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[TootsieFootsie]

Mystery woman who died in 2004 fall from tower block could finally be identified

The unknown woman was found dead after falling from the 21st floor of a London apartment block

au.news.yahoo.com

The identity of a young woman found at the foot of a tower block in north-west London 18 years ago could finally be solved, investigators say.

She is believed to have fallen from the 21st floor of Wembley Point, a triangular office building now known as the WEM Tower London, into the River Brent on the morning of Friday October 29, 2004.

Locate International, a UK charity dedicated to solving missing person cases, on Saturday released a new image it believes could help identify her.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

New image released to help solve 2004 mystery of woman found dead at foot of Wembley Point tower block

The unknown woman is believed to have fallen from the 21st floor of Wembley Point, a triangular office building now known as the WEM Tower London, into the River Brent on the morning of Friday, 29 October 2004.

news.sky.com

Locate International, a UK charity dedicated to solving missing person cases, has released a new image of an artist's impression of her in a bid to help identify her.

It also released images of some of the possessions she left behind, including a distinctive painting.

Link to an image of the painting. I tried to post it, but got image too big for the surver message.
The image is also in the link above.

https://e3.365dm.com/22/10/2048x1152/skynews-missing-woman-wembley_5947290.jpg?20221029133923

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Can this painting unlock the mystery of 'Wembley Point Woman'?

The 5ft 2in black woman, aged between 20 and 40, jumped from the Wembley Point, a 21-storey skyscraper in London, on October 29, 2004. The Missing Podcast launched an appeal.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[TootsieFootsie]

‎The Missing: The Wembley Point Woman on Apple Podcasts

‎Show The Missing, Ep The Wembley Point Woman - Feb 24, 2022

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[TootsieFootsie]

Hopes mystery of woman who died at tower block in 2004 may finally be solved

Police were never able to discover her identity despite a series of clues left in the building.

metro.co.uk

‘If you have any information that might help – no matter how small – it might be crucial to finally solving this sad case.


‘We know Wembley Point Woman is buried in Carpenders Park Lawn Cemetery, near Watford, in a common grave with no name. We’re confident that you can help us find that name, 18 years on.’


In the years since her death, new witnesses have also come forward to say they encountered the woman on the morning of Friday, October 29 in 2004.

She was seen in the lift of Wembley Point, a triangular office tower in west London now known as the WEM Tower London.

Locate International are now keen to trace anyone who worked in the Wembley Point building at the time, including for companies such as Loot, TNS, Loud and Clear Mental Health Advocacy or the American University in London.

Anyone who worked in HR, who may have noticed absences, have been urged to reach out.

And it’s not just staff, people en-route to nearby gyms or eateries, such as Café 21, may have spotted the woman.

The tower also reportedly used to host art exhibits, with anyone involved urged to get in touch with Locate International.

 

[pentimento]

Sounds like she was very chicly dressed and an excellent artist as well. The "CPNY" on the bag makes me wonder if she was from New York City.

ETA: The faceless "face" in the center of the painting seems meaningful.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Community called upon to solve mystery of unidentified woman | Haringey Community Press

Investigation underway to identify woman with links to Tottenham

haringeycommunitypress.co.uk

This is from October 21. With a different image and some other things not in the later articles.

 

[pentimento]

I wonder why it is thought she was from the area and not a tourist. Of course, bags with "NY" logo variations can be bought anywhere. It says she fell. I'm no expert, but I would think that the painting indicates despair, facelessness, lost in the crowd, meaninglessness, things along those lines. I wonder if she jumped. JMO.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I wonder if she jumped. JMO

One of the articles I read said that she was seen jumping

Re the painting, maybe the blank part in the middle was meant to represent her.

I don't know but maybe the travel pass was one only for residents ?

 

[pentimento]

Re the painting, maybe the blank part in the middle was meant to represent her.

Yes, I think it was.

 

[mickey2942]

Too bad they don't reveal information about dental work. That often leads to information about where the person grew up. Type of fillings, or if any dental care was even evident.

 

[MarziPanda]

She died on my 9th birthday. How sad... I hope she is identified soon. With the things she left behind, you'd think she'd have been identified at the time, especially with the painting. I have a soft spot for Does who have taken their own lives. They felt so alone, such despair, and then nobody seems to even care enough to notice they're missing. Almost like they were thinking 'nobody would miss me', and then it's true. Of course, in many cases it's simply that the Doe has taken steps to not be identified. Or that loved ones thought the deceased just didn't want to talk to them anymore. But with some Does it seems they really did have nobody.

 

[Laughing]

Thought we had a thread for this lady, but cannot find one?

Thanks for bringing her here @TootsieFootsie

 

[Susikatze]

The painting is wonderful, deep and an artistic twist on African tribal art. Maybe an ethnologist or art historian can tell which country or region is is referring to. Maybe Kenyan?

Looks like an empty mask face (herself?) surrounded by ancestral deities (the intertwined African art figures on the right) and tribal identities (the painted mask) and some close family members (faces on the left). Wonderful and haunting.

 

[annemc2]

Thought we had a thread for this lady, but cannot find one?

