A 65-year-old lady was killed Sunday after she fell seven tales contained in the Water Tower Place, police stated.
About 6:05 p.m., the girl fell from the seventh flooring to the primary flooring contained in the procuring heart at 835 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago police stated. She was pronounced lifeless on the scene.
An post-mortem launched Monday discovered she died from blunt trauma due to a leap from top, and her loss of life was dominated a suicide, the Cook County health worker’s workplace stated.
By 7:45 p.m., the procuring heart had been cleared out, other than a number of retailer workers who trickled out the entrance entrance on Michigan Avenue. Most staff had been tight-lipped, saying they couldn’t speak about what occurred.
One worker, a teenage lady who requested to stay nameless, stated she was advised to go away via the constructing’s entrance doorways after her shift, moderately than her regular exit within the again. She noticed officers organising police tape, however wasn’t advised why they had been investigating.
“I just hope everyone’s OK. The holidays are a lot to handle here,” she stated.
Area Central detectives are investigating.