Oklahoma Teen Commits Suicide By Jumping From South Loop Building

CHICAGO, IL — A 19-year-old man from Oklahoma committed suicide by jumping from a South Loop building New Year's Eve, according to the Chicago Tribune. Vinicius Franco, of Norman, Oklahoma, was found near the fifth floor pool after leaping from a higher floor of the building in the 1000 block of South State Street, the report added.

According to Chicago police, Franco was unresponsive when he was discovered at about 8:15 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 31, the report stated. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at about 9:14 p.m. the same night, the report added.

The Cook County medical examiner's office ruled Franco's death a suicide Monday, the report stated. The agency also determined that the teen had died from multiple injuries caused by his fall following an autopsy Monday, the report added.

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Franco's death was the second time in December someone from another state committed suicide by jumping from a Chicago building. James Csaszer, a 44-year-old priest who worked at the Church of the Resurrection in New Albany, Ohio, leaped to his death Dec. 20 from the Loop's Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel on North Columbus Drive. He had been placed on administrative leave from the church in November while he was being investigated for allegations of misconduct with a minor and possible misuse of church funds.

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