FL Mom Says 4-Year-Old ‘Always Wanted To Fly’ After Boy Leaps To Death From 16 Story Hollywood High Rise

HOLLYWOOD, FL. (THECOUNT) — The mother of Jesse Delduca says, her 4-year-old son who died last weekend after plunging from the 16th-floor of a Hollywood high-rise building, the twin “always wanted to fly.”

According to the boy’s father, he opened a window in the boy’s room and left him unintended when the boy apparently intentionally bent out the window frame and jumped to his death.

The fatal incident occurred Saturday at Quadomain Condominium, located at, 2201 S Ocean Dr in Hollywood.

According to the Local10:

Delduca was at his family’s vacation condo with his twin brother, mother, father and aunt when the incident occurred.

Jesse’s father opened a window in the boy’s room Saturday morning to let in the cool breeze. The father later noticed the window screen was “partially bent out,” so he removed the screen, placed it on the bed and closed the window, the report stated.

According to the report, Jesse’s aunt eventually went into the room, saw the screen on the bed, opened the window and looked down — seeing her nephew on the ground.

The family rushed downstairs, but Jesse was pronounced dead at the scene. His death was ruled an accidental fall by the Medical Examiner’s Office.

The cause of the tragic death remains under investigation.

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