An Ocean County woman was accused of using a tape dispenser and a shower rod to kill a 55-year-old man at a residence they shared in Manchester, authorities said Wednesday night.

Mary Carbone, 56, is charged with murder and weapons offenses in the slaying of Frank Stochel, according to a statement from the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office. Police found Stochel dead Feb. 24 lying on the floor of his 6th Avenue home in the town’s Pine Lake Park-section after being called to an unresponsive man there.

The county medical examiner ruled the fatality a homicide, according to the statement, which did not reveal the exact cause of death. Carbone was arrested Wednesday following a joint probe involving multiple law enforcement agencies.

“This cooperative investigation further revealed that several household items were used by Ms. Carbone in the commission of this murder. Specially, a tape dispenser and a shower rod were recovered from the scene,” the prosecutor’s office statement said.

“The injuries sustained by Mr. Stochel were consistent with the implementation of these items,” the statement said.

Carbone was identified as a Toms River resident, but officials said she lived at the Manchester home with Stochel.

“We were able to determine very early on in this investigation that there was no immediate danger to the public, from there - these detectives went to work doing what they do best,” Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said in a statement.

Authorities did not comment on a possible motive for the homicide.

Carbone was being held at the Ocean County Jail ahead of a detention hearing. It was not immediately clear if she had an attorney.

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