New York Daily News

Victim kin: Deadly fall accidental

- Barry Paddock

A RELATIVE of the 66-year-old woman who died Friday after plummeting from a SoHo apartment building believes the victim had an accidental fall.

The relative, who did not want to be named, was in the 11th-floor apartment on Greene St. when the victim tragically plunged from a window to the street below but did not witness what happened.

The Daily News is withholdin­g the victim’s name at the family’s request.

Police said Saturday that the death Friday afternoon appears to be a suicide based on their initial investigat­ion.

Later Friday, another woman plunged to her death from her home on the 20th floor of a luxury building in the Financial District in an apparent suicide. The 44-year-old woman landed near the corner of Broad and Wall Sts. about 10:15 p.m.

Police have not released her name pending family notificati­on.

New Yorkers struggling with depression or suicidal thoughts can call (800) LIFE-NET for help.

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