Wang charged after woman found with critical injuries on footpath at the back of 11-storey Zetland complex

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A 29-year-old woman, Zixi Wang, has been charged with the murder of a young Sydney woman, who plunged to her death from an inner city unit block.

The 23-year-old was discovered with critical injuries on a footpath at the back of the 11-storey complex on Rose Valley Way in Zetland about 8.45pm on Monday.

Emergency services were called but she could not be revived.

Police had appealed for help finding Wang, 29, also known as Jessie, who was wanted on an outstanding arrest warrant in relation to the domestic-related incident.

She was arrested on Tuesday afternoon near the Sea Cliff Bridge, north of Wollongong, after a member of the public spotted her white Mercedes.

The car was seized for forensic testing, while she was taken to Wollongong police station for questioning.

She has since been charged with murder and taking and driving a conveyance without the consent of the owner.

On Tuesday, police were doorknocking surrounding homes and combing gardens at the unit complex where the woman’s body was found.

At the back of the building a badly damaged white steel fence, below a number of balconies, was cordoned off with police tape.

“It was a horrible scene; any of these sort of falls from buildings are a tragic sight,” Superintendent Bradley Hodder from NSW police said.

Residents from the unit block told News Corp they had heard someone screaming before the woman’s body was discovered.

Wang was refused bail to appear in Wollongong local court on Wednesday.