Police have arrested the mother of a Manhattanville College student and charged her with Second Degree Murder in the killing of her daughter, 18 year old Marissa Pagli. Acting Harrison Police Chief Anthony Marraccini says investigators believe 37 year old Stacey Pagli strangled Marissa around 9 a.m. Monday and then tried to take her own life by hanging herself. Officials do not believe the teenager was asleep when she was killed. Marraccini refused to speculate on a possible motive.

A wake for Marissa Pagli is planned for Thursday at Craft Memorial Funeral Home in Port Chester. A funeral mass is set for Friday at 11 a.m. at ST. Anthony of Padua Church in Harrison.