An elderly man died in the early hours of Sunday, September 22. falling from a second-floor window of a residence in Palma. According to sources close to the investigation, the incident occurred after 5 a.m., when the octogenarian tried to exit the residence through a window and fell.
The local police were initially mobilised on site. SAMU 061 troops also went to the area.
The National Police Homicide Unit took charge of the investigation. After the initial investigations, the officers were able to rule out that the octogenarian had been locked in the room of the residence and the involvement of third parties in this tragic event.
According to initial investigations, The 85-year-old man tried to climb down through the window using several sheets that he had tied together. At one point, he fell into the void. The workers of the residence alerted the emergency services when they discovered the man’s body in the interior patio of the residence. Specifically, it was one of the caregivers who entered the room and found the window open and, looking outside, detected the presence of the old man in the skylight.
An ambulance from 061 went to the scene but the old man was already dead. Teams from the Palma Fire Brigade and the National Police are also present and have opened an investigation to clarify what happened.
It was not the first time the old man had tried to leave the residence although he never tried hanging from the window. The staff of the residence had closed the window with a security system to prevent it from opening but it seems that the man managed to force it. Before attempting the descent, he had thrown several things to take with him.
