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Mary Carbone, 56, was charged with murder in the slaying of 55-year-old Frank Stochel at a home they shared in Manchester, they said.
Police found Stochel dead on the floor of his 6th Avenue home in the township's Pine Lake Park-section on Feb. 24
The county Medical Examiner ruled his death a homicide, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Manchester Township Police Chief Lisa Parker said in a statement.
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Carbone was arrested on murder and weapons charges on Wednesday, they said.
A possible motive wasn't disclosed.
Detectives found that "several household items were used by Ms. Carbone in the commission of this murder," Billhimer and Parker said. "Specially, a tape dispenser and a shower rod were recovered from the scene,
“The injuries sustained by Mr. Stochel were consistent with the implementation of these items."
Carbone was initially identified as a Toms River resident, but county officials said she lived at the Manchester home with Stochel.
She remained held Thursday at the Ocean County Jail pending a detention hearing in Central Judicial Processing Court in Toms River.
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