Death[edit]
Murdock died on 28 December 2015
[11][12] in San Francisco.
[13] As of 1 January 2016, no details of his cause of death have been officially released.
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The last tweets from Murdock's Twitter account first announced that he would commit suicide, then said he would not. He reported having an altercation with police, and finally declared an intent to devote his life to opposing police abuse. His Twitter account was taken down shortly afterwards.
[16]
The San Francisco police confirmed he was detained, saying he matched the description in a reported attempted break-in and that he appeared to be drunk.
[17][18] The police stated that he became violent and was ultimately taken to jail on suspicion of four misdemeanor counts. They added that he did not appear to be suicidal and was medically examined prior to release. Later, police returned on reports of a possible suicide. The city
medical examiner’s office confirmed Murdock was found dead.
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