New York artist identified as murder victim at posh Hamptons spa where Kate Hudson and Katie Couric were staying

A New York artist has been identified as the mystery woman found brutally murdered Monday at a luxury Hamptons spa that caters to stars such as Kate Hudson and Katie Couric.

Sabina Rosas, 33, of Brooklyn, was found dead in the guest room Suffolk County police said Tuesday that she was the apparent victim of an as-yet-unsolved act of violence.

Details about Rosas’ death remained murky more than a day after a spa employee found her body in one of the 13 private guest studios at the upscale resort in Water Mill, a posh village in the Long Island town of Southampton.

The shocking killing belied the peaceful setting of the $1,000-a-night spa, located along a quiet stretch of Montauk Highway, and caught locals by surprise.

“It’s just out of character for this area, and for this area in particular,” said Jean Wong, 56.

“It’s very ironic because you go to a place like this for relaxation and comfort. What could have led to the murder?”

A statue of Buddha stood at the end of a long gravel driveway leading to the resort, which was cordoned off with crime scene tape Tuesday afternoon.

A Suffolk County Police van and a Southampton Police car pulled up to the driveway at about 4pm and left half an hour later.

Before Rosas’s murder, Shaw Sugi Ban’s house was featured in Vogue, which detailed the evening of 2022 hosted by actress Kate Hudson and attended by Stella McCartney and Katie Couric.

Police have not released details about what brought Rosas to the resort.

Rosas herself seems to have led a somewhat nomadic life, often touching upon political upheavals as she pursued her work.

Her husband, who splits his time between Coney Island and Miami, flew in from Florida on Tuesday to speak with police in Long Island about the death of her, his roommate. told the New York Daily News.

“I think everyone is in shock,” the roommate said.

Rosas was an artist participating in the 2021 Technology Immersion Program of the nonprofit Harvestworks, the report confirmed.

Her biography on the nonprofit’s website states that she was originally from Tajikistan but fled to Turkmenistan in 1993 during the civil war that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union.

She moved to Crimea in 2000 and returned to Tajikistan in 2003, where she studied painting, according to her biography.

In 2009, Rosas moved to the U.S. to study art and eventually came to Forest Hills a year later, the biographies said. She graduated from Purchase College with a BA in New Media.

Rosas spent the past year in her native Tajikistan, her husband’s roommate told the Daily News.

The murder generated a level of attention — and fear — that was alien to many Hampton residents.

“I was driving by earlier and I saw these news trucks and I was like, ‘Whoa, what did Justin Timberlake do this time?’ because the only thing worth covering here is related to celebrities,” said 43-year-old Lisa Stach.

“Obviously, this is not a city where there are a lot of murders, so it’s very shocking. I feel terrible for the victim and her family,” Stach added. “It makes you think if you’re not safe there, where are you?”

— Additional reporting by Dorian Geiger