Rooftop pictures reveal the shocking risk granddaughter of NYC pizzeria boss was taking with her teen friends as they jumped from building to building before she fell six stories to her death

  • Two pals were with 15-year-old Natalia Jimenez when she plummeted five stories to her death in an alleyway Friday afternoon
  • The trio were told by a person who lives in the area to get off of a roof
  • Jimenez's body was found at about 4:30 p.m. Friday
  • Multiple Famous Original Ray's Pizza stores belong to her grandfather

By Associated Press and Zoe Szathmary For Dailymail.com

Published: 20:39 EST, 15 January 2016 | Updated: 13:47 EST, 16 January 2016

New rooftop pictures reveal the shocking risk the 15-year-old granddaughter of an NYC pizzeria boss took as she jumped from building to building with friends before falling to her death. 

Natalia Jimenez was found in an alley off in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan on Friday afternoon.

Police say she and two friends jumped at least three rooftops before they turned to go back to a building and she fell five stories and plunged down an air shaft between the two buildings.

Natalia Jimenez was found in an alley off a series of four- and five-story brick buildings in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan.
Police say she and two friends jumped at least three rooftops before they turned to go back to a building and she plunged to the street

Natalia Jimenez, 15, was found in an alley off a series of four- and five-story brick buildings in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan

Police say she and two friends jumped at least three rooftops before they turned to go back to a building and she plunged from this gap (pictured) to the street

Police say she and two friends jumped at least three rooftops before they turned to go back to a building and she plunged from this gap (pictured) to the street

A measuring tape is held between the gap from which Jimenez fell around 4.30pm on Friday 

A measuring tape is held between the gap from which Jimenez fell around 4.30pm on Friday 

Sources revealed that the trio were told by a person who lives in the area to get off of the roof of the Hell's Kitchen building (pictured)

Sources revealed that the trio were told by a person who lives in the area to get off of the roof of the Hell's Kitchen building (pictured)

Multiple Famous Original Ray's Pizza locations belong to the teen's grandfather, WPIX reported. 

Sources revealed to the TV station that the trio were told by a person who lived in the building to get off of the roof.

The television station reported: 'As they turned around to go back, she plunged to her death.'

Area resident Leslie Rodriguez told the New York Daily News: 'It was a big thump.

'I thought someone had slammed the door. I ran down and saw someone lying there,' Rodriguez said. 'She was in a crouch. It was horrible.'

The girl's body was found at about 4:30pm Friday after police received a 911 call of an unconscious person in an alley.

She was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead. 

Jimenez resided on top of a Famous Original Ray's Pizza that belongs to her grandfather in Chelsea

Jimenez resided on top of a Famous Original Ray's Pizza that belongs to her grandfather in Chelsea

A tenant of one of the buildings between which Jimenez fell said access to the roof is supposed to be restricted but people going on the roof is a recurring issue, he told The New York Times.   

Jimenez resided on top of a Famous Original Ray's Pizza that is her grandfather's in Chelsea, WPIX reported.

Rosalino Mangano told the TV station: 'My granddaughter was the best girl you got in New York.'

Agatha Mangano described her daughter as 'good-hearted and friendly' and said she was a champion billiards player. 

'She was the best girl a mother could have,' Mangano told the New York Post. 'She was a good girl, she never got into trouble.' 

Mangano is now demanding a full investigation, saying she doesn't understand why her daughter was on that roof. 

'She was afraid of heights,' Mangano told The New York Daily News. 'She'd never been on the roof here. She wouldn't even go on the fire escape.' 

Mangano said she believes 'foul play' was involved in her daughter's devastating deaths, adding that she was suspicious of the new friends Jimenez had made in her first year of high school.' 

'I want justice,' she said.   

Agatha Mangano described her daughter as 'good-hearted and friendly'
Mangano said she was 'the best girl a mother could have'

Agatha Mangano described her daughter as 'good-hearted and friendly' 

'I know my daughter, she never would've went on this roof,' Mangano (pictured) told reporters. S'he was a good girl, she never got into trouble' 

'I know my daughter, she never would've went on this roof,' Mangano (pictured) told reporters. S'he was a good girl, she never got into trouble' 

 

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