Police have arrested the man wanted for murdering a woman inside a Soho hotel earlier this month and fled wearing her leggings, sources familiar with the investigation said.
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Police have arrested the suspect who allegedly murdered a woman inside a Soho hotel earlier this month and fled the scene while wearing her leggings, police said Tuesday.
According to Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny, Radd Almansoori, 26, was cuffed in Arizona, where he is believed to be wanted for several other attacks on women, authorities said.
Police paint a picture of Almansoori as a serial offender with a hatred of women, and who flies into fits of rage at a moment’s notice.
The NYPD had been tracking Almansoori since Feb. 8 after 38-year-old Denisse Oleas-Arancibia was found beaten to death with an iron inside of her room at the SoHo 54 hotel on Watts Street. The mother was discovered wrapped in a blanket and had been struck so hard with an iron that pieces of plastic were lodged in her skull.
Detectives were said to be investigating whether Oleas-Arancibia — who checked into the hotel the day before she was found dead — was a sex worker.
The case took an even stranger turn when police obtained surveillance camera footage showing the man identified as Almansoori leaving the hotel wearing his victim’s leggings.
“We have video of the woman arriving at the location, wearing a distinct pair of leggings. And later on, we have a male leaving the hotel wearing the same leggings,” Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said during a Feb. 15 briefing.
According to Kenny, the suspect’s pants were left at the scene covered in blood. Inside, police recovered a receipt which they used to track and identify Almansoori.
Almansoori had apparently contacted Oleas-Arancibia via phone and set up the meeting both through calls and text messages. Police believe Almansoori may have snapped in a fit of anger because he wanted to stay longer, which resulted in him bludgeoning his victim…
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