Raul on November 10, 2009, at 05:32PM – #2

I work across the street at 634 Spring, and I heard it the other way around than Dave's friend. I thought I heard the weird noise followed by a scream (from a bystander?). But it could be that my mind now wants to remember it that way. We hear so many weird sounds here that we almost always ignore it. This one made me wonder out loud to a colleague, "What was that?" but it wasn't until I heard the sirens that I looked.

Apparently she might have hit the edge of the roof of Mai Super Tacos before landing on the parking lot. It's disturbing.

Charles on November 10, 2009, at 06:48PM – #4

We just spoke to the police on the scene, and they just confirmed that she jumped from the premiere towers rooftop.

Justin Sullivan on November 10, 2009, at 08:06PM – #6

Wow. This is pretty disturbing. I live around the corner at the Haas building and can see the spring tower lofts from my roof. Hopefully this lady finds more peace in death than in life. Be careful how you treat each other out there.

Rezzie on November 10, 2009, at 08:53PM – #7

Isn't it customary for the Councilman of the area to come to the scene of the crime or address the situation when a tragedy happens in a neighborhood like this? This is not the first time someone has jumped to their death in this area it is really terrible but it gets ignored by City Hall district 14. I lived in Silverlake before I moved downtown a few years ago and Eric Garcetti was so much more involved with the people who live in the community he serves than Mr. Huizar is. Who is Mr. Huizar's public safety staff person for downtown neighborhood needs? I have never met that person but we need to know someone is paying attention to these tragedies except ourselves.

Charles on November 10, 2009, at 10:44PM – #8

Eric, I live in the Premiere Towers, and I also confirmed it with the building security guard who was with detectives that she definately jumped from the Premiere Towers roof.

Oscar on November 11, 2009, at 05:16AM – #10

I saw the ambulances but couldn't get myself to go look, I don't think I want that image in my head...

So, is it the recession? Mass depression?

I've been living here for 8 years and never heard of any suicides, until this year...

Mike on November 11, 2009, at 06:05AM – #11

When I came home from work yesterday around 5:00 pm, I noticed a large crowd of people gathered, fire trucks, police tape etc. I asked someone what was going on and they replied that something happened in the alley between Premiere Towers and Spring Tower Lofts, but that they did not know what. My curiosity got the best of me, so I went to the roof of the building that I live in, Premiere Towers, to have a look. I noticed a bunch of chairs stacked up at the wall, so I climbed on top of them to have a look. To my horror, I saw a body covered with a sheet right below where I was standing. It looked like whoever jumped must have jumped from exactly where I was standing. I suddenly realized that the person who jumped must have set the chairs up in order to climb over the top of the wall and jump. It's chilling to think that a person committed suicide from right where I was standing just minutes before. From where the body was laying, It could not have been Spring Tower Lofts. I regret going to the roof to have a look. What a terrible tragedy.

alexkenefick on November 11, 2009, at 07:18AM – #12

I was there, heard the scream, heard and saw the impact. I am thinking about this poor woman's life ending so quickly. I had never laid eyes on her when I heard the scream, then what seemed like a very long time later, I heard and saw the body slamming into the parking lot pavement. Almost bouncing. When I heard her, she was still alive, but by the time I saw her, she was dead. I don't have any opinions, facts or clarifications of what happened, or what I think happened. Life is precious, though. I am reminded of that.

Everyone be careful out there.

crystal on November 11, 2009, at 08:36AM – #13

Strange Charles, I live there too and he told me it wasn't. Who knows. Regardless it is sad that it happened.

lala on November 11, 2009, at 10:56AM – #15

I was actually on the scene when all this happened..im still shocked at how everything happened unexpectently and how i can still hear her last moment scream and that loud bang. She screamed right before we heard what seemed to be an explosion. I turned and saw a what seemed to be a black rubber plastic so i thought maybe the HVAC from mexican restaurant exploded but it was her sandal that flew, but when i got down to check i saw her body just laying there, The guys who was next to us in the car and some lady whent up to her to check her pulse but it was odvious that it was too late.. God rest her soul....It a traumatizing moment for me and my family who where there ...

