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IU Alum Falls To Her Death In Downtown Chicago

Last updated on Monday, April 20, 2009

(CHICAGO, IL) - The high-rise falling death of an Indiana University graduate in downtown Chicago is being ruled an accident.

The Chicago Tribune is reporting 29-year-old Brittany Stafford, an Indiana native and IU alum, fell from the balcony of a high rise apartment in the western section of the Chicago Loop, the city's central district, early Saturday morning.

Police are telling the Chicago paper that she was visiting a friend's apartment on the 100 block of West Lake Street when she fell "several stories" to her death.

Police are still trying to find out how she fell.

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