i would suggest not making recommendations before examining the facts and and see what could or couldn’t prevent it and based on that making recommendations
If only readers of this article examined the statements made before coming to conclusions. This article is absolutely leading people to get clicks. First off it states that the police are only conducting an investigations. Later in the article, there is circumstantial support provided in that the author states that the victim "stayed for several nights each month at the SoHo 54 Hotel in Lower Manhattan going back about a year" Lets remind everyone that in order to book several nights at a hotel that also means to booker several days. Stating "nights" sets a suggestive tone and setting in the readers mind. What if she was only using the room for the daytime, which by the way is when many providers actual provide. Many just book a hotel for working hours and then go home. How would that change everyone's impression? People are already drifting into a direction with little evidence. This is hardly a smoking gun to accuse her of being is a sex worker. It may sounds like it is to some, but I know from my experience that I use to have consultants living in the outer boroughs booking hotels in Manhattan because they could get away with it. It wasn't against there company policy, and some of these were mom and pop consulting firms looking for anything to pad the bill. Doing this helped the consultants avoid commutes and got them points on a loyalty card. I'm talking hot 20 y/o's, that could easily be mistaken for providers, but they were just looking to rack up travel and hotel points to use for personal trips. I'm not saying that's the case here or the norm but just because a single female is staying in a hotel regularly that doesn't mean she's a sex worker.
"is also believed to have been working for a man in Manhattan who she communicated with on WhatsApp." So what? What proof is this. If they had some hard evidence they would have stated something like, her WhatsApp messages described various appointments and encounter details showing her to be a sex work. They don't state anything like that. Nothing concrete is stated here. A damn cleaning person could get the same sort of text messages from their employer and no one would be able to tell the difference between them being sent to a cleaning appointment or an outcall session. Same could go for people doing makeup, hair, beauty, or therapy services and those hosting in calls. This is totally meant to lead the reader in a direction.
I'm not saying she isn't a provider but I also wouldn't be shocked if we somehow find out she was doing something completely unrelated. I'm also not suggesting she wasn't doing anything illegal. For all we know she could have been a dealer or working with one, but nothing is going to sell as well as Dead hooker found in Soho.
Worst part is I'm already seeing actual providers on twitter posting about this article and no one is suggesting that they even knew who this person was. This is a small community. When something bad happens news travel fast and people who knew the person usually spring up left and right to directly provide condolences and do not just become opportunists saying "this is why we ask for XYZ."
