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A Los Angeles Police Department investigator has accused his supervisors of retaliatory conduct after he refused to abandon his examination of the circumstances surrounding the death of Amelia Salehpour, 18, whose manner of death remains disputed. Detective Alexander Tan asserts that department brass ordered him to stop pursuing the case, yet he and his partner continued their work regardless of these directives.
The core dispute centers on whether Salehpour’s 2023 death resulted from accidental drug poisoning or criminal homicide. Tan’s refusal to shelve the investigation has apparently prompted adverse action from his superiors within the department.
The detective’s accusations raise broader concerns about investigative autonomy and how police departments manage potentially contentious inquiries. Details about why leadership allegedly sought to terminate the investigation have not been made public.
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