Thanks for bringing her here @TootsieFootsie

Right? Must have been on reddit? I've read a lot about her but I guess not here! Thanks @TootsieFootsie

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Thought we had a thread for this lady, but cannot find one?

Thanks for bringing her here @TootsieFootsie

@Laughing, I thought there might be a thread, couldn't find one but hesitated to post in case I missed finding the thread.
I was half expecting a notice saying my post had been added to a thread already made

I hope this young lady finds her family. Someone must be missing her.

 

[dotr]

New image released to help solve 2004 mystery of woman found dead at foot of Wembley Point tower block

The unknown woman is believed to have fallen from the 21st floor of Wembley Point, a triangular office building now known as the WEM Tower London, into the River Brent on the morning of Friday, 29 October 2004.

news.sky.com

''Witnesses had seen the woman distressed in a lift in the building, and she was later seen in a cafe on the top floor.''
She also left behind £5.20 in cash, a used packet of Marlboro cigarettes, a copy of The Guardian, and a seven-day bus pass issued at 7.07am on Tuesday, 26 October 2004 on Seven Sisters Road.

March 2022 rbbm.

Can this painting unlock the mystery of 'Wembley Point Woman'?

The 5ft 2in black woman, aged between 20 and 40, jumped from the Wembley Point, a 21-storey skyscraper in London, on October 29, 2004. The Missing Podcast launched an appeal.

www.dailymail.co.uk

• '' The 5ft 2in black woman, aged between 20 and 40, jumped or fell from the top floor of Wembley Point, a 21-storey skyscraper in west London, on October 29, 2004. ''
• 

''Presenter Pandora Sykes describes the 2ft x 1ft painting, saying: 'In the centre of the frame is a figure with a blank white space where the face should be. The figure appears to be holding a blue, yellow and orange tribal mask.

'In the space over its left shoulder are more blank-faced figures; some lying down, others touching each other's faces.''
Then, over the figure's right shoulder is a woman, staring into the space where the woman's face should be, while a one-eyed, slightly threatening face hovers above her.''

''She was wearing a maroon bomber zip-up jacket, a black leather glove on her right hand, a thin black polo neck jumper and claret crew neck jumper.

She also wore tights, trousers, black Sketchers boots, a silver watch and had two rings: a silver band on her little finger and a metal conch shell ring on her ring finger.

The woman was also carrying a copy of the Guardian newspaper, a black carrier bag with the lettering CPNY, a disposable lighter, cigarettes, and a weekly buss pass issued at Seven Sisters Road station, Tottenham on October 26. ''
Former investigator and TFL worker Gary, who now volunteers with Locate International, said the bus pass, when taken alongside the newspaper, suggested the woman could have been a commuter.''

 

[dotr]

2022

Mystery woman who died in 2004 fall from tower block could finally be identified

The unknown woman was found dead after falling from the 21st floor of a London apartment block.

www.independent.co.uk

''The identity of a young woman found at the foot of a tower block in north-west London 18 years ago could finally be solved, investigators say.

She is believed to have fallen from the 21st floor of Wembley Point, a triangular office building now known as the WEM Tower London, into the River Brent on the morning of Friday October 29 2004.''

''It is understood witnesses had seen the woman distressed in a lift in the building, and that she was later seen in a cafe in the top floor.

There, a distinctive 2ft x 1ft oil painting was found, depicting two figures and a number of faces, with an empty white gap in the middle, as well as a black carrier bag with the lettering “CPNY”.

''The woman was black, aged between 20 and 40 and was between 5ft 1in and 5ft 3in tall.''

Inside enduring mystery of woman who plunged to her death 18 years ago

The 5ft 2in black woman, aged between 20 and 40, plunged from the top floor of Wembley Point, a 21-storey skyscraper in west London, on October 29, 2004.

www.dailymail.co.uk

rbbm

''Dave Grimstead, founder and CEO of Locate International, said: 'When we look into old cases at Locate International, there are a few things that always need answering: where, when and how the person died and who they were.'

'What's unusual here is that we know the answers to almost all those questions. The only thing we don't know is who Wembley Point Woman is, or how she came to be at that location at that time.''

''Locate International wants to speak to anyone with information on the situation and shared the following prompts:

• Did you live in the area between Seven Sisters Station in Tottenham and Wembley Point in Brent in or leading up to October 2004?
• Do you recognise the woman? Perhaps you saw her taking the bus along this route during this time?
• Do you recognise the painting found on her person?

For more information visit The Missing podcast. ''

 

[Legally Bland]

The Wembley Point mystery: who was the woman who jumped to her death?

One October morning in 2004, a woman took the lift to the 21st floor of an office block in north-west London, bought a coffee in the cafe there – then opened a window and jumped out. No one knew who she was. Do they now?

www.theguardian.com

 

[Interested_But_Confused]

I live in the UK and somehow I'd never heard of this case.

It's bizarre, to be sure. The woman appeared to know the building well; its layout, the fact that the windows were easy to open, that she could jump into the river. And yet nobody in the building knew her (or will admit to knowing her) at all.

She was well-dressed and reading a reasonably high-brow newspaper like The Guardian. She had a bus ticket.

And yet nobody seems to have been able to trace anything about her. Really bizarre.