Pennsylvania man allegedly killed his girlfriend with hammer
11/06/2024 2:47 pm PST
PERKIOMEN TOWNSHIP, Pa. (TCN) -- A 46-year-old man stands accused of killing his girlfriend in their shared home by allegedly hitting her on the head with a hammer.
According to the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office, in the early hours of Nov. 2, Pennsylvania State Police responded to an apartment to a report of a deceased female. Troopers located 34-year-old Jessica Zipkin dead at the scene with a "fatal wound to the back of her head."
Prosecutors said authorities recovered a hammer near the victim’s body. An autopsy determined Zipkin died of blunt force trauma to the head, and her death was ruled a homicide.
On Nov. 2, the district attorney’s office announced that Zipkin’s boyfriend, William Carey, was arrested on suspicion of her death and faces charges of first-degree murder, third-degree murder, and possessing an instrument of crime.
Carey appeared in court for his arraignment on Nov. 2 and was remanded to the Montgomery County Correctional Facility without bail. He is set to appear in court again for a preliminary hearing on Nov. 13.
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