Anony on November 11, 2009, at 12:11PM – #17

I'm really disturbed too. Why hasn't this been on the news? I guess suicides are not a news-worthy story.

I've been touched by this story, however. It's really sad.

jeannine on November 11, 2009, at 12:34PM – #18

As a former member of the news media, I know that they rarely if ever cover suicides. We were always taught to never give them any coverage at all. They don't want to encourage copy cats or have people commit suicide to "get on the news." And I think that's a good policy. Unfortunately, as disturbing as it is this happens every single day.

alex on November 11, 2009, at 01:26PM – #19

I was at the scene like 2-5 seconds after seconds after it happened. I walked out of the building across the street 634 Spring and saw person checking her vitals. It was very eerie , in my head everything went completely quiet as I saw the lady lying there. I see there have been more jumps but not reported. The image keeps playing over in my head. I pray for her family

Charles II on November 11, 2009, at 01:55PM – #20

I am a neighborhood resident. I don't know who she is, but heard that she was pregnant somewhere in her third trimester.

Bettie on November 11, 2009, at 02:34PM – #21

I live in Spring Towers and walked out onto the street just moments after the woman jumped. Seeing her lifeless, twisted body lying on the pavement is a vision I wish I could remove from my mind. I dreamt of her all night last night and placed flowers in a small memorial in the parking lot where she died. Though I didn't know her, her suicide is deeply disturbing and terribly sad. I heard that she had been at LA Cafe earlier in the day and that she seemed fine.

I was told that she was visiting her brother, a sweet and quiet man, after just returning from visiting her father in Germany. Her brother lives in the Premiere Towers Building.

I'm glad that someone explained about why suicides are not reported. With so many lately, I wondered why they are never covered on the news. I feared that it was some sort of racial or class bigotry as several of the people committing suicides have been homeless, low-income, or mentally ill.

I also heard that she may have been pregnant - but that was when people believed she was a visitor (and baby sitter) for someone in Spring Towers. Since it wasn't the friend/sitter that people thought, who is pregnant, I hope that this rumor is untrue. That would make this so much more tragic.

nina on November 11, 2009, at 02:53PM – #22

Its so hard to read all the comments about her being pregnant... I was at the scene in the parking lot when this happened... By all means I doubt that she was a babysitter.. She was driving a carrera porche she seemed to be economically fine. She was well dressed and va very beautiful young lady. As I saw her body laying there I wonder y she did it. Questions come to my mind about y? Who is she? - myself am traumatized by the situation. I keep having flashbacks of the scream and the loud bang that followed. I was sleepless all nite thinking about her. I also feel that before starting speculations about her to make sure the information is correct as all means it does and will affect does who witnessed the ordeal.

john on November 11, 2009, at 03:28PM – #23

Yes her family and friends know.

Carli Nunya on November 11, 2009, at 03:42PM – #24

Well, I personally have a policy of: If I was not there, it was not a suicide. The bad guys are everywhere, and trust me, they do not care.

Rest in Peace, Jane D.

Con amore.

Charles II on November 11, 2009, at 03:48PM – #25

I'm sorry about my speculation. I am deeply affected by her suicide and am just trying to find answers. I mean to cause no one any emotional distress. My condolensces to her family.

loveandhatela on November 11, 2009, at 04:50PM – #26

Oh man this story got me thinking and i wrote a post on my blog about life and death.

http://loveandhatela.blogspot.com/2009/11/life-and-death-in-la.html

Just remember..."there is a solution to everything except death"

keepitsimple on November 11, 2009, at 05:52PM – #27

thought they were shooting CSI:NY.

i guess not.

lizzy on November 11, 2009, at 08:57PM – #28

Has she been identified? Its such a tragedy.

What tha... on November 11, 2009, at 08:58PM – #29

loveanddeathla and keepitsimple are both tastless self indulgent saps. Remove these comments please (including mine).

C on November 11, 2009, at 09:58PM – #30

She was not pregnant.

I don't know what drove her to do this, but we will all get through this with memories of her radiant positivity, always.

Mia Foxx` on November 11, 2009, at 11:40PM – #31

She came home looking upset, the security guard at the premiere towers said to me I live a few floors below where she lives with her older brother.

