Investigators are probing whether or not there was a wrestle earlier than an Albanian actor and his spouse plunged to their deaths from their Bronx condominium over the weekend, a high-ranking police supply stated Tuesday.
Florind Belliu, 35 – an actor and aspiring filmmaker initially from Albania – and his spouse Ornela Shehi, 28, have been discovered within the rear courtyard of 2199 Cruger Ave. round 9:15 a.m. Saturday after apparently leaping from the sixth flooring, cops and police sources stated.
“There have been indicators within the condominium that indicated it wasn’t all Kumbaya, like they didn’t simply resolve to go away their youngsters behind and bounce,” the supply advised The Submit.
The supply wouldn’t present any extra particulars on the alleged “indicators.”
A suicide notice was not left behind, in keeping with the supply.
Authorities are ready for post-mortem outcomes to find out whether or not Shehi suffered any accidents not indicative of a fall, the supply stated.
By late Tuesday morning, the town’s Medical Examiner’s Workplace had not made a willpower on both Shehi or Belliu’s loss of life.
“Each are pending whereas the ME awaits extra investigative data,” a spokeswoman stated, including that the indicators may embrace “additional testing of stays or investigatory materials from the scene.”
Shehi was caught on video plunging from the constructing’s sixth flooring first and hitting the alleyway, with Belliu touchdown seconds later, sources advised The Submit a day after the couple’s deaths.
The couple moved into the constructing with their two younger youngsters about 4 months in the past, and authorities by no means acquired stories of home violence associated to the couple, in keeping with police sources.
Neighbors advised The Submit on Saturday that the pair have been a “quiet couple” who “stored to themselves,” and have been typically seen taking walks — but in addition that Belliu had been seen visibly indignant Friday.
“I’ve seen them all the time shopping for issues for the home, like every single day collectively, with two youngsters collectively, we didn’t acknowledge there was one thing improper,” stated Shadie Perkaj, the spouse of the constructing’s tremendous.
She stated Saturday was Belliu’s birthday.
Belliu’s pal Elona Caslli mourned her misplaced buddy on Fb.
“What nice ache made you [kill yourself]?!’’ Caslli wrote in Albanian. “A a number of tragedy for which there isn't a phrase of comfort. God give energy to your youngsters and fogeys.’’
Belliu was a graduate of the College of Arts in Tirana, Albania, and carried out on TV and within the theater earlier than transferring to the US, EuroNews Albania reported. As of two years in the past, he was engaged on two books and a film script he hoped to pitch to Netflix, the report stated.
Police sources stated he could have been just lately working as a livery driver to assist make ends meet.
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