Kenyan student Sheila Chebii fell 15 floors to her death while working at a Sydney hotel. Her family want answers

Kenyan international student Sheila Chebii fell to her death at a Meriton Suites hotel in Sydney on 17 May 2026 while working as a housekeeper. Police have not yet released a cause of death Photograph: supplied

It was meant to be Sheila Chebii’s last shift as a housekeeper.

For weeks, the 25-year-old international student had stripped linen, made beds and refilled towels in the rooms of a luxury high-rise hotel above central Sydney.