It happened before 2:30 a.m. Sunday at a home in the 3000 block of Ruth Street.
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Officers arrived to find 41-year-old Marisol Garcia-Infante lying unconscious next to her bed in a pool of blood.
Medics pronounced her dead.
A short time later, 43-year-old Juan Valerio approached police stationed outside the home.
Police say Valerio told them he hit Garcia-Infante in the head with a hammer.
Detectives took him into custody and later charged him with murder and possession of an instrument of crime.
There was no immediate word what motivated the attack.
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