Queens woman beaten to death by teen tenant in back rent clash: NYPD

A Queens woman was beaten to death in her home by an upstairs teen tenant during a crazed quarrel over back rent, cops said Thursday.

Zoraida Leo, 55, was found dead inside her East Elmhurst home on Tuesday, cops said.

Police responding to Leo’s home on 96th St. near 32nd Ave. at 5:15 p.m. found the woman sprawled out on the floor with scratches on her face, cops said.

Cops quickly determined Leo had died from an assault and zeroed in on upstairs tenant Davi Vidal, arresting him the day her body was found, a police source said. Vidal, 19, attacked Leo during an argument over unpaid rent, cops said.

Cops charged Vidal with murder. His arraignment in Queens Criminal Court was pending Thursday.