September 9th 2023.
On Wednesday, September 6, the remains found in San Francisco Bay the previous month were identified as 22-year-old Netflix software engineer Yohanes Stefanos Kidane. According to authorities, a boater found Kidane's body northeast of the Golden Gate Bridge in the San Francisco Bay around noon on August 29. The Marin County Sheriff’s Offices disclosed that the Coast Guard recovered the body and pronounced him dead soon after.
Due to the body exhibiting signs of advanced decomposition and prolonged exposure to the aquatic environment, the forensic examination conducted early this month had to be conducted to determine the cause of death. The examination concluded that Kidane passed away due to blunt impact injuries with drowning as a significant contributing condition, and the mode of death was determined to be suicide.
Kidane had recently graduated from Cornell University with a degree in computer science and was living in San Jose, working at Netflix prior to his passing. The vice president of relations at Cornell University expressed her condolences following Kidane’s death, encouraging those who knew him on campus to seek help as they struggle with this loss. Netflix also released a statement, expressing their sadness over the loss of their young and brilliant coworker.
Kidane went missing on August 14, and his family created a GoFundMe for the search to find him shortly after. His personal belongings were discovered near the Golden Gate Bridge visitors center the next day, leading the family to suspect foul play initially. Kidane had allegedly also reported having a concerning altercation with an Uber driver two days before his disappearance. However, police determined there was no evidence of another party being involved in his death.
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