Woman jumps 35 storeys to her death

Leapt to her death: Elizabeth DeMaria jumped as police arrived to arrest her




A woman wanted on fraud charges has jumped 35 floors to her death from a Las Vegas hotel after investigators forced their way into her room.
Tracking Elizabeth DeMaria for over a month after she skipped bail in May, members of the Secretary of State Office's Securities Division in Nevada burst into the MGM Grand after DeMaria refused to let them in.
They then witnessed DeMaria throw her laptop off the side of a balcony before jumping herself as they attempted to apprehend her on 11 counts of fraud and 11 counts of theft for conning nine victims out of $200,000 in 2010.
She is alleged to have told her victims that they were investing in a media company called The Vegas Channel and is accused of showering herself with luxury goods with the money she extorted.
After tracking her to the resort, the investigators knocked and announced their intent to serve a warrant for her failure to show at a court-mandated May 10 status check when she was out of jail on bail.
A female voice was heard in the room, but requests to open the door were ignored.
After she jumped, police were called to the scene, and a white stone ring and a brooch were found in the room.
The remains of the computer were recovered, and will be examined for evidence of fraudulent materials and activity.
Documents found on the bed referred to Secretary of State Ross Miller and Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.
Also found was a U.S. passport under the name Lisa Victoria, the name she used to check into the MGM Grand.

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'The passport could be used for international travel, thereby implicating consciousness of guilt,' investigators said in their search warrant.
'The passport is evidence of a violation of federal law and contraband.'
Investigators said DeMaria had been renting the room since the day she failed to appear in court.
While staying at the MGM Grand, she posted "disparaging blogs about witnesses related to her criminal prosecution," according to the warrant.
While DeMaria insisted investor funds were only used to develop the media company, authorities say her bank records show the money was deposited into an account under the name Luxury Lifestyles Las Vegas.
She withdrew about $125,000 in cash from the account, according to records.