And someone is claiming a suicide note was left, supposedly: http://oobly.com/2011/11/14/source-diaspora-co-founder-ilya-zhitomirskiy-left-a-detailed-suicide-note_530/

CNN Money, basically confirms suicide from Police:

http://money.cnn.com/2011/11/14/technology/diaspora_cofounder_died/

"In this case it appears to be a suicide," Esparza added. "However, the medical examiner's office will make the final decision" after conducting testing."

For those wondering. Doing a simple Twitter search of @zhitomirskiyi, brings this recent tweet directly mentioning him: https://twitter.com/#!/micahdaigle/status/135613279618871296 "@zhitomirskiyi, founder of @joindiaspora, has committed suicide. :(" about around 24 hours ago, long before it was announced on Techcrunch. Then someone else mentioned suicide as well, but they delete their tweet, not before it was retweeted however: https://twitter.com/justinherman/status/135619350538358784 "@amoration Found out colleague killed himself. Sending serenity in the passing of @zhitomirskiyi" Sad to hear it. R.I.P. Ilya Zhitomirskiy. Thank you for your work.