Charged With Throwing His Ex and Their Baby From a 15th-Floor Bronx Balcony. He Had Been Arrested Twice in January.
Just before 3:40 a.m. Tuesday, police were called to 2550 Olinville Avenue in the Allerton section of the Bronx. Nathaly Ramirez, 23, and her 8-month-old daughter had fallen from a 15th-floor balcony. Ramirez died. The baby survived, and by Thursday was in stable condition.
Police say Angel Carrasco, 31, her ex-boyfriend, pushed them. He was arrested Wednesday night, charged with murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, attempted manslaughter and assault, and on Thursday was walked out of the 49th Precinct, seemingly smiling, as a crowd shouted “Coward.” He is presumed innocent.
- 15thfloorthe balcony the two fell from, 2550 Olinville Avenue — Fox News
- 2January arrestsassault, then burglary, both at her apartment per reports; outcomes not reported — ABC7 New York
- 8 mo.survivorthe baby girl, in stable condition Thursday after transfer to a children's hospital — ABC7 New York
- 5charge typesmurder, attempted murder, manslaughter, attempted manslaughter, assault — FOX 5 New York
- 31years oldthe age of the accused, Angel Carrasco — FOX 5 New York
Officers received the 911 call around 3:38 a.m. Tuesday, Fox News reports. In a statement, the NYPD said, “Further investigation determined that both individuals had been pushed from a balcony.” Police say Carrasco came to the apartment with flowers hoping to reconcile and, when that failed, threw Ramirez and the baby off the balcony and fled, according to the Daily Wire.
Neighbors described what they heard. Robin Mendzies told the New York Post she heard a male voice shouting, “Jump!” and then “a big thud and a woman wailing, ‘No, please, no!’” Investigators believe Ramirez held her daughter tightly in the fall, which may have cushioned the baby, according to ABC7 New York as relayed by Fox News. Her high school friend Dominique Rosado said: “In the last moment of her life she was protecting her daughter.”
The reports describe a documented history. According to ABC7 and the Daily Wire, citing the Post, Carrasco was charged in January with third-degree assault for allegedly slapping Ramirez during a dispute, and days later was charged with burglary for allegedly breaking into her apartment and waiting for her. The Post also reports an earlier arrest for threatening texts to a different ex-girlfriend and two more for unrelated offenses. A neighbor named Mike told ABC7, as relayed by Fox News, that he remembered a man “kicking the door down trying to get into the apartment” in January.
What the reports do not say matters as much. None we reviewed states how either January case was resolved, whether bail was set, or whether an order of protection was in place. Those are records a court file or the Bronx District Attorney’s office can answer, and until they do, this story does not claim he was free because of any particular decision.
The NYPD released Carrasco’s name and photo Wednesday, calling him “armed and dangerous,” FOX 5 New York reports. He was taken into custody just before 10:30 p.m. by the Regional Fugitive Task Force after a tip on his location; ABC7 says a close friend went to the 49th Precinct, and the Post says his brother did. On Thursday he was walked out of the precinct, seemingly smiling, as onlookers jeered; ABC7 puts it in the afternoon, while FOX 5 describes it as earlier that day. Bystanders shouted “Coward! Coward!” and a Bronx resident, Sandra Guzman, said, “I told him he’s going to get his turn in jail.”
“In the last moment of her life she was protecting her daughter.”
Dominique Rosado, Ramirez's high school friend — via the New York Post
The child was first reported critical. By Thursday she was stable and improved enough to be moved by helicopter from Jacobi Hospital to Cohen Children’s Medical Center in Glen Oaks for specialized treatment, ABC7 reports. Carrasco was expected to be arraigned in Bronx Criminal Court on Thursday; we found no report of the outcome.
Accused: Angel Carrasco, 31 — charged; presumed innocent.
Victim: Nathaly Ramirez, 23 — died of the fall.
Survivor: her 8-month-old daughter — stable Thursday.
Arrest: just before 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, Regional Fugitive Task Force.
Court: Bronx Criminal Court; arraignment expected Thursday night, outcome not found.
Established: a woman died and her infant was badly hurt in a 15th-floor fall; police charged Carrasco with murder and four other counts; reports say he had been arrested twice at her apartment in January. Alleged, not proven: that he pushed them and why. Unreported: the outcome of the January cases, any bail decision, and any protective order.
A man arrested twice in January for allegedly attacking Nathaly Ramirez is now charged with murder after police say she and her baby were pushed from a 15th-floor balcony. What happened to those two cases is the question the public record has not yet answered. He is presumed innocent.
