MESA, Ariz. — Authorities say a man living in Oklahoma has been arrested in the 1982 killing of a woman who was strangled in her Mesa apartment.

Mesa police on Tuesday announced that 55-year-old Marion "Homer" Parmar is being held on suspicion of first-degree murder and awaiting extradition to Arizona.

Parmar was arrested Aug. 5 after Mesa police and federal authorities tracked him to McAlester, Oklahoma.

Police say DNA evidence helped link Parmar to the killing of 34-year-old Ernestine Curtis Brewer, who was found dead on July 18, 1982.