She always seemed friendly when seeing her in passing just like most of my neighbors. I guess like anyone she had a bad day, maybe one of many past bad days and maybe this was just the straw that broke the camels back. Some people just can't handle this life and feel as if it just isn't worth the time to see better days coming. Maybe for some there are none, just worst or sadder ones.

I feel for her and her brother I to lost my older sister to suicide just last year. And know how my sister was from growing up with her, she was one of the weaker people in this world, and I am not being mean.

I am just saying some people are to sensitive to this life and just can't handle the bad. they can;t see the light at the end of the tunnel. For some there never is a light just bad and worst days. They are great when around friends but alone they are depressed and don't want to talk it out because they never really get the answers they are looking for.

Just as I wish for my sister I wish for my neighbor. May they find the happiness they could find here and may they find the peace of mind they have long searched for. This is such a tragic thing to feel like this is the only solution. People you are not alone no one is devoid of tragedy, everyone has feelings of hopelessness, and loneliness, as people we are all broken. And there is someone out there who wants to listen or to help even if it is a stranger there is someone.

So please know that life is worth the time it takes to see what tomorrow brings.

Peace on November 12, 2009, at 04:06AM – #32

SHE WAS NOT PREGNANT. Please do not speculate, but pray for her beautiful spirit and for her family. She was a radiant young woman who was greatly loved and is already missed.

M. on November 12, 2009, at 12:11PM – #33

I'm a friend of the family...I googled & found the article and frankly hope the family doesn't have to read the grim details of the eye witness comments...young, gifted, and now gone but not forgotten...please pray for the family and siblings...go home and hug your family...you never know when it may be the last...

Bettie on November 12, 2009, at 02:33PM – #34

Does anyone know her name? I'd like to know as I keep her in my thoughts.

Joe on November 12, 2009, at 04:54PM – #35

Allowing someone to rest in peace includes not gossiping about her on a blog.

You don't have anything better to do?

This reveals how incestuous and nosey the 12 square blocks of "downtown" can be.

In light of her taking her own, get a life.

Bradley on November 12, 2009, at 08:52PM – #36

who is purple shirt?

Her Mom on November 12, 2009, at 09:35PM – #37

Let me tell you about the young woman who jumped from the top of the Premiere Apartment Building on the afternoon of Tuesday, November 10th, because she deserves to have her true story told. My dear daughter, 10 days from her 23rd birthday, was an Ivy League student nearing completion who grew up in Pennsylvania and Georgia earning straight A's, serving as a student government officer, participating in varsity sports, and maintaining an active social life with a lively and diverse crowd of friends from around the world. In fact, she was world-traveled herself and fluent in Spanish. She was a brilliant writer, a creative visual artist, and she had an incredible sense of humor. She was known for her fashion-forward style, her vivacity, her stellar intellect, and her intellectual and spiritual curiosity and openness. This fact will surprise everyone: She was an incredibly happy person. Even at the time of her death, she was very happy and full of life. She was not pregnant, and even though there were some stresses in her life, she was managing them normally. From the consensus of the many family members and close friends - many of whom have psychology and medical degrees - who spoke with her within the last few weeks, some less than 24 hours before the tragic event, this wonderful young woman had just begun to suffer from a first-ever manic episode that had not been diagnosed and progressed very fast. When she jumped, we have surmised that she was not intending to take her own life but rather was caught in a moment - of very sudden onset - when she lost touch with everyday reality and expected to have a different outcome from her action. Indeed she had many unrealized plans and dreams - to join the Peace Corps, to become a writer, to travel to more countries, to spend more time with her extensive extended family, and to deepen her spiritual study. If there is one thing her short but full and meaningful life proves, it is that mental illness can creep up suddenly and prove to be devastating, almost from out of nowhere. If there's one more thing her life teaches us, it is to live with gusto and love everyone around you every day. All of us, family and friends, agree that she was one of the most loving and generous spirits we have ever known, and we only hope now, after grieving this unexpected and untimely loss, to increase the measure of our own quality of living to live up to what she would have wanted for us and for everyone. Thank you for your prayers and concern, and may you take the truth to help others.

LC on November 12, 2009, at 10:51PM – #38

She will forever be in my thought and prayers. God Bless ur family.

