A man has revealed the terrifying moment he found the body of a 25-year-old woman in Sydney’s north.
Luke Hamilton was dropping his friend off at Chatswood Station when they saw a lifeless body lying in an alleyway Monday morning.
Mr Hamilton told Daily Mail Australia he wanted to help the woman who he thought had passed out the night before.
‘I thought I’d try and wake her up and try and get her home,’ he said.
A man revealed the terrifying moment he found a body of a 25-year-old woman in Sydney’s north
Mr Hamilton told Daily Mail Australia he wanted to help the woman, who he initially thought had passed out the night before
However, as Mr Hamilton got closer he saw the woman face down in a pool of blood
Mr Hamilton said it was terrifying to realise she was dead after seeing the ‘pool of blood under her face’ (pictured Chatswood apartment building)
‘As we got closer we saw the blood smeared down the wall.
‘We found her face down on the ground.’
After initially thinking the woman needed help, Mr Hamilton, who was with his roommates at the time, said he was terrified to realise she was dead.
‘We saw blood on the wall and assumed she’d been … clambering for life,’ he said.
‘There was a pool of blood under her face.
‘It’s so sad .. so tragic.
‘It was really nerve wracking for a fragile Monday morning.’
Mr Hamilton said he blocked the alleyway off with his ute until police arrived at about 6.30am.
Shortly after the woman’s body was found, a Korean man (pictured) appeared distressed on the roof of a nearby balcony on as police tried to negotiate with him
The distressed man was crouched at the edge of a see-through roof above one of the building’s highest balconies (pictured)
Police brought in a translator to help negotiate with the man, who has been on roof for hours
The man demanded a cigarette from police as he refused to come down from the roof
Shortly after the woman’s body was found, a Korean man appeared distressed on the roof of a nearby balcony as police tried to negotiate with him.
The man demanded a cigarette from police as he refused to come down from a roof.
The man, who appeared agitated, was crouched at the edge of the high-rise apartment block on the 26th floor in Sydney’s north shore.
The man was seen gripping the edge of the glass roof as he held his head in his hands.
The man can be seen gripping the edge of the glass roof hanging his head over the edge
It appears the man has taken off his shoes and is peering down off the edge of the roof
Mr Hamilton found the body in an alleyway in Chatswood at about 6.15 Monday morning
A Korean translator arrived at the crime scene just before 10am to help negotiate with the man, who could be seen pacing along the balcony and gesturing with his hands.
Police sources told Daily Mail Australia that the woman fell from a 21st floor balcony, five floors under where the Korean man is perched.
Her body remains at the scene, covered by a police forensic pop-up structure, while specialist negotiators try and talk the man down from his location, directly above the body.
The man can be seen perched on the edge of the awning, staring down at where the body is lying.
It is not confirmed whether the two incidents in Chatswood at Brown St are related
Police are investigating the cause of the woman’s death as it was not immediately clear
Police have been unable to remove the body because of the man’s presence above it.
Police received a call around 6.30am on Monday that a body of a woman was found in Sydney’s north.
It has been reported the alleyway is connected to a vacant block of land.
However, it is unknown whether the man on the roof is related to the woman’s dead body.
Police are investigating the cause of the woman’s death as it was not immediately clear.
The public have been advised to avoid the area, however a crowd of onlookers is watching and filming.