Denisse Oleas-Arancibia, 38, was found in a room Soho 54 Hotel in Queens, NYC, on Thursday, beaten and strangled to death

Her death has been ruled a homicide by neck compression and head trauma

Detectives believe Oleas-Arancibia was a sex worker who was seen on Roosevelt Ave in Queens days before her death

A bloody iron was also discovered by cops beside the traumatized body of the Queens resident

Police recovered a bloody pair of pants with a receipt in the pocket from the room, leading to ‘identification of a male suspect’

Police are hunting for the suspect and expect to make an arrest in the coming days

Denisse Oleas-Arancibia, 38, was found dead in a room at SoHo 54 Hotel on Thursday morning. She was beaten and strangled to death, according to the Medical Examiner

The woman found strangled and beaten to death next to a bloody iron in a New York City hotel room last week, police now believe, was an escort seen days earlier in a neighborhood notorious for aggressive open air solicitation, mostly purveyed by migrant sex workers.
The lifeless body of Denisse Oleas-Arancibia, 38, was discovered by a maid in a room on the 11th floor of the SoHo 54 Hotel around 10:30am last Thursday. The Queens resident migrated to the US from Ecuador five years ago.
The city medical examiner confirmed Monday, that the mother-of-three died of compression to her neck and blunt trauma to the head. Her death has been ruled a homicide. 

Police believe Denisse Oleas-Arancibia, 38, was a sex worker seen earlier working Roosevelt Ave. Her body was found Thursday, a few days later, in a hotel room in Queens

Oleas-Arancibia, died of compression to her neck and blunt head trauma, the ME’s office said

No arrests have been made and an investigation is ongoing, however, Detectives believe Oleas-Arancibia was a sex worker and a male suspect has been identified in the case. 
According to sources, Oleas-Arancibia was seen days before her death on the streets of Roosevelt Avenue in Queens, a known area for prostitution that is even being referred to as New York City’s new ‘red light district’.  

NYPD officers descended on the SoHo 54 Hotel, in Queens, on Thursday morning following the discovery of the body

Denisse Oleas-Arancibia’s battered body was found unresponsive in this room at the Soho 54, a hotel in Queens. Her death has formally been ruled a homicide

The busy street located in the Corona neighborhood, aka the ‘Market of Sweethearts,’ has become overrun with Venezuelan migrants offering sex services in the open-air, amid the ongoing migrant crisis, city officials confirmed last year. 
SoHo 45, formerly known as the Hampton Inn, advertises rooms for around $110 a night on its website, had guests who were staying there for New York Fashion Week..
Previously, the Bronx was home to the Big Apple’s highest concentration of sex workers. 
Police it is believed, have identified a male suspect and that an arrest in expected in coming days.

NYC authorities say many of the sex workers are Venezuelan women who have recently arrived to New York. It’s unclear if they were sex workers back home of victims of circumstances

Residents of Roosevelt Avenue, in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York new ‘red light district’, have to cope with ‘aggressive, open air solicitation’ by sex workers. Prostitution explosion is fueled by the City’s migrant crisis, Mayor Eric Adams has said

The noticeable influx of sex workers, seen walking the streets f NYC during the day, with many aggressively soliciting for work in the open air. Majority are recent migrants from Latin America

A spokeswoman for the city medical examine on Monday released details of the autopsy and said Oleas-Arancibia was unconscious and unresponsive when authorities arrived on scene. 
She sustained significant head trauma and was pronounced dead by EMS. 
A bloody iron was found near her body. However, there were no signs of forced entry, authorities said.
Furthermore, detectives reportedly, recovered a pair of bloody pants with a receipt in them from the hotel room, pointing them in the direction of the male suspect they have flagged. Cops have launched a search for the man.

Denisse Oleas-Arancibia, [photo], was found unresponsive and unconscious. She was pronounced dead at the scene. A bloody iron was found lying by her body and cops recovered a pair of bloody pants with a receipt in them from the hotel room

The victim’s teenage son, Edwin Cevallos, had been living with Oleas-Arancibia and her nephew in an apartment in Queens. Cevallos, 18, spoke to his mother a day prior to her murder. He revealed that he saw changes in his mothers demeanor a week before the tragedy: ‘She was so nervous and she was worried,’ Cevallos said.
The teen said he was ‘in shock,’ adding: ‘Everything here in New York reminds me of her. Everything.’
The Ecuadorian native came to the United States five years ago, leaving behind family including one of her other sons.

Oleas-Arancibia [left], came to the United States five years ago, leaving behind family including one of her sons

‘My mom, she worked very hard,’ said Cevallos, who joined her in the country two years ago.
While the teen conceded that he didn’t know his mother’s occupation, he said she was ‘always working for us to give us the best life in this country.’
The 18-year-old was waiting to meet her Thursday morning and phoned the police when he still didn’t see her at 1 pm.
Cevallos described his mother as ‘a very good person’ who was ‘always helping people’ and ‘never hurt anybody.’ 
‘She was always paying for everything. She never owed money to anybody. She was always looking to help them move forward,’ the teen said.

SoHo 54, formerly known as the Hampton Inn, advertises rooms for around $110 a night on its website

He explained that his mother had worked tirelessly to achieve the American Dream and provide a better life for her children.
‘She gave us the life that we always wanted,’ Cevallos said.
The last time he saw her was Wednesday morning, when she cooked him breakfast and paid a barber for his haircut.
Oleas-Arancibia told her son that she loved him as he left for school that day.  
‘She was always happy and having fun,’ Cevallos said. ‘I can’t believe this happened.’