Sunday, September 21, 2008 - The Observer Dispatch, 6A
Young Couple Dies in Fall from Bronx Building:
NEW YORK - Police said a couple is dead after plummeting six stories from a Bronx rooftop.
The intertwined bodies of 21-year-old Michael Rodriquez and 19-year-old Melissa Lopez were found shortly after 5am Saturday behind a Parkchester building.
Police are unsure why the two fell but don't believe their deaths were suicides. Investigators don't know why Rodriguez and Lopez were on the roof of a building where they didn't live.
Friends said they had been partying the previous night. Police are awaiting autopsy results.
Friends said the two had been dating for several years and were very close. They lived in the Bronx.
- The Associated Press