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A 59-year-old man was charged Thursday with the nearly 30-year-old cold case strangulation murder of an unidentified woman inside a Queens motel – decades after he wasJose Velasquez, 59, formerly of Astoria, now stands accused of fatally strangling a “Jane Doe” victim – believed to be between 25 and 35 years old – inside Room 119 of the since-shuttered Turf Motel on 14th Street near Broadway in 1998, the DA’s office said.
The woman – who was carrying no identification – was discovered under a mattress, and wedged into the box spring of the bed, with a scarf tightly wrapped around her neck on Jan. 12, 1998, prosecutors said. Jose Velasquez, 59, was charged Thursday with the strangulation murder of an unidentified woman at a hotel in Astoria, Queens, in 1998.Later that year, the city medical examiner’s office determined that the victim died by ligature strangulation. At the time of the autopsy, investigators gathered DNA evidence from the victim’s underwear and scrapings and clippings of her fingernails.Location of Charlie Kirk suspect's boyfriend revealed — as family shares lovers' descent into delusion before killing Kyrsten Sinema accused of being a homewrecker, pushing her ex-bodyguard to take 'molly' in bonkers lawsuit Velasquez, meanwhile, was being held in an upstate lockup on a second-degree murder conviction for allegedly strangling another unidentified woman to death inside Park Slope’s Lincoln Plaza hotel – which is also now shuttered – in 1999, according to cops and online records. That woman was found by a maintenance worker in a filled-up bathtub on April 29 and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The woman, identified as “Jane Doe,” was found under a mattress at the since-shuttered Turf Motel on 14th Street near Broadway with a scarf that covered her neck.Velasquez was arrested in connection to her murder on May 2 and convicted on April 27, 2000, following a jury trial, according to cops and Brooklyn prosecutors.He was arraigned Thursday on a grand jury indictment, charging him with second-degree murder, and ordered held without bail by Supreme Court Justice Ushir Pandit-Durant, according to the DA’s office. “Every victim matters, and we are committed to holding offenders accountable, no matter how long it takes. I thank members of my Cold Case Unit and our partners at the NYPD Cold Case Squad for their work on this case.”Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey issues ultimatum to anti-ICE activists after week of violenceRikki Schlott Social media is making Gen Z all look and dress and sound the same — and our country is suffering for itSimone Biles pairs $650 furry Ugg heels with an Hermès Kelly bag for Chicago Bulls gameRyan Lochte moves in with new girlfriend and her 3 kids only 9 months after divorce
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