PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The husband of a jogger found strangled in a park has been charged with her murder, police said Sunday, days after they warned female runners to take extra precautions until the killer was caught. 
 
 Authorities announced the arrest of 48-year-old Christopher Murray at a Sunday afternoon news conference. His 46-year-old wife, Constance, was found dead Tuesday in Pennypack Park in northeast Philadelphia. The mother of two had been out running the night before. 
 
 "The reality was he became a suspect early on and remained a suspect until he confessed," Lt. Philip Riehl said. 
 
 Riehl said Murray has expressed remorse. "I think it was more of a rage incident more than premeditated," he said. 
 
 Investigators say Murray trailed his wife in a car while she went out Monday night, and the two began to argue. Police say Murray continued to follow her, and the pair went to a bench at the park where they continued to fight. 
 
 "She went up there voluntarily to talk to him about whatever was going on and things went bad," Riehl said. 
 
 Christopher Murray strangled his wife and left her body near the bench, police said. He called police early Wednesday to report her missing, and a woman walking her dog found Connie Murray's body a few hours later. 
 
 Surveillance video showed Christopher Murray in his vehicle, and he was taken in for questioning Saturday night, police said. 
 
 Riehl said aspects of his story didn't add up. He failed a lie detector test and then confessed, Riehl said. 
 
 Connie Murray's headphones and cellphone were recovered in a nearby sewer. 
 
 A memorial service was scheduled for Sunday and the funeral for Monday, according to an obituary. The couple have two daughters, ages 12 and 15. 
 
 In a phone interview with the Philadelphia Daily News last week, Christopher Murray described his wife's death as "devastating" and said she was "a beautiful woman, a loving, caring mother, a fabulous friend." 
 
 Murray was denied bail, and no attorney is listed for him in court papers. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Aug. 27. ||||| Police announced this afternoon that they have arrested the husband of Constance “Connie” Murray and charged him with murdering her last week in Pennypack Park. 
 
 
 
 Cops say Christopher Murray, 48, allegedly confronted his 46-year-old wife Monday night when she went for a jog, then strangled her. The Northeast Philadelphia mother of two was found around 6 a.m. Tuesday. 
 
 
 
 “The reality was he became a suspect early on and remained a suspect until he confessed,” said Homicide Lt. Philip Riehl. “There was a lot of good police work that went into this.” 
 
 
 
 Riehl said aspects of Christopher Murray’s story didn’t add up, which led them to bring in a state police trooper to administer a lie-detector test. He failed, then confessed. Riehl said Murray has expressed remorse. 
 
 
 
 “I think it was more of a rage incident more than premeditated,” Riehl said, adding that there had been “some ongoing domestic discord between the two.” 
 
 
 
 Connie Murray’s funeral services were scheduled to begin tonight and conclude tomorrow. They have two daughters, ages 12 and 15. 
 
 
 
 “They had the funeral scheduled, and now they’re going to find out today that their father has been charged in their mother’s death,” Riehl said. 
 
 
 
 In an interview with the Daily News last week, Christopher Murray described his wife as “a beautiful woman, a loving, caring mother, a fabulous friend.” He declined to comment further. 
 
 
 
 “Obviously, there’s no celebration in this case, but perhaps the people that play and exercise in the area of Pennypack Park can have a sigh of relief because there is not a predator lurking in the area,” Riehl said. ||||| (Reuters) - A Philadelphia man was charged with murder after confessing that he strangled his wife while she was out for an evening jog, police said on Sunday. 
 
 Christopher Murray, 48, failed a lie detector test and then admitted to killing his wife, Police Lieutenant Philip Riehl told a news conference. 
 
 Murray told investigators that he and his wife, Constance Murray, 46, had argued on the evening of Aug. 4 and she left for a walk or jog in a park near their home. 
 
 Murray followed his wife in his car. The pair argued on a park bench, where Murray strangled her, police said. 
 
 "She went up there voluntarily to talk to him about whatever was going on and things went bad," Riehl said. 
 
 Her body was found early the next morning, police said. 
 
 Police said they did not believe Murray set out in his car with the intention of killing his wife. Surveillance video from the area showed his vehicle in the area. 
 
 The Murrays have two daughters, according to the Philadelphia Daily News. It was unclear if Murray had obtained an attorney. 
 
 (Reporting by Victoria Cavaliere in Seattle; Editing by Paul Tait)
– After a jogger's body was found in a Philadelphia park, police told runners to be on their guard—but it seems the murder wasn't an arbitrary killing. Instead, police say Christopher Murray, husband of jogger Constance Murray, killed his wife in an argument, the AP reports. Murray confessed to the crime after failing a lie detector test, police say, per the Philadelphia Daily News. "I think it was more of a rage incident ... than premeditated," officer Philip Riehl says. Amid "some ongoing domestic discord," Murray allegedly jumped in a car and followed his wife when she went jogging; at that point, police say, they don't think he was planning to kill her, Reuters notes. The couple ended up arguing on a bench. "She went up there voluntarily to talk to him about whatever was going on and things went bad," the officer notes. Police say Christopher Murray strangled Constance and left her body nearby; he later reported her missing, the AP notes. "The reality was he became a suspect early on and remained a suspect until he confessed," Riehl says, adding that "the people [who] play and exercise in the area … can have a sigh of relief because there is not a predator lurking." The couple has two daughters, ages 12 and 15, per the Daily News.