BALDWIN, New York (WABC) -- Details are emerging in a horrific murder on Long Island after a woman was found beaten to death behind a business Wednesday afternoon.
Authorities say the victim was a 25-year-old woman hired for sex on CraigsList Tuesday night who was bludgeoned with a hammer, and the suspect -- 36-year-old Raphael Oyague -- dumped her body in the weeds behind his apartment building.
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"There was supposed to be compensation for that sex," Nassau County Detective Captain John Azzata said. "There was an argument that ensued, and the subject ultimately hit our victim with a hammer multiple times."
The victim has been identified by police as Deeana M. Wingender, 25 of Syosset.
Two delivery workers found the body around 12:40 p.m., and Nassau County detectives tracked the victim's blood trail to his back door and placed him under arrest.
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Oyague -- who has four prior arrests for criminal contempt of an order of protection, assault and DWI -- is charged with second-degree murder.
The victim is from Long Island, but police are still trying to notify her family. She reportedly has a history with police, but they would not elaborate.