A New York grand jury returned an indictment on Friday against Raad Almansoori for the brutal death of Denisse Oleas Arancibia (38), an Ecuadorian mother found in a Manhattan hotel in February.
Almansoori, 26, is in Maricopa County Arizona, his home state, where he was arrested and charged with other cases related to violence against women. He is also suspected of attacks on Florida and Texas.
In Arizona he was charged with two stabbings and pleaded “not guilty.” He will be prosecuted in Arizona before being extradited to New York to face murder charges.highlighted ABC News.
“With this accusation we are one step closer to ensuring justice for Denisse Oleas Arancibia,” said yesterday the Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg. “Our professional and dedicated prosecutors and investigators will continue to build the strongest case possible and we will be prepared to prosecute Raad Almansoori for these horrific allegations when he returns to New York.”
When Almansoori was arrested In February the case sparked a political dispute between Maricopa County Attorney, Republican Rachel Mitchell, and Democrat Bragg.
Mitchell refused to send Almansoori to New York before he stands trial in Arizona, saying Bragg is too soft on crime. “Having observed the treatment of violent criminals in the New York area by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, it is safer to keep him here,” the prosecutor said then.
In response, Bragg accused Mitchell of using “politics” in the name of justice. “I find it deeply troubling that a member of my profession, a member of law enforcement, would decide to engage in political games in a homicide case,” he said.
In Arizona, Almansoori He attempted to rape and murder sex workers in addition to killing members of his own family, authorities said.
Detective Jeremy Goebel said Almansoori told him described in detail how he tried to kill Oleas Arancibia after feeling like she had taken away his time for paid sex and scammed him. According to the alleged confession, He tried to break her neck while strangling her, stomped on her head several times, and then put a sock on her face in an attempt to suffocate her..
According to Goebel, Almansoori described the death of Oleas Arancibia as his “first homicide,” as he did not know if the 18- and 22-year-old girls he admitted to stabbing in Arizona survived their injuries. He also said that the motivations behind his alleged crimes were due to his failed attempts to find someone who would love him.
“Said “He has been looking for love all his life and has not been able to find it,” Goebel stated in court during an evidentiary hearing in February. “He had said numerous times during my interview with him that nobody loves him. His mother doesn’t love him. His family doesn’t love him. “That all the attempts he has made with the opposite sex have been unsuccessful.” And then He described himself as a “sex addict.”
Almansoori also told the police that He planned to kill his father and stepmother before burning down his house, but that he wanted to wait until his sister was out of the area.
Dakota Johnson, Almansoori’s public defender, said her client He had been diagnosed with schizophrenia. previously and claimed to have heard voices in the past, although Goebel said he gave him logical answers during interrogation.
Oleas Arancibia did not have a known profession or trade. I lived in Queens (NYC) with his eldest son, but for approximately a year he had been staying several nights a month at the “SoHo 54” hotel located on Watts Street in Manhattan. Over there They found her dead under a blanket next to a bloody clothes iron the morning of February 8.
He died for neck compression and blunt head trauma, according to a spokeswoman for the city medical examiner (OCME). Preliminary evidence indicated that a fight may have taken place in the room, as he had injuries to the head and entire body. The victim’s parents and their other 13-year-old son still live in Guayaquil.
All charges are mere accusations and those charged are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
2024-04-06 12:47:00
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