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Dating app ‘strangler’ has history of violence against women
By Stephanie Pagones and Joe Marino
July 27, 2018 | 5:24pm
Daneul DraytonDCPI
The Connecticut man accused of murdering a Queens woman and raping another in Brooklyn— using dating apps as a way to meet his victims — has a history of violent crimes against women, several police agencies have told the Post.
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Danueal Drayton, 27, was busted on Tuesday at a California hotel for allegedly murdering Queens nurse Samantha Stewart in her homenear Kennedy airport on July 17. When members of the NYPD Regional Fugitive Task Force knocked on his door, they found another woman being held captive inside, police sources said.
“[If] you look at his history, he has ties to Brooklyn, but he has a lot of connections out of New York City,” said NYPD’s Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea during a Friday media availability.
Danueal Drayton, 27, was busted on Tuesday at a California hotel for allegedly murdering Queens nurse Samantha Stewart in her homenear Kennedy airport on July 17. When members of the NYPD Regional Fugitive Task Force knocked on his door, they found another woman being held captive inside, police sources said.
“[If] you look at his history, he has ties to Brooklyn, but he has a lot of connections out of New York City,” said NYPD’s Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea during a Friday media availability
He has an arrest record in Connecticut. He has an arrest record in Nassau County.”
“I start to see themes of assaults on women, I see strangulation, I see an unlawful imprisonment — I see things that I don’t like,” he continued.
The New Haven man reportedly strangled his ex-girlfriend on June 13th after they began arguing inside her car in Inwood Park in Nassau County– and later admitted to doing so.
Just 15 minutes later, he broke into her home, but was stopped by her brother who was inside, according to Nassau County court documents.
He is being charged in Nassau County with strangulation, aggravated harassment, criminal trespass and criminal mischief, but was released on his own recognizance, a district attorney’s office spokesman said..
https://nypost.com/2018/07/27/dating-app-strangler-has-history-of-violence-against-women/