A 60-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in the deadly beating of her housemate with several household items, including a tape dispenser and shower curtain rod.
Mary Carbone pleaded guilty Monday, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office said in a news release. She was originally charged with murder, but “legitimate proof issues” that came up in the investigation led to the charge being reduced to aggravated manslaughter, prosecutors said.
Police were called to a home on 6th Avenue in Manchester on Feb. 24, 2020, where they found the lifeless body of 55-year-old Frank Stochel, officials said. An autopsy later determined that he died by homicide.
Investigators later found that multiple items found at the house…
