Zixi Wang, 29, arrested north of Wollongong after woman dies after fall from Zetland apartment complex

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Police have arrested a woman near rugged coastline south of Sydney after another woman fell 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.

On Tuesday police appealed for help to find 29-year-old Zixi Wang, also known as Jessie, who was wanted on an outstanding arrest warrant in relation to the incident.

Wang had been last seen in a white Mercedes-Benz and was considered to be in a “vulnerable state”.

“She’ll be able to establish what possibly could have happened at the scene,” Superintendent Bradley Hodder said. “However, we’re concerned for her welfare as well. We’d like her to come forward ... My message, my strong message, would be for her to go to the nearest police station and hand herself in.”

Police say they found a white Mercedes at Sea Cliff Bridge, north of Wollongong, on Tuesday afternoon. Wang was arrested nearby. The car was seized for forensic examination.

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,” Hodder said.

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

“My friend came over and she heard it in the hallway when she came into our apartment … She literally said, ‘It sounds like someone’s dying in there,’ ” one said. “Just screaming, so it sounded like someone young or a female.”

Hodder said those reports would form part of the police investigation.

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