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It\u2019s every parent\u2019s worst nightmare.<\/p>\n
Earlier this week, the 19-year-old son of former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, was found dead at UC Berkeley of an apparent drug overdose, according to his grandmother, Esther Wojcicki. The\u00a0 news broke widely yesterday, though Wojcicki posted the news to Facebook several days ago, writing<\/a>: \u201cTragedy hit my family yesterday. My beloved grandson Marco Troper, age 19 passed away yesterday. Our family is devastated beyond comprehension. Marco was the most kind, loving, smart, fun and beautiful human being. He was just getting started on his second semester of his freshman year at UC Berkeley majoring in math and was truly loving it. He had a strong community of friends from his dorm at Stern Hall and his fraternity Zeta Psi and was thriving academically. At home, he would tell us endless stories of his life and friends at Berkeley.\u201d<\/p>\n UC Berkeley spokesperson Janet Gilmore has said there were no signs of foul play and that an investigation into the death is underway.<\/p>\n Esther Wojcicki told the Palo Alto Daily of her grandson\u2019s passing, \u201cKids in college, especially freshmen and sophomores, experiment with everything. I think this was an experiment that went wrong.\u201d She separately told the San Francisco Chronicle: \u201cHe ingested a drug, and we don\u2019t know what was in it. One thing we do know, it was a drug.\u201d<\/p>\n Wojcicki stepped down as CEO of the Alphabet-owned subsidiary one year ago, writing in a blog post that after nine years in the role, she\u2019d \u201cdecided to start a new chapter focused on my family, health and personal projects I\u2019m passionate about.\u201d<\/p>\n Neal Mohan, then YouTube\u2019s chief product officer, has run the organization since.<\/p>\n