The most-read piece on our site this week was a sad update about the death of a 19-year-old student athlete at Johns Hopkins University. Abigail Bastien โ€œfell from quite a distanceโ€ from a high-rise on N. Charles Street to her death, Baltimore police spokesman T.J. Smith said at a news conference on Monday. Bastienโ€™s body had been discovered on the morning of Thursday, July 13.

Smith said investigators werenโ€™t sure exactly high up she was before her fall. The evidence detectives pulled together indicated it was an accidental death, he said, noting that โ€œnothing in this case points towards homicide.โ€

Members of the Hopkins community and Bastienโ€™s hometown of Sandusky, Ohio, mourned her passing. Bastien was a sprinter on the Hopkins track-and-field team and a member of the schoolโ€™s Alpha Phi sorority chapter. Her high school track coach told the Sandusky Register she โ€œwas a person with a heart of gold and was all about everyone first and putting herself second.โ€

Here were other our most popular reads over the last seven days:

Ethan McLeod โ€” โ€œFed Hill Restaurant Association Launches Social Media Campaign Against Panhandlersโ€ โ€” Thursday, July 13

Ethan McLeod โ€” โ€œOne Year In, DeRay McKesson Says Heโ€™s Leaving his Job with Baltimore City Schoolsโ€ โ€” Monday, July 17

Susan Dunn โ€” โ€œRuxton, Riderwood, Lake Roland Residents Turn Out to Oppose the โ€˜Village of Lake Rolandโ€™โ€ โ€” Thursday, July 13

Susan Dunn โ€” โ€œRRLRAIA Membership Rejects Motion in โ€˜Village of Lake Rolandโ€™ Projectโ€ โ€” Wednesday, July 19

Ethan McLeod โ€” โ€œLululemon Suing Under Armour Over Sports Bra Designโ€ โ€” Tuesday, July 18

Ethan McLeod โ€” โ€œPublic Defenderโ€™s Office: Body Cam Footage Shows City Police Officer Planting Drugsโ€ โ€” Wednesday, July 19

Ethan McLeod โ€” โ€œVandal Maims, Kills Newly Planted Cherry Trees Along Median in Catonsvilleโ€ โ€” Wednesday, July 19

Ethan McLeod โ€” โ€œPresident Trump was Displeased to Learn His Deputy Attorney General Worked in Baltimoreโ€ โ€” Thursday, July 20

Ethan McLeod โ€” โ€œStaff Nabbed a Rabid Groundhog Roaming the Maryland Zoo Last Weekโ€ โ€” Friday, July 14

Ethan McLeod is a freelance reporter in Baltimore. He previously worked as an editor for the Baltimore Business Journal and Baltimore Fishbowl. His work has appeared in Bloomberg CityLab, Next City and...