- A bicyclist spotted the body of Chuchu Ma near a bike trail on Thursday morning
- Her body was found naked and face down in San Francisco Bay near Sunnyvale
- The Google software engineer, 23, had been reported missing on the same day
- Police have not revealed the details surrounding Ma’s death as it investigates
A 23-year-old Google engineers has been found dead near a bike trail along the San Francisco Bay.
A bicyclist spotted the body of Chuchu Ma, of Mountain View, California, in the water along the Bay Trail on the Sunnyvale-Moffett Field border last Thursday morning.
The Google software engineer had been reported missing in Mountain View – a few miles away – the same day.
A bicyclist spotted the body of 23-year-old Chuchu Ma, of Mountain View, California, in the water along the Bay Trail on the Sunnyvale-Moffett Field border last Thursday morning
The Google software engineer had been reported missing in Mountain View – a few miles away – the same day
Ma, who graduated with a Bachelor’s in Computer Science from the University of Texas, Austin, in 2016, had worked as an engineer at Google for more than a year.
Google released a statement on the woman’s death shortly after her body was identified.
‘Chuchu was an excellent software engineer in our developer product team,’ the statement to KRON 4 said.
The statement added: ‘We are devastated to learn of her passing, and our deepest condolences are with her family and friends.’
Ma, who graduated with a Bachelor’s in Computer Science from the University of Texas, Austin, in 2016, had worked as an engineer at Google for more than a year
Details surrounded Ma’s death have not yet been released and it remains unclear if she was a victim of a crime
Police have not revealed the details surrounding Ma’s death, but NBC News reports that her body was found face down and naked in the water.
It remains unclear if she was a victim of a crime.
The Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety’s investigation is ongoing as they wait for the coroner’s autopsy results.
The Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety has asked anyone with information to contact the detective unit at (408)730-7110.