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Tech Exec Bob Lee Died on Operating Table With Drugs, Alcohol in His System, Autopsy Shows

The report said Lee died of multiple stab wounds

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Cash App founder Bob Lee died on the operating table with stab wounds to the chest and drugs and alcohol in his system, the San Francisco Medical Examiner report showed Monday.

The 43-year-old had two stab wounds in his chest and a third on his hip, which caused him to undergo an emergency thoracotomy before being transported to the operating room. That's where he was pronounced dead at 6:49 a.m. on April 4 after, according to the report, doctors at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital worked for nearly four hours to try to save his life.

The report showed Lee had alcohol, cocaine and ketamine in his system the night he was stabbed.

Nima Momeni, 38, faces murder charges in the stabbing.

Prosecutors said Momeni got into an argument with Lee over Momeni's sister. That's when they say Momeni stabbed Lee with a kitchen knife.

A witness said Momeni and Lee had argued earlier in the day over whether or not Momeni's sister had been doing drugs while in Lee's company.

Momeni is scheduled to be back in court Tuesday.

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