PORT ALLEN - A man believed to be connected to a Sarasota, Fla. murder was arrested in West Baton Rouge Parish early Wednesday, authorities said.

Djalma Gordon, 41, of Sarasota was detained just before 1 a.m. in a traffic stop by West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's deputies.

Sarasota Police said they booked Gordon with the overnight murder of a woman whose identity they have not yet released. She was found dead around 8 p.m. Tuesday in her apartment. Police, who went to the apartment for a welfare check, say she was the victim of "homicidal violence."