Linda Holston, 60, has been identified as the woman who jumped to her death with her rescue dog Jake in New York City on Friday.
The woman and her rescue dog died after she jumped from the roof of her luxury building in New York City while carrying her pet, police said. Jake was a 16 and a half year old rat terrier.
Holston had just finished eating her last meal on top of her 46-story apartment building when she jumped to her death with her 'lap dog' just before 1 pm, the New York Post reported.
Linda Holston, 60, has been identified as the woman who jumped to her death with her dog
Holston's body was found Friday in the street of New York City
Her corpse was found with the body of her beloved dog Jake in her arms
She lived in a 46-story building called The Victory at 561 10th Ave. near 41st Street in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan - the site of another fatal jumping incident in February 2020.
Cops told the New York Post they found a handwritten note from the woman talking about stress and bottles of medication in her apartment.
Holston moved to Manhattan from New Mexico in 2017 but was originally from Thousand Oaks, California, according to her Facebook page.
Holston was an actress who performed in community theater and off-broadway plays
Jake was a 16 and a half year old rat terrier
Holston moved to New York City in 2017 from New Mexico
She began working as a sales representative at Main Street Hub when she moved to New York City in 2017 and then worked as a part-time tele-fundraiser Manhattan Theater Club until March 2020.
Her LinkedIn page has the haunting tagline, 'What a wonderful world.'
In 1981 she graduated from the Pacific Conservatory of Performing Arts in California and performed in community in New Mexico until she moved to New York where she studied acting at the William Esper Studio in New York until 2019, according to Backstage.
Her online profile describes her as being 5 feet tall with brown hair and blue eyes. She is seen smiling with her black and brown dog Jake who is sporting a gold bow.
A receptionist at Pure Paws Veterinary Care on East 42nd Street told the New York Post that Holston brought her dog to the practice for regular care.
A woman and her dog, not pictured, died on Friday after she jumped from the roof of her apartment building while carrying her pet
The woman, 60, had just finished eating her last meal on top of her 46-story apartment building when she jumped to her death
The building, managed by Fetner Properties, has 420 rental apartments
She lived in a 46-story building called The Victory at 561 10th Ave. near 41st Street in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan
