Queens Mother Found Dead in SoHo Hotel, Homicide Investigation Underway
Denisse Oleas-Arancibia, 38, was identified as the victim found strangled and beaten in a Manhattan hotel room, with no arrests made yet.
- Denisse Oleas-Arancibia, 38, was discovered dead in the SoHo 54 Hotel in Lower Manhattan, her death ruled as homicide due to strangulation and blunt force trauma.
- The victim, a mother from Queens, appeared nervous and worried in the days leading up to her death, according to her 18-year-old son.
- No signs of forced entry were found at the scene, but a bloody iron was discovered near Oleas-Arancibia's body.
- Police are investigating the case as a homicide and are attempting to track down the owner of a pair of bloody pants found in the room.
- Oleas-Arancibia moved to the U.S. from Ecuador for a better life, leaving behind a younger son and her parents in South America.