A person accused of murdering a New York mom of 4 inside a Manhattan lodge earlier this month was captured in Arizona, after he allegedly dragged one other girl right into a restaurant lavatory to stab her.
Now police have linked Raad Almansoori, 26, to a number of different violent assaults in opposition to ladies throughout a number of states.
Police within the city of Shock, Arizona have been referred to as to a McDonald’s on Sunday and located a lady who’d been stabbed a number of occasions, the division introduced on Fb.
Whereas the sufferer was taken to a hospital, Almansoori stole a car and escaped. Police discovered him contained in the car in close by Scottsdale shortly thereafter, the place they arrested him, in keeping with the division’s Fb assertion.
Throughout his interview with police, Almansoori allegedly admitted to stabbing the lady contained in the McDonald’s in addition to attacking one other girl in Phoenix just a few days prior. He faces a number of prices in Arizona, together with tried murder in Shock and theft in Phoenix.
Talking at a press convention on Tuesday, New York Police Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny stated Almansoori is needed within the loss of life of Denisse Oleas-Arancibia, 38, who was discovered useless on Feb. 8 inside a SoHo lodge in Manhattan.
In an interview with The New York Every day Information carried out in Spanish, Oleas-Arancibia’s 18-year-old son, Edwin Cevallos, stated he was ready for his mother to return residence from work and referred to as the police when she didn’t arrive.
A lodge housekeeper on the SoHo 54 Lodge discovered Oleas-Arancibia useless in a room on the eleventh ground, mendacity beneath a blanket subsequent to a blood-soaked iron, WNBC reported.
Kenny advised reporters on Tuesday that there have been “bits of plastic embedded” in Oleas-Arancibia’s cranium and health workers decided her loss of life was attributable to blunt-force trauma.
Throughout his interview with Arizona legislation enforcement, Almansoori allegedly advised police he’s wished for murder in New York and they need to “Google SoHo 54 Lodge,” Kenny stated.
Though Almansoori doesn’t have a legal file in New York, Kenny stated he has an “intensive out-of-state arrest historical past” with prices in Florida, Texas, and Arizona.
In accordance with Kenny, lots of Almansoori’s arrests concerned home violence and assault. The suspect additionally allegedly admitted to attacking 3 extra “women” in Florida.
Almansoori’s most “notable arrest,” Kenny stated, occurred in Sumter County, Florida final 12 months. Almansoori allegedly kidnapped and sexually assaulted a lady, however he was launched in September after posting bail.
Kenny stated prosecutors at the moment are engaged on extraditing Almansoori again to New York the place he’ll face prices in connection to Oleas-Arancibia’s homicide.
“She was all the time serving to folks. She was an excellent individual. She by no means harm anyone. She was all the time paying for all the things,” Cevallos advised the Every day Information. “She by no means owed cash to anyone. She was all the time seeking to assist them transfer ahead.”