- Yanina Boitel, 33, fell 14 stories from a roof in New York on Saturday night
- Police trying to determine whether she jumped, fell accidentally or was pushed
- Boitel’s brother and cousin believe her boyfriend threw her off the roof
- But police said he has been questioned and was subsequently released
A boyfriend threw his girlfriend off a New York rooftop, the victim’s family have claimed.
Yanina Boitel, 33, fell 14 stories from a roof and investigators are trying to determine whether she jumped, fell accidentally or was pushed.
The mother-of-three was discovered unconscious and unresponsive on the ground in front of the Jefferson Houses complex on Third Avenue by East 113th street on Saturday night.
She was rushed to hospital but was later pronounced dead.
Yanina Boitel, 33, fell 14 stories from a roof and investigators are trying to determine whether she jumped, fell accidentally or was pushed
The mother-of-three was discovered unconscious and unresponsive on the ground in front of the Jefferson Houses complex on Third Avenue by East 113th street on Saturday night
Boitel’s brother and cousin believe her boyfriend threw her off the roof and point to an alleged history of domestic violence.
However police have said he has been questioned and subsequently released.
Her cousin said the boyfriend had the ‘audacity, the nerve’ to find the victim’s brother to inform him of her death.
Her brother, Jose Torres, said he was told his sister killed herself.
‘He [the boyfriend] came to get me, to tell me my sister jumped off the roof,’ Torres said. ‘I rushed over here to see what was going on, and then I saw the whole neighborhood out here, because she was loved by everybody.’
A neighbor said Boitel and her boyfriend were seen fighting in a nearby store before the incident.
Boitel had three children, ages 16, 12 and 10, and a granddaughter born six months ago, according to the NY Daily News.
Police sources said the 21-year-old boyfriend has no prior criminal history.