Houston DJ dies after plunge from 13th-story balcony

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In the early hours of July 4, a DJ just beginning to make a name for herself on the Houston music scene plummeted from the balcony of a high-rise apartment building, falling four floors to a pool deck below. The only other person present on the balcony that morning—the DJ’s girlfriend—said she watched her partner climb up on a patio chair and pitch over the railing.

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Darian Lewis had celebrated her 23rd birthday only weeks before her death. Details of her 5 a.m. fall, which took her from the 13th to the 9th floor of the downtown building, remain murky. Her girlfriend, Jackson, took to social media just prior to the announcement of Lewis’ death, writing that she’s been silent “out of respect for D, watching so many of you turn this tragedy into something it’s not.”

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