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Arrest Made In Death Of Woman Who Fell From 14th Floor Balcony In The Bronx

Police: Secret 911 Call Indicates Sienna Edwards Was Threatened Before Death.

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Clinton Towers In The Bronx (credit: CBS 2)

Clinton Towers In The Bronx (credit: CBS 2)

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A woman delivering birthday gifts to her boyfriend’s daughter fell 14 stories to her death in the Bronx Thursday night.

The woman, Sienna Edwards, was apparently threatened just before her fatal fall.

Police initially said they believed the death of the 20-year-old woman was no accident and Friday night, they made an arrest.

Kenya Edmonds, 23, was charged with 2nd-degree murder and 1st-degree manslaughter.

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“I don’t think I could fall off that balcony. The balcony’s very high,” one resident told CBS 2′s Pablo Guzman.

Police said that at some point, Edwards made a call to 911 seeking help. Commissioner Ray Kelly said the drama began when Edwards’ boyfriend asked her to bring birthday presents to his 3-year-old girl in apartment 14B of the Clinton Towers.

The girl was in that apartment with her mother, aunt and another woman. The victim’s boyfriend did not go up to the apartment himself because of an order of protection.

Police, however, believe Sienna Edwards was threatened by the women in the apartment when she went up. According to police, Edwards secretly called 911 and that the dispatcher heard what was being said.

“In the background, there are voices that say ‘You’re not going to leave here alive.’” Kelly said. “Approximately 10 o’clock there is a call by the occupant of the apartment that this woman fell over the balcony and it’s 14 stories down. She died as a result of that fall.”

The 911 operator had already sent a squad car to the nearest cell tower where Edwards secretly called 911 and picked up the women threatening her.

By the time of the call regarding the supposed accidental fall off the balcony, cops were there and took all the women to the 48th Precinct, Guzman reported.

Tenant Tashmeru Rodriguez said he saw the young woman’s body from his balcony.

“She’s too young, I couldn’t sleep,” he said.

Detectives believe Edwards may have died trying to jump from one balcony to another.

Guzman also spoke with the dead woman’s mother at the precinct. She said she had been waiting since Thursday night to be told by investigators what happened to her daughter.

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  • HD

    This is a very unfortunate situation, this is a lesson when it comes to dysfunctional relationships people should not get involved. The father should have never asked that young lady to go and she should have never gone to that apartment. Murder is wrong but it is unfortunate but one should realize when it comes to jealousy, rage, etc. It is something very dangerous to deal with and you must be weary of doing things for folks especially if they are already involve in a volatile situation(father having order against him).

  • tracy

    There is so much more to this story that we don’t know about, but it all boil down to this young lady life shouldn’t have been taken. She was just at the wrong place wrong time. I know she was trying to do something nice, but sometimes it just isn’t worth it. I have a little girl of my own and as much as I can’t stand my childs father I will never stop him from seeing his little girl or recieve gifts from him. It could have been a simple solution to this whole problem. if they baby mama didn’t want the gifts all she had to do was not accept them and close her door and then it would have been settled, but most likely the baby daddy called first and let her know sienna was coming. she told the people in the apartment and they filled her head up and one thing led to another. This is a sad sad situation and my heart goes out to her family and friends R.I.P. Sienna

  • HURTER

    NOW I THINK THEY SAID IT WAS A MISTAKE NO IT WASNT YOU NOT LEAVIN OUT HERE ALIVE WHAT MISTAKE GIVE THE MAN HIS CHILD AND GIVE THAT STUPID ASSHOLE LIFE AND LIFE AGAIN AND THE REST OF THE PEOPLE THAT WAS IN THE APARTMENT THEY DAONT SONG LIKE WILD ANIMALS

  • Sharon Barnes

    I think the baby’s daddy should be arrested also.Why would he send her up there, he knew it would be a problem.Every female in the apt. should go to jail, somebody could have stop this from happening!!!

  • http://Google deshandra

    ANOTHER SENSELESS CRIME, INNOCENT VICTIMS, ANOTHER MOTHER TO MOURN THE LIFE OF HER CHILD THATS GONE TO SOON. SAD SAD SAD, RIP SIENNA. LOCK THOSE WOMEN UP AND THROW AWAY THE KEYS!

