The body of a New York woman was left dangling from a fire escape for more than an hour Sunday after she hung herself , police say . The unnamed woman was discovered around 8.20am Sunday hanging from the third-floor fire escape of her apartment building on Utica Ave. near Prospect Place in Crown Heights , the New York Post reports . One man , who declined to give his name , told the New York Daily news that he awoke to find the woman 's body hanging outside his apartment . ' I 'm traumatized . We got up and she was dead , ' he said . 'She hung herself outside my window . ' Hanging : The body of a New York woman was left dangling from a fire escape for more than an hour Sunday after she hung herself . Witnesses say they were traumatized and one passer-by told the Post she initially thought the body was fake and believed it was a 'Halloween prank . ' The woman 's identity has not been released pending notification of her family . One neighbor , 66-year-old Stella Wiley , who saw the woman walking her dog earlier in the day , described the woman as a 'very social , 'nice girl . ' Prank : Witnesses say they were traumatized and one passer-by said she initially thought the body was fake and believed it was a 'Halloween prank ' Wiley noted that the woman had mental health issues and 'could n't come out of that dark spot . ' 'It ’ s a terrible thing . Poor girl , ' witness Horace Benoit , 38 , told the Post . 'Her body was out there so long just hanging , it was like a horror movie . For confidential help , call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 or click here .
The body of a New York woman was left dangling from a fire escape for more than an hour Sunday after she hung herself . The unnamed woman was discovered around 8.20am Sunday hanging from the third-floor fire escape of her apartment building . one neighbor said the woman had mental health issues .