Jury seated at trial of Perkiomen Township man accused in fatal hammer attack

Prosecutor: Perkiomen man had intent to kill in hammer attack of girlfriend

NORRISTOWN — A Perkiomen Township man had the specific intent to kill when he used a hammer to repeatedly strike his girlfriend in the head, killing her during a brutal attack, a prosecutor argued to a jury. William Roy Carey Jr., 47, struck Jessica Zipkin, 34, more than a dozen times, shattering her skull in multiple places, while she visited Carey’s Gravel Pike residence on Nov. 1, 2024, Montgomery County Assistant District Attorney Christian …

Jury seated at trial of Perkiomen Township man accused in fatal hammer attack

NORRISTOWN — A jury has been seated for the trial of a Perkiomen Township man accused of using a hammer to brutally beat and kill his girlfriend during an altercation inside his apartment. A jury of 12 and two alternate jurors was empaneled Tuesday afternoon in Montgomery County Court to weigh evidence presented at the trial of William Roy Carey Jr., 47, of the 500 block of Gravel Pike, who faces charges of first- and third-degree murder and pos…