( CNN ) It was a story that sounded like something out of a horror film : Two young brothers strangled by a 100-pound snake that came crashing through the ceiling as they slept . But this was no work of fiction . It was the all-too-real fate suffered by brothers Connor and Noah Barthe in August 2013 at a sleepover in the home of Jean-Claude Savoie , a family friend who lived above an exotic pet store that he ran in New Brunswick , Canada . Though deemed a tragic accident from the outset , the incident nevertheless remained under investigation , and on Thursday , 18 months later , the Royal Canadian Mounted Police announced that it had `` arrested an individual in connection with the deaths of Noah and Connor Barthe of Campbellton , ( New Brunswick ) . '' Leslie Matchim , an attorney for Savoie , confirmed that his client was the one arrested . `` It remains to be seen if there will be charges , '' Matchim said on Thursday . A call and email to the Crown Prosecutor 's Office was not immediately returned . Savoie was arrested in Montreal , where he has since relocated , some 500 miles away from his Reptile Ocean pet store , according to Matchim . He remained in custody there Thursday night . According to CBC , the African rock python was kept in a glass enclosure similar to an aquarium , but on the night of the sleepover it slithered into the ventilation system . It was above the living room , where Connor , 6 , and Noah , 4 , were sleeping , when the ceiling caved in . Autopsy results revealed that the boys died from asphyxiation .
Pet store owner Jean-Claude Savoie arrested in connection with 2013 deaths of young brothers . The two boys were found dead inside a pet shop on the outskirts of Montreal last year. The boys were at a sleepover at Savoie 's apartment above the pet store .