Man put on leggings of woman found dead in NYC hotel room: police

MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) – Police are searching for a man seen leaving a New York City hotel wearing the leggings of a woman who was found dead in a room last week, authorities said.

The NYPD released a surveillance image of the unidentified man wanted in connection with the death of 38-year-old Denisse Oleas-Arancibia, whose body was found at the SoHo 54 Hotel at 54 Watts St. in Lower Manhattan on Feb. 8, according to police.

A hotel employee discovered Oleas-Arancibia’s body in the room, police said. A bloody iron was found near her, according to sources. The New York City medical examiner’s office ruled her death a homicide.

“We have video of [Oleas-Arancibia] arriving at the location wearing a distinct pair of leggings. And later on, we have a male leaving the hotel wearing the same leggings,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said.

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A pair of men’s pants were left bloodied in the hotel, according to Kenny.

Oleas-Arancibia was a mother of two sons, according to a GoFundMe page created to help her family. She was living in Queens, police said.

“Denisse’s life was taken away too soon and her boys are struggling with the events surrounding this loss and are in need of any and all support. Let’s help my family send my sister back home to Ecuador. Please help the family in anyway possible,” the GoFundMe page said.