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Microsoft Engineer Pratik Pandey, 35, Found Dead at Silicon Valley Office

Police say no foul play is suspected.

Overview

  • Pandey badged into the Mountain View campus on the evening of August 19 and was discovered deceased in the early hours of August 20.
  • Mountain View police reported no signs of suspicious activity and are not treating the case as a criminal investigation.
  • The Santa Clara County medical examiner has not determined a cause of death and lists the case as pending.
  • Microsoft is conducting an internal review of the incident and has declined to comment publicly.
  • Tributes have circulated on social media as relatives work to repatriate his remains to India, and some coverage has questioned how quickly the incident was publicized.