Disclaimer: All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The man accused of strangling a woman to death in August has been transported back to New Orleans. 36-year-old Courtney Cantrell has been booked into Central Lockup by NOPD in connection to the death of 44-year-old Patricia Fitzgerald. Woman shot during Mid-City armed robbery: NOPD On Aug. 19, Fitzgerald's body was discovered under the wharf near Esplanade Avenue and the Mississippi River. NOPD officers began a homicide investigation after the Orleans Parish Coroner's Office discovered the woman had bite marks on her stomach. The coroner listed Fitzgerald's cause of death as “blunt force injuries and manual strangulation.” Through an investigation, detectives identified Cantrell as the suspect. He was located and arrested in Poplar, Montana on Monday, Sept. 16. Man found shot to death in Plum Orchard neighborhood On Oct. 22, he was extradited from the Roosevelt County Jail in Wolf Point, Montana to New Orleans where he will face a charge of second-degree murder. Anyone with information on the incident can call NOPD Homicide detectives at 504-658-5300. Stay up to date with the latest news, weather and sports by downloading the WGNO app on the Apple or Google Play stores and by subscribing to the WGNO newsletter. Latest Posts $10M awarded for improvements to MSY airport Woman surrenders in Marigny homicide investigation FUELED Wellness + Nutrition | Golden cookies + milk for Carrigan’s Golden Birthday Harris pitches herself as 'pragmatic capitalist' in push for Latino voters Suspect in August strangulation death now in New Orleans police custody