Body of Australian woman found behind UN
The body was discovered on the rear lawn
UNITED NATIONS There were no apparent signs of foul play, but an investigation
was ongoing, said New York Police Detective Martin Speechley.
Several police and U.N. security officers at the scene who spoke
on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak
to the media said the woman showed up at work Sunday morning and
apparently jumped from the 19th floor.
The official cause of death was to be determined by the medical
examiner.
U.N. staff rushed to the scene and escorted investigators to the
rear area of the building shortly after 8 a.m., authorities said.
Security guards and investigators put up yellow tape around the
body and blocked some staff from leaving the building.
Later, the body lay draped under a white sheet on the lawn
behind the 39-story building overlooking the East River.
In 1982, a 57-year-old senior U.N. official who had just
resigned from the Office of Financial Services and was reported to
have been upset about his failing health plunged to his death from
the 18th floor of the Secretariat building.
