The body of a New York woman was left dangling from a fire escape for more than an hour Sunday after she hung herself, police say. The unnamed woman was discovered around 8.20am Sunday hanging from the third-floor fire escape of her apartment building on Utica Ave. near Prospect Place in Crown Heights, the New York Post reports. One man, who declined to give his name, told the New York Daily news that he awoke to find the woman's body hanging outside his apartment. 'I'm traumatized. We got up and she was dead,' he said. 'She hung herself outside my window.' Hanging: The body of a New York woman was left dangling from a fire escape for more than an hour Sunday after she hung herself . Witnesses say they were traumatized and one passer-by told the Post she initially thought the body was fake and believed it was a 'Halloween prank.' The woman's identity has not been released pending notification of her family. One neighbor, 66-year-old Stella Wiley, who saw the woman walking her dog earlier in the day, described the woman as a 'very social, 'nice girl.' Prank: Witnesses say they were traumatized and one passer-by said she initially thought the body was fake and believed it was a 'Halloween prank' Wiley noted that the woman had mental health issues and 'couldn't come out of that dark spot.' 'It’s a terrible thing. Poor girl,' witness Horace Benoit, 38, told the Post. 'Her body was out there so long just hanging, it was like a horror movie. For confidential help, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 or click here.
The body of a New York woman was left dangling from a fire escape for more than an hour Sunday after she hung herself.
The unnamed woman was discovered around 8.20am Sunday hanging from the third-floor fire escape of her apartment building.
One neighbor said the woman had mental health issues.