Costa Mesa woman dead after jumping from parking structure in Newport

Jan. 24, 2017 3:25 PM PT

A Costa Mesa woman died after jumping from a parking structure near Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach in what appeared to be a suicide, officials said.

Dawn McNeil-Stocker, 47, was found dead at 12:44 p.m. Thursday after falling from the structure at 520 Superior Ave., according to the Orange County coroner’s office.

Newport Beach police and fire personnel responded to a call about the incident and pronounced McNeil-Stocker dead at the scene, police spokeswoman Jennifer Manzella said.

Friends left messages on McNeil-Stocker’s Facebook page with condolences and notes about her, including how she was known as a strong animal advocate who fostered lost and stray dogs.

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Bradley Zint

Bradley Zint left Times Community News in 2018. He was a general assignment reporter for the Daily Pilot, where he worked since 2010. At the Pilot, he also was a copy editor, classical music columnist and reporter covering Costa Mesa and Newport Beach. He previously worked in Hermosa Beach, Long Beach, Alaska and Massachusetts. He is a graduate of Cal State Long Beach, where he served as editor-in-chief of its campus newspaper, the Daily 49er.