Mystery surrounds the death of a woman who died after falling from the balcony of a Collingwood apartment building on Saturday.
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As police prepare a report for the coroner, the family of New Zealander Chantelle Klasema is desperately searching for answers.
Ms Klasema, 29, and a 35-year-old man are believed to have fallen about 10 metres from the third-floor balcony of an apartment in Smith Street on Saturday morning.
The pair was found in an enclosed courtyard below.
Ms Klasema died at the scene and the man was taken to Alfred Hospital - where he remained in a stable condition on Tuesday.
Police have said the fall was not being treated as suspicious.
Ms Klasema's father, Jaap Klasema said he was desperate to find out what happened. "I just don't know what to think about all this," he told News Corp. "She was such a sweet person. She was intelligent and had a big heart."
"I'm walking around in a daze, being so far away," he said from Thailand.
Mr Klasema told News Corp his daughter loved to travel and held Dutch and New Zealand citizenship. She grew up in Havelock North, New Zealand, and moved to Melbourne in her 20s, he said.
She worked for an IT company.
In a statement, a spokesman for New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said he was aware of the death of Ms Klasema and that the ministry was in contact with her family and was providing them with support.
