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A 26-year-old legal secretary from California who was found at the bottom of a laundry chute in a Las Vegas hotel fell 15 floors to her death, police said.

Kalli Medina-Brown of Citrus Heights, California, was celebrating her upcoming 27th birthday with her husband and friends when her body was found at the D Las Vegas on Sunday.

Her death was initially deemed suspicious when she was found at 2.30am, but homicide detectives found no indication that she was murdered. 

According to KTNV, police said surveillance video showed Medina-Brown walking away from her husband, Weslee Brown, and toward a housekeeping closet, where it is believed she fell from the 18th floor to the laundry room on the third floor. 

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Kalli Medina-Brown (right, with husband Weslee Brown), was found dead at the bottom of a laundry chute in the D Las Vegas hotel-casino

Her grandfather Tony Fratis said the detectives told Medina-Brown's mother that the surveillance video showed the couple walking in opposite directions.

Medina-Brown can be seen entering the maid's closet, but the video goes dark shortly after.  

Fratis cried as he told KTNV there were still too many questions left unanswered.

He said: 'Everybody goes to Vegas to have fun. There's no way it was suicide. There's no way in the world.

'We've all consumed too much [alcohol] so that's a strong possibility. Could they have gotten into an argument? Sure. Would that have caused her to jump down a chute? No.'

Fratis also ruled out the possibility that Weslee would have harmed his wife, saying he is not a violent person.  

An official cause of death has not yet been established, and a toxicology report won't be available for another few weeks.

It is also unclear whether the 26-year-old was a guest at the hotel-casino.

The husband is believed to still be in Las Vegas as the investigation continues.

Medina-Brown was a legal secretary who worked at a firm specializing in family law, and took classes in anthropology at the California State University in Sacramento.

She previously attended Sierra College with her husband, a 29-year-old software engineer.

Sierra Roraback, a childhood friend who was unable to make the trip, told CBS about their last conversation, in which she told Medina-Brown to have fun and to be safe.

She added: 'There has to be justice. In order to have closure on the situation and sleep a little better or something - we have to figure out who did this, we have to figure out what happened.'

Another friend of 16 years, Carl Worrell spoke about the 26-year-old's personality. Worrell said: 'She was the responsible one. She wasn't the wild one. She was calm, she was mature.'

A spokeswoman for the hotel-casino said: 'We are saddened by the unfortunate incident that took place at the D Las Vegas. We are cooperating with the authorities and cannot comment on the ongoing investigation.'

The D Hotel has 629 rooms across 34 floors in downtown Las Vegas.