The incident occurred at an abandoned building on Emory University’s Briarcliff campus in Georgia on Dec. 19
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- Leah Palmirotto fell to her death from the roof of an abandoned hospital in DeKalb County, Georgia, on Dec. 19
- Police believe Palmirotto, 19, was exploring the structure featured in Netflix’s Stranger Things when the incident occurred
- The structure is featured in the Stranger Things series as the Hawkins National Laboratory
A woman is dead after falling from the roof of a building in Georgia used as a backdrop in Netflix’s Stranger Things series.Shortly before 1 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 19, DeKalb County police and firefighters responded to an incident on Emory University’s Briarcliff campus, Fox 5 Atlanta,The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and 11 Alivereported.
The woman, who is believed to have been exploring the vacant structure with a group of others, was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators suspect that they gained access to the five-story building by climbing over a chain-link fence, per Fox 5 Atlanta.
DeKalb County medical examiner’s office has identified the woman who fell to her death as 19-year-old Leah Palmirotto…