A 39-year-old Utica man has been charged in the death of his mother, according to Utica Police.

Officers responded to an apartment on Devereux Street for a domestic incident, where police said they found 71-year-old Fakhrieh Abdelghani dead in a bedroom. Police said her son, 39-year-old Abraham Zlap, was also at the apartment and was taken into custody. Zlap was charged with second-degree murder.

Police said Friday that the preliminary cause of death was strangulation, but added the "full facts and details of the incident will be released through the court process."