A woman fell to her death from an Emory University building shortly after midnight Friday, officials confirmed.
DeKalb County police were called about a fall around 12:50 a.m. at a building at 1256 Briarcliff Road. The address corresponds to a filming location in the Netflix series “Stranger Things.” That site was used to portray the fictional Hawkins National Laboratory.
Emory police took over the investigation and confirmed the fatality.
Police did not immediately release additional information to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
It’s not clear if other people were with the woman. Emory said she was not affiliated with the school.
Credit: Ben Hendren
Credit: Ben Hendren
Just after daybreak Friday, an Emory police vehicle was parked outside the sprawling building, about a mile from the school’s main campus. The site was originally the Georgia Mental Health Institute, which operated from 1965 through 1997. Emory bought the 42-acre property in 1998, the AJC previously reported.
Since then, the university used the location for various purposes, including educational and administrative functions, and more recently, a COVID-19 testing site. Emory said it vacated the building last year.
In a statement, the university said the property is fenced off and in the process of being demolished ahead of a private firm’s plans to develop a senior living community on the site.
“There are signs on the property advising people not to enter and warning them not to trespass. Emory is enhancing security at the site,” the university said.
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