handgun that tapes show 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

One of the rounds was found in the weapon case, which included the record of sale, another four elsewhere, and one unaccounted for

Balaji's last hours alive

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

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

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

Ramamurthy asked him if he desired to go to an exhibition in January together, and he said, 'Sure, let's see, I'll think of it'.

'I asked do you prepare to visit us and he said, "Not immediately",' he recalled.

'He enjoyed, he didn't reveal any depression. He had simply returned, and in the end he said, 'I'm going for supper, I'll speak with you later.' Usually, he goes out for supper.'

Whether the half-eaten ready-meal meant he never headed out, just got takeaway, or ate it the next day is uncertain as the exact time of death is not understood - though police believe 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 often busy and had actually simply returned home.

But by Monday, they began to stress