Murder of a woman at the posh Jumeirah Essex House hotel off Central Park over the weekend, the hotel's housekeeping chief has been charged with the crime.
The New York Times reports:
The suspect, Derrick W. Praileau, 29, of 1521 White Plains Road, in the Bronx, was taken to Manhattan Criminal Court on Sunday afternoon and later charged with second-degree murder in the death of the woman, Andree Bejjani, whose body was found on Saturday in a 10th-floor apartment at the Jumeirah Essex House, where Mr. Praileau worked. He was ordered held without bail.
Investigators were able to link Praileau, who has worked at the hotel since he was 17, to the crime by studying the key card use of employees at the hotel and surveillance tapes. The victim, who is from Dubai, was temporarily living in one of the hotel's condos owned by her sister. The hotel was fully cooperative with the investigation and has released a statement offering their condolences to the victim's family.
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