A 47-year-old Pennsylvania man, William Carey Jr., will spend the rest of his life in prison for the brutal 2024 murder of his girlfriend, Jessica Zipkin. Carey struck her head more than 20 times with a hammer, leaving her brain “partially liquefied.”

According to the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office, Carey was found guilty of first-degree murder and possession of an instrument of crime on Thursday, September 11.

As a result, he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, the mandatory sentence for first-degree murder in the state of Pennsylvania.

As reported by The Philadelphia Inquirer, the