'Person Of Interest' Wanted For Questioning In Deaths Of Women Found In NYC Hotels

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Police are looking to question a Brooklyn man in connection with the deaths of two women, whose bodies were found in separate hotel rooms weeks apart.

A 35-year-old woman was found dead inside a room at the Bushwick Hotel in Brooklyn on July 23 and a 43-year-old woman was found dead at the Manhattan Broadway Hotel on West 38th Street in midtown, police said.

Their identities have not been released. The medical examiner will determine cause of death.

Joseph Danclair, 36, is described as a "person of interest" in both cases. He is believed to have spent time with each of the women before they were discovered dead, police said.

Danclair is described by police as 5'6" tall, 170 pounds, with a medium complexion, short black hair and brown eyes. He has a tattoo of two praying hands on his right upper arm and a tattoo of a rose on his left upper arm.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS, log onto the Crime Stoppers website, or text tips to 274637 (CRIMES) and enter TIP577.