A woman accused of beating a 72-year-old man to death in a Rampart Street hotel room , leaving his hands bound and his head covered in a plastic bag, will be held on a $750,000 bond, a magistrate judge has ruled.

Police arrested Feliciana Winniford, 38, on one count of second-degree murder in connection with the killing. A housekeeper discovered the body of Ralph Yarborough shortly after noon on Tuesday at the Homewood Suites in the 300 block of North Rampart Street.

According to a police affidavit filed in court, Winniford arrived at the hotel with Yarborough at 11:50 p.m. Monday. About two and a half hours later, surveillance video allegedly captured Winniford carrying a tan trash can out of the hotel. Police say she stashed it inside a white Hyundai parked across the street from the

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