…….48-year-old Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Haden was tragically found dead inside an office at the Edward J. Schwartz Federal Building on Wednesday, August 19, 2026.
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However, no one is in custody and no one killed him because law enforcement authorities have explicitly ruled…
…….48-year-old Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Haden was tragically found dead inside an office at the Edward J. Schwartz Federal Building on Wednesday, August 19, 2026.
However, no one is in custody and no one killed him because law enforcement authorities have explicitly ruled out homicide.* San Diego Police received a missing person report for Haden on Wednesday evening. A short time later, officers searched the federal building and located his body inside a vacant office.
* Following an investigation by the San Diego Police Department, officials formally stated that no foul play is suspected. Sources familiar with the case confirmed that Haden died by suicide from hanging.
* Haden was a highly respected career federal prosecutor who had been with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California since 2010. A U.S. Navy veteran and Stanford graduate, he was widely loved in the legal community and served twice as the district's acting U.S. Attorney during recent leadership transitions.
Following the news, current U.S. Attorney Adam Gordon called it "one of the darkest days in our office's history", and federal court appearances for prosecutors were minimized to allow colleagues time to mourn.
Suicide is a complex issue often driven by internal mental health struggles that may not be visible to outsiders, even to close friends and colleagues.
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