Both Pace, 62, and Eudy were residents of the facility.
First responders were called to Open Fields Assisted Living at 3210 Western Blvd. on April 5, 2018, about an unresponsive resident and found Eudy dead.
Tarboro police officers responded in a medical assist role.
When officers arrived at the scene, they became suspicious of the circumstances and began processing the room for potential evidence and requested an autopsy, according to a post on the Tarboro Police Departmentâs Facebook page.
The following day, the police department was notified that Eudy had sustained injuries consistent with manual strangulation.
According to her death certificate, Eudy had been asphyxiated and suffered traumatic injuries to her neck.