PHILADELPHIA—Authorities have charged a man with murder in the strangulation death of a woman in a north Philadelphia home over the weekend.

The Philadelphia Inquirer ( http://bit.ly/O1TsYS) says officers responding to a call about a woman screaming found 31-year-old Sonya Lewis dead inside the home just after 6 a.m. Saturday. Police said an autopsy determined that the victim had been strangled.

Forty-year-old Larry Rodriguez was arrested Monday and charged with murder. Police said he and the victim had been arguing.

Rodriguez was held without bail pending a July 18 hearing; a listed number for him could not be found and it was unclear whether he had an attorney.

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Information from: The Philadelphia Inquirer, http://www.philly.com