QUEENS — Police are searching for the husband of a woman found brutally beaten to death inside her Astoria home Thursday.
Tara Hawes, 33, was found bloodied from severe head injuries when authorities discovered her body in her second-floor apartment at 26-80 30th Street just before 8:30 p.m. Thursday, police said. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Cops want to question the victim’s husband, Jordan Hawes, 32, after the medical examiner determined she suffered blunt force trauma to the head.
Police released a surveillance image of Jordan Hawes using his wife’s ATM card on the morning of Tues., Jan. 31.
Cops described the man as standing 5-foot-9 and weighing 150 pounds. He could possibly be driving a gray-colored Jeep Liberty with the New York license plate number FEX7781, police added.
Neighbors at Hawes’ building said they heard the couple quarrelling at times, describing the husband as soft-spoken during encounters with other residents.
"He doesn't really speak to other people,” said one neighbor, Fabian, who declined to provide his last name.
Another neighbor said he often ran into Jordan Hawes while the man was out walking his large labrador.
"She's more a friendly person and always said hi to people," said Alejandro Tellez, 27, who's lived in the building for 18 years, adding the last time he saw the man was this past weekend. "He more kept to himself."
Anyone with information regarding the incident or the location of Jordan Hawes is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS. The public can also submit tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website at www.crimestoppers.com or texting tips to 274637(CRIMES), then enter TIP577.
