Jacob Pratt, a 33-year-old Google employee who worked out of the search giant’s New York City offices, was found dead of an apparent suicide earlier this month, The Post has learned.
An NYPD spokesperson confirmed Pratt’s death on Monday, saying he appeared to have hanged himself in an apartment located in the trendy Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, not far from Google’s corporate offices.
The Post has reached out to the city medical examiner’s office.
Officers responded to a 911 call to a residence at the corner of West 26th Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan just before 6 p.m. Feb. 16.
“Upon arrival, officers observed a 33-year-old male unconscious and unresponsive,” the NYPD told The Post.
Paramedics arrived and pronounced Pratt dead on the scene. Investigators said there were no signs of foul play.
“The New York City Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death and the investigation remains ongoing,” according to the NYPD.
According to his LinkedIn page, Pratt was a “partnership lead” at Google, while an obituary said he was an “accounting manager” at Google, where he spent nearly four years.
Pratt, who lived in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn, “unexpectedly passed away” on Feb. 16, according to an obit published by the Lansing State Journal.
The 33-year-old was a graduate of Northwestern University in Chicago, according to the obituary.
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