A CCTV video recording the final moments of Italian-Nigerian volleyball star, Julia Ituma, who died after falling from a 6th-floor hotel window in Turkey, has been leaked online.
The horrifying incident happened just hours after her team, Igor Gorgonzola Novara, was knocked out of the Champions League semifinals in Turkey.
After her team’s loss, the 18-year-old Italian volleyball player of Nigerian descent was found dead outside her hotel in Istanbul, Turkey, on Thursday morning, April 13th.
In the CCTV footage secured from the hotel, Ituna can be seen walking slowly in the hallway while pressing her phone. She then sat outside her bedroom door for almost an hour in a “pensive and thoughtful” manner before entering her bedroom for the last time, according to authorities.
The budding volleyball star and ‘next big thing’ represented her team, Igor Gorgonzola Novara in their second-leg knockout match against Turkish side, Eczacibasi Dynavit Istanbul, where she scored two points despite their defeat.
The circumstances of the tragic accident are not clear. However, according to reports from CCN Turkey, Ituma was found unresponsive on the ground outside the Valley Hotel around 5.30 am on Thursday morning. Unfortunately, she was pronounced dead shortly after paramedics and emergency services arrived.
Her remains were later sent for forensic analysis to determine the cause of her untimely death. Meanwhile, Local police have confirmed that an investigation into the incident has been launched.
Watch a video of her final moment below,
