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Palisades Center plunge probed as suicide; woman ID'd

Authorities say that no criminal activity is suspected.

Authorities say that no criminal activity is suspected. (December 26, 2012 2:54 PM)

The case of a woman who fell to her death at the Palisades Center mall in West Nyack on Christmas Eve is being investigated as a suicide, police said Wednesday.

Bindu Mathew, 36, of Orangeburg, fell from the mall's fourth floor to its basement level around 10 p.m., Clarkstown police Lt. Steve Morgan said. A mall surveillance video showed her sitting on a railing and leaning backward, leading...

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