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Woman dead and partner arrested after Sydney balcony fall Man questioned over woman’s fall to death from seventh-floor Sydney balcony
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Thirty-nine-year-old found critically injured outside her high-rise unit block on River Road in Parramatta Multiple calls made to triple zero before 39-year-old found critically injured outside her high-rise unit block on River Road in Parramatta
A woman has died outside an apartment building where it is believed she had fallen from a balcony, and police have arrested a man who they said was her partner. A man is being interviewed by New South Wales police as they investigate how a woman fell to her death from a balcony in Sydney after a number of calls to emergency services.
The first call to triple zero was about 11.45pm on Wednesday, when raised voices could allegedly be heard in the background, but nothing was said to the dispatcher, police said.
They called back and spoke to a man who answered the phone, telling him police would be in attendance after he provided his name and address.
Another call was made to triple zero almost two hours later at 1.40am on Thursday when someone in the street saw a woman dangling from a balcony on the seventh floor of the unit block.
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The woman, believed to be aged 39, was found critically injured outside a high-rise unit block on River Road at Parramatta in Sydney’s west about 1.40am on Thursday. Police were by then on their way and arrived about a minute later to find the woman with critical injuries outside the unit block on River Road at Parramatta in Sydney’s west, Det Supt Barry Vincent told reporters on Thursday.
She is yet to be formally identified and was pronounced dead at the scene after attempts to revive her. “Whether she was trying to hold on … that will form part of our lines of inquiry, obviously how she came to be there is a key factor,” he said.
Police said investigators had spoken to a number of people and had been told the woman fell from the balcony of a unit on the building’s seventh floor. The woman, believed to be aged 39, was pronounced dead at the scene after unsuccessful attempts to revive her.
The circumstances surrounding her death are being examined, with detectives arresting a 40-year-old man, believed to be the woman’s partner. She is yet to be formally identified.
No charges have been laid. A 40-year-old man has been placed under arrest but not yet charged with any offence.
Police were seen canvassing residents as they left and arrived at the apartment tower on Thursday morning.
The man lives at the address, however the woman is believed to have a different residence.
The pair were believed to have previously been in a domestic relationship, but it was not yet clear if they were still in a relationship at the time, Vincent said.
The phone initially used to call emergency services was not registered in the name of the man who answered it, but it was believed he used it, with police investigating whether or not he initiated the first call, which did not involve a direct interaction.
The calls are being examined as part of the investigation.
An apprehended violence order had been in place for the man’s protection, Vincent said.
Police are not yet able to confirm whether the woman was named in the order, or if any orders were in place protecting her.
Investigations are continuing.