In his final video, he was a shadow of the brilliant mind that the chess world knew and loved. Slumped, half-asleep, and rambling incoherently, US Grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky's last public appearance was a haunting and tragic prelude to the news that would soon shock the community to its core. Days later, the 29-year-old chess prodigy was found dead in his home.
Now, a police report obtained by has revealed the grim details of the discovery and the focus of the ongoing investigation. As officers from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg homicide unit work to piece together his final hours, they are reportedly treating the case as a possible suicide or drug overdose, a devastating potential end for one of the brightest talents of his generation.
