Death of 5-year-old ruled homicide after mother’s tragic leap from roof
From Brooklyneagle.com
In the aftermath of the Sunday afternoon incident in which a Brooklyn woman was seen grabbing her 5-year-old daughter and leaping off the roof of a 12-story building, the incident has been deemed a homicide in the case of the child, according to the NYPD.
The tragedy played out when Oksana Patchin, a 39-year-old mother from Eastern Parkway, jumped from the 12th floor of a Manhattan building she was visiting. According to security camera footage and police reports, Patchin grabbed her 5- year-old daughter Olivia and leaped to death off the roof.