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Yakir Levi Found Dead After 28‑Floor Fall at Miami Resort

Miami‑Dade investigators are treating the incident as an unclassified death pending an autopsy that will determine cause and manner.

Overview

  • Levi, a 45-year-old Israeli-American reality TV participant and businessman, was discovered dead after falling from the 28th floor of the Acqualina Resort in Sunny Isles Beach.
  • Friends said he texted “I’m coming” as they arrived and a loud crash was heard, a detail consistent with witness accounts that surfaced after the Monday night incident.
  • Detectives from the Miami‑Dade Sheriff’s Office Homicide Bureau recovered Levi’s phone and bag and have described the case as an unclassified death even though a police report uses language listing a possible jumper and “Suicide w/injuries.”
  • Officers who entered room 2804A reported blood and shattered glass leading to the balcony and found Levi’s body on a fifth-floor terrace beside personal items, but investigators say forensic and autopsy results are needed before a final determination.
  • Levi’s family and friends reject a suicide finding and are urging review of hotel footage and further probes; the case will hinge on the Miami‑Dade Medical Examiner’s autopsy and any additional camera or forensic evidence.