August 28, 201016 yr Sad news today...as reported in Bangkok Post: Envoy's daughter falls to death http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/193295/envoy-daughter-falls-to-death NEW YORK: The 17-year-old daughter of the US ambassador to Thailand plunged to her death from a mid-city luxury high-rise early Friday morning, United States media reported. Nicole John fell out of a 25th story window of the Herald Square Towers on West 34th Street, landing on the building's third-floor overhang, according to police sources. ......About 10 people were inside when Nicole John took off her shoes, climbed out of the window onto a ledge and plunged to her death, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said. A witness from an adjacent building saw John fall and called police, Kelly said. By the time officers arrived, the apartment had been completely cleaned up, he added. Investigators found a small camera beside her body, leading them to believe that she climbed outside to take a picture. Nicole had a fake Brazilian ID, suggesting she was 23 or 24. --------------- So sad! US Ambassador John was a fine Ambassador to Thailand. He is in transition now in Bangkok, as a new Ambassador has been named. Condolences to the Ambassador and his family. tj
August 28, 201016 yr Sounds like an accident, but why would they clean up the apartment before the police arrived??? Seems just a little strange????
August 28, 201016 yr Sounds like an accident, but why would they clean up the apartment before the police arrived??? Seems just a little strange???? Yes, sadly an accident...with alcohol as culprit! And why the clean apartment? Surely done so to hide any evidence of drug use and alcohol use by minors? I am sure the NYC Police will find answers...in the trash and from interrogating those who were at the after party in the upscale apartment. She was only 17...a minor...and in the company of many adults. There will be some serious charges coming..even possible involuntary manslaughter? or contributing to the deliquency of a minor and more. Will be interesting to follow this in the news. tj
August 28, 201016 yr Very sad indeed. Yet also curious, perhaps because initial reports of such tragedies are often confusing. Taking her shoes off, possibly taking photos, leaning out of a window to get some air, fake Brazilian ID, apartment cleaned up, party host removed from the building in handcuffs - all suggest this may not be a simple case of a tragic suicide.
August 28, 201016 yr NY Times news report: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/28/nyregion/28fall.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion tj
August 28, 201016 yr Small word, but that is the buliding where I lost my virginity. In the olden days it was the McAlpin Hotel.
August 28, 201016 yr Small word, but that is the buliding where I lost my virginity. In the olden days it was the McAlpin Hotel. Astrrro, But look what you have found in Thailand tj
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