SF Press Embarrassing Lack of Reporting in Jeff Adachi Death; Wednesday Open

THE MYSTERY OF JEFF ADACHI; WHERE'S THE REPORTING?

Jeff Adachi, the former Public Defender of SF, died the other week under mysterious circumstances. His memorial service was Monday


You would think, in a city where too many times, a cause of death is undetermined and therefore, conspiracies abound.

And boy have conspiracies been abound in the Adachi case yet no one, no.one. has bothered to investigate the circumstances surrounding Adachi; the evening he died; the mystery woman who was with him (not his wife) and her whereabouts; the conduct of the police and how they handled the crime scene; crime scene?

Yeah, what the city officials first said was a crime scene before a voice in the SFPD PI division said, "there is no evidence of 'foul play'". Really? Then why were the cops knocking on the door, loudly, and shouting, "This is the police! Open up!" at the Telegraph Hill residence that was set up for Adachi's weekend the night he died. We still don't know why the cops were screaming at his doorstep. Wouldn't some reporter, TV/radio/newspaper, want to investigate?

There's more.

Who was the woman that was with Adachi and why did she suddenly disappear into the night, her whereabouts unknown to this date. I talked to an ex-police source who told me that the woman was from South America and went by the name, "Katarina" --presumably, she was a highline hooker. Supposedly, the cops know this yet we still have no idea whether she was involved in Adachi's death. One would think logically if a big city's Public Defender died under mysterious circumstances, some one would get to the bottom of it.

Dan Noyes of KGO-TV interviewed a woman who gave keys to Adachi on Telegraph Place for his rendezvous but that's about it.

"He died of an apparent heart attack," said a local radio reporter. Really, I haven't heard anything official. In fact, I've heard nothing official about Adachi's death but the cops didn't like him; did someone in the local press investigate the PD and their handling of the crime scene in Telegraph Hill where Adachi died? Hello, anyone home?

Phil Matier has been mum; then again, the Chronicle long ago gave up its investigative reporting to concentrate more on real estate pictures and where to get the best burrito in town.

A controversial figure like Adachi and his mystery lady not his wife collapses and dies? Eh, who cares!

Oh well.