Chapman Dweller on November 12, 2009, at 11:20PM – #39

I happen to live right down the street from this building. Although I didn't know this young woman, it really has saddened me to know that this happened. I cannot imagine what the family is going through at this time- as no parent should ever bury their child. Reading the mothers comment really touched me- and I hope and pray that her family are getting by. This is one of the hardest things to endure- but hopefully they have the love, faith and support to get through this, together.

Perhaps no one will ever know the absolute truth - on why it happened. But what they will know is the joy and love that this young lady brought into their lives, and the countless lives she may have touched. I'm not sure what comes after this lifetime, but I don't believe that the soul ever dies. Memories do not die... Hopefully she will continue to live on in the hearts and minds of those she loved.

If you believe in a God- any God- pray for this woman's soul and for her family, and any other person that may be going through a mental struggle, or hardship in their lives, that this is the only solution they see fit.

I have a sister who suffers from severe depression, and I fear may take her life someday. This really brought this home. Who ever is reading this- hug your mother, brother, lover friend tightly. Live every day as it were your last. Treat others as you would like to be treated. Smile more. Learn to not sweat the small stuff. Take that extra 5 seconds to really embrace and hold someone you love- for you never know when it will be the last time. Give the person you love flowers while they can enjoy them. Tell that person you never had the guts to tell that you want to be with them. Chase your dream.

Live!!!!! Life is sooo short. We only get one.

May she rest in eternal peace.

Friend on November 14, 2009, at 04:56PM – #40

A beautiful, intelligent, caring, loving, funny,beyond her years, strong are just a few words I would use to describe her. Your strength inspired me and I thank you for helping me open up and get through one of the hardest struggles in my life. Even though I only knew you for 3 years,I feel that my life is that much richer. With you it was quality over quantity. Even If I only saw you 8 times a year, the time I spent with you was quality and I enjoyed every single moment I got to share with you. I will continue to do work and be a better individual in your honor and memory. You are forever in my heart.

kindred spirit on November 16, 2009, at 08:27PM – #41

As someone who suffered only one bout of manic-depression, it is an incredibly agonizing experience that is difficult to even empathize with. I remember it took me months to come out of it, and there were so many days I actually went to tops of buildings - sometimes they were locked, and one time there was a woman at the top looking at the city view. She must've thought I was strange being up there with her, but her presence there saved my life. I am humbled by this story. Sometimes, it's hard to come down off of highs, especially lofty ones typical of creative spirits.

SR on November 17, 2009, at 01:06PM – #42

I want to start off by giving my condolences to this young woman's family and friends. I tried to commit suicide just 2 months ago and almost succeeded. I took a whole bottle of pills and went to sleep. I woke up sick, I couldn't walk and kept collapsing and I tried to get up. I blacked out and if it weren't for my mom, I would have died. It all started because my boyfriend had broken up with me, I fell into a deep depression because I really thought that my life was meaningless without him. I failed to see what I had around me; a loving family a great job, loving friends. I cried for hours and hours until I broke down and took the pills. All I kept thinking was how I had managed to lose the man that I loved with all my heart and soul, how he was so cold-hearted with me, yet I still loved him 110%. I read this story and it made me cry as I remembered my attempt 2 months ago. I can imagine what she was thinking right before she did this and she was just 22 yrs old, she had a whole life ahead of her. She could have sought counseling, as I am currently in. Nobody can really understand these situations, unless they have attempted to commit suicide and know what pushed them over the edge. I pray that she rests in peace and that her loved ones can find some kind in peace in their hearts.

pk on November 20, 2009, at 12:15PM – #43

My condolences to the family....thanks to her mom for her article on her daughter....only one person can answer the question why and she is not here to answer that....they only die once and their survivors are left to die many times over with the could have, would have, should haves.......

Nancy-Jean on November 20, 2009, at 01:23PM – #44

This is very upsetting and I hold loving thoughts for her family and friends.

SR - May you continue to heal from this devastating event in your life. Thank God you found help. Keep it up!!

Guest on April 19, 2010, at 12:57PM – #45

I'm Alexandra with Sol Foundation for Schizophrenia Inc. I would really love to connect with the mother of this beautiful women.. www.sffsi.org Thanks, Namaste