NORRISTOWN — A Perkiomen Township man accused of using a hammer to fatally beat his girlfriend must answer to homicide charges in Montgomery County Court.
William Roy Carey Jr., 46, of the 500 block of Gravel Pike, was ordered to stand trial, after a preliminary hearing before District Court Judge Adam T. Katzman, on charges of first- and third-degree murder and possessing an instrument of crime in connection with the alleged Nov. 1, 2024, fatal beating of his girlfriend, Jessica Zipkin, during a domestic disturbance inside the Gravel Pike apartment.
Carey, who remains in the county jail without bail while awaiting trial, faces a formal arraignment hearing on the charges in county court later this year. After that hearing, a judge will schedule Carey’s trial date…