ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The Emory Police Department is investigating a young woman’s death on Friday morning.

Police believe the woman, identified as 19-year-old Leah Palmirotto, fell from the roof of an abandoned hospital building at 1256 Briarcliff Road.

Briarcliff Building A was built in the 1960s as a mental health treatment facility and acquired by Emory in the 90s. It was listed among more than 40 buildings that the university rents out to filmmakers, but its webpage was taken down on Friday.

The building is best known as the set of Hawkins National Laboratory in the hit Netflix TV show “Stranger Things,” which was primarily filmed in Atlanta.

This investigation is ongoing. Check back with Atlanta News First as we learn more.

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