San Francisco Settles Suit Involving Jeff Adachi Autopsy Dispute

The city of San Francisco has tentatively agreed to pay $436,000 to a former official with the medical examiner’s office who says he was fired for refusing to alter the autopsy report into the 2019 death of Public Defender Jeff Adachi, NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has learned.

Christopher Wirowek was operations director for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner back in February 2019, when Adachi died at age 59.  He was found unconscious in a North Beach apartment.

Wirowek said he personally oversaw the investigation into a death police originally considered suspicious. The final official autopsy report blamed the toxic effects of cocaine and alcohol on Adachi’s

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