SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) ABC7 News is learning more about a heartbreaking case involving a world-renowned private investigator from San Francisco, who has now died from injuries he sustained after being attacked last week outside of his home.
Jack Palladino was 76-years-old and worked some of the biggest cases around over the last several decades. His family and friends are in mourning.
A box full of flowers saying RIP Jack could be seen outside the home where he lived on Monday night. Palladino was attacked outside of his Haight-Ashbury home last week. What a tragic way to end a brilliant career, this man really was a legend, said Jack Immendorf, who is a private investigator and longtime friend of Palladino.
Suspects could now face murder charges after death of storied detective Jack Palladino [San Francisco Chronicle]
Feb. 2 The Monday death of storied private eye Jack Palladino raised the legal stakes for the two men accused of trying to rob him, who now could face murder charges in addition to a slew of other felony crimes.
Prosecutors have already filed charges, including attempted murder and attempted robbery, against Lawrence Thomas, 24, of Pittsburg and Tyjone Flournoy, 23, of San Francisco, whom police arrested over the weekend. But that was before Palladino died after sustaining massive head injuries in the Thursday incident.
“We’ll likely elevate it to a murder charge once we get an opinion from the medical examiner about cause of death,” San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin said Monday afternoon.
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A well-known private investigator whose clients included celebrities and presidents has died from injuries sustained during an attempted robbery.
Jack Palladino, 76, hit his head after a struggle with two alleged robbers who tried to grab his camera outside his home in San Francisco last week.
The camera held images that led to the arrest of two suspects, police said.
Palladino was in a coma and died on Monday after he was taken off life support.
In a career spanning decades, the private eye worked on an array of high-profile and controversial cases, ranging from sex scandals to murder allegations.
Jack Palladino. (YouTube image)
Famed San Francisco private investigator Jack Palladino has died after he became the victim of robbery attempt last week, police said.
The 76-year-old died following the attack late Thursday afternoon in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood where he reportedly lived.
Palladino was born on July 9, 1944. He gained widespread prominence in the early 1990s after he was hired by then presidential candidate Bill Clinton to challenge allegations of sexual misconduct aimed at denying Clinton the Democratic nomination.
Palladino also was involved in investigations related to the Patty Hearst kidnapping case in 1974, and Jonestown cult suicides in Guyana in 1978, according to a Wikipedia entry.