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(UPDATED) Woman jumps from Ortigas building

The Philippine Star
November 13, 2012 | 10:53am

MANILA, Philippines - A woman plunged to her death in Ortigas Center, Pasig City, Tuesday morning.

Police said that the woman jumped from the roof deck of the 27-floor Prestige Tower along Garnet Road, Barangay San Antonio at around 9:25 a.m.

Crime scene investigators told reporters that the woman was decapitated after it was crashed from the fall.

Parts of her body were also torn apart after the fall, a radio report said.

Employees of Prestige Tower told police that they tried to convince the woman against jumping from the roof deck, but to no avail.

Police have yet to identify the woman and the reason behind the suicide.

BARANGAY SAN ANTONIO

DECK

EMPLOYEES OF PRESTIGE TOWER

FALL

GARNET ROAD

ORTIGAS CENTER

PASIG CITY

POLICE

PRESTIGE

PRESTIGE TOWER

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