Police questioning a man after a woman falls from a balcony

ABC NEWS (Australia)

Police are investigating the death of a woman in Sydney’s west after she fell from a balcony of a high-rise apartment complex. Police have described the case as 'complicated'.

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00:00More than 12 hours after police first attended this scene, an active crime scene is still

00:07underway as you can see.

00:09Police looking to speak to people who lived within this apartment building where a 39

00:13year old woman fell from a balcony.

00:15Now it's understood at this stage that the residence was actually a 40 year old male's

00:19apartment who the woman is believed to have been at one stage the partner of, however

00:24police are examining whether or not the two were still in a relationship at the point

00:28in time of the incident.

00:30Already what has emerged is that there was a first call to police that was akin to a

00:34pocket dial or at least a call to police where only background noise was heard, no one speaking

00:40down the line to police.

00:42Police called back the number twice and were eventually able to speak with that 40 year

00:46old male over the phone.

00:47At this stage it's not entirely clear whether or not the phone was his or someone else's.

00:52During that call police confirmed they were likely to attend the apartment soon, however

00:57it wasn't until two hours later when another call was made to police, this time from someone

01:02on this street here who saw the 39 year old woman hanging from the balcony that she later

01:07fell from that police would attend.

01:10After they attended they found the woman with critical injuries and emergency services applied

01:14CPR and other life saving care, however were unable to revive her and she died at the scene.

01:21Since then the 40 year old man has been assisting police with their inquiries, however no charges

01:26have been laid.

01:27For now though the death does remain under investigation.

01:31I can indicate that there was an ABO in place.

01:36Well protecting the man.

01:38Well whilst the formal identification is yet to be made there was an ADVO in place where

01:43the male was listed as the person in need of protection.

01:47One resident who spoke to the ABC described the shock at the incident that has occurred

01:52at this residence.

01:54After seeing the situation, even though I can't believe I saw them, he was doing CPR

01:58and not breathing, I didn't come into my mind like what's happening there.

02:04Well after two minutes or like due process that someone has fallen down and he was doing

02:09CPR for the girl.

02:11Police have used a range of techniques to survey the crime scene including forensic

02:15officers, detectives as well as aerial imaging of the area and its surrounds.

02:20They're also now speaking to people who lived within the apartment complex and are calling

02:24for anyone who may have information that could be useful to the investigation to get

02:28in touch with police.

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