1. Family of a woman who died when she and a man fell ten metres from a balcony at the weekend say how she fell is a mystery.
The family of a 29-year-old woman who plunged ten metres to her death from a third floor balcony in Melbourne say her death is a mystery.
Chantelle Klasema, 29, died on Saturday morning after falling from the balcony of the Collingwood apartment landing in an enclosed courtyard.
A man, 35, who also fell, is in a stable condition in the Alfred Hospital, reports The Herald Sun.
Ms Klasema’s father, Jaap Klasema, told The Herald Sun his daughter’s death was a mystery.
“I just don’t know what to think of all this. She was such a sweet person. She was intelligent and had a big heart.”
He said that never in his life had he heard a story where two people dropped from a building
Residents said there was a party in the apartment on Friday night. The pair fell around 11.30am Saturday morning.
Seven News reports that police believe the pair did not deliberately fall, but “overbalanced”.
Victoria Police said they were not treating Ms Klasema’s death as suspicious, and were preparing a report for the coroner.
2. Brother of Maria Lutz demands answers as to why no one helped his sister.
The brother of Maria Lutz, whose husband is believed to have gassed her to death alongside their two autistic children last week, has come to Sydney to make the final arrangements for Ms Lutz and her children and find out exactly why his sister died.
Juan Lutz Pena, a doctor from Colombia, is “deeply upset” his sister was so desperate for help she would ring the Department of Family and Community Services “nine times a day” and suffered severe depression without anyone helping her, reports The Daily Telegraph.
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They will change when Mr Murdoch and Alan Jones tells them to
#6 It definitely sounds like that was taken out of context. The stat is something like intimate partner violence is the leading cause of death and disability for women aged 14 - 44, so it may have been an attention grabbing headline with the specific fact clarified below. Many/most men are wonderful and divine - but the statement is still technically true!!