  • Nicola Mcgregor

    I’m so sorry for that kind young lady. May your soul rest in peace. Condolences to her friends and families. As for those dumb ass murderers you all should rot in jail. People,be careful the scriptures warned us that envyness and jealousy shall take over this world. Let us pray one for another.

  • CLEW

    IT’S A HORRIBLE THING THAT HAPPENED TO THIS YOUNG LADY NOW 5 LIVES ARE DESTROYED BECAUSE OF THE IGNORANCE. A THE CHILD WILL ALWAYS HAVE TO LIVE WITH WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT. ALL PARTIES IN THE APT. THAT NIGH TSHOULD BE FOUND GUILTY AND SENT TO PRISON FOR LIVE WITH NO POSSIBILTY OF GETTING OUTY.

  • Unknown

    RIP SIENNA….MY SYMPATHY GOES OUT TO THE FAMILY…As a tenant at 750 and many other tenants here are deeply saddened in the murder of a beautiful young lady who was taken to early. THERE IS NO WAY that sienna jumped or jumped from balcony to balacony, impossible! AS i stand at 5 ft 4in i would have to stand on a chair. EVERYONE IN THAT APARTMENT SHOULD HAD BEEN CHARGED. No one in that apt tried to help sienna, i just want to cry, AND eventhough i did not know her i will always remember her. they tortured her and i believe that since she was overpowered by them and they threw her out the balcony. RIP MAY THE ANGELS SHINE ON YOU!

  • T Lynn Ki

    Get the new right people, if was her boyfriend’s cousin who she was taking the gifts for. It was reported that the people in the apartment assumed that she was the “new” girlfriend. My question is….when the tension, additude, and shouting began why didn’t she just leave the gifts and leave? Why go in the apartment by yourself? Furthermore there is no way she could’ve jumped from one balcony to another, perhaps she was trying to climb over the balcony and go down to the one below. The truth will come out soon enough….RiP “Stoney”.

  • http://google angela jenkins

    this is awful people think before you do something thats going to cause your life forever

  • MamaBear

    wtf is the lol for, cause I’m not seeing the humor

    • Sha

      Thank you MamaBear……WTF?

  • IceyNyc

    you’re an _ _ _ whole

  • IceyNyc

    I went up to visit the drop site, I analyzed and did my photographic investigation. Talking with people from the neighborhood, asking them the right question and got the right answers. All the people from the community stated there’s know way anyone would attempt to jump across to the balcony, which is almost 20 feet apart from each other. Not even Lebron James couldn jump that far. Young women 20 years old said Sienna Edwards was thrown from the balcony. Another stated there’s a man who heard the noise when was parking his car, and video tape the three women throw Sienna to her death from the 14 story balcony. I asked her to find this man, and have him turn the video over to the police department for evidence for this horrible murder.

  • marc perry

    she didnt slip she was pushed to her death

  • Anti-Citizen

    Trying to get away? In what state of mind would a person try jumping from balcony to balcony when they are about 10 feet apart? I honestly don’t think she was trying to run but that she was pushed by these stupid bitches! And besides if she were trying to jump, wouldn’t she had hit another balcony a few stories down lined up with the one she was trying to jump to, causing a transfer of material or body skin to be scrapped on it for forensics to examine? Or is New York just that stupid to say what they “think” happened? -_- And I doubt she slipped if she were to jump, there’s nothing to slip on…heh, I would never dare climb the ledge of a 14th story balcony just to get away from some girls who would just scratch me up…even if it were my last resort, I’d take my chances with those dumb idiots…I sitll believe she was thrown over.

    • Orleans_Queen

      I agree 100% but some reports are saying that Sienna was the father’s cousin or something, so I guess she figured it was ok to bring the gift up. Sienna had to be a very timid and sweet person, because just like you, it would have been a fight to the finish! It’s either Sienna was very light or those were some big burly bitches. But what ever the case may have been those hoes murdered that girl and ALL of them shoud go to jail for a very long time!

    • tracy

      there is a picture of the girl who killed sienna and she is the same size if not smaller so its no way she could have threw her the balcony by herself she had help.

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