New York -- A man fell to his death Thursday while trying to escape from a fourth-floor apartment in Queens.

Edgar Collaguazo, 44, fell from a window in the apartment after he had been accused of molesting two children during a birthday party, according to the New York Post.

Collaguazo rented a room in his unit to a family. He offered to let the family's 5-year-old son and another young girl watch a movie in his room while the adults partied, the Post said.

When one child's mother went to check on the kids around midnight, she found Collaguazo with his hand down the boy's pants, according to the Post. The girl said Collaguazo kissed her on the mouth.

Adults in the apartment began hitting Collaguazo and eventually locked him in his room and called police, the Post said. Collaguazo tried to escape out the window, but fell and landed on a metal fence below.

Police arrived and medics rushed him to a hospital in critical condition. He later died, according to the Post.

A witness told the New York Daily News he saw a man trying to hoist himself over security bars in front of an apartment window from across the street.

"The guy had one foot on the ledge trying to climb over the bars," the witness, Jose Valentine said, according to the News. "He let himself go head first and landed with a thud and splatter. It sounded like a pumpkin fell off the roof."

Collaguazo's estranged wife, Rocio Marin, told the News she wants answers.

"I want to know what actually happened," she said, according to the paper. "Everybody just blamed it on him."

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