*The cause of death has been revealed for the Netflix employee found dead in the San Francisco Bay last week.
Yohanes Kidane, 22, had recently graduated from Cornell University and moved to the Bay Area to work at Netflix as a software engineer, CBS News reports. According to police, he was last seen taking an Uber in mid-August.
Kidane’s wallet, cellphone, and backpack were later found near the Golden Gate Bridge Welcome Center. He was at the bridge in San Francisco for most of the night he disappeared, according to his photo data.
His decomposed remains were found on Aug. 29 by a passing boat in the waters northeast of the Golden Gate Bridge, the Marin County Sheriff’s Office said.
Officials have announced that Yohanes Kidane was found dead in the San Francisco Bay, northeast of the Golden Gate Bridge. The mode of death was determined to be suicide. #Datelinehttps://t.co/W6hpsrB1Ka
— Dateline NBC (@DatelineNBC) September 6, 2023
The coroner later identified the body as that of Kidane and said he had died by suicide.
His body showed signs of “advanced decomposition, prolonged exposure to the aquatic environment and appreciable depredation,” according to the sheriff’s office, the New York Post reports.
Kidane was in his second week at Netflix when he went missing. Two days before he disappeared, Kidane told a friend he had a worrying rideshare experience. He apparently said the driver took him on a roundabout route through Oakland, leaving him hesitant to use a rideshare service alone in the future.
A passing boat in the waters northeast of the Golden Gate Bridge discovered the body of Yohanes Kidane on August 29th. The coroner has identified him and the cause of death is determined to be suicide. ???? #sanfrancisco pic.twitter.com/Vy8ywz9bkG
— Rose (@901Lulu) September 6, 2023
Kidane’s family started a GoFundMe campaign during his disappearance, the New York Post reported.
“We want to take him home. I need my son. I need my son,” Kidane’s mother, Mehret Hana Beyene, told KTVU last month.
“He’s a good man who has a bright future, very loving to his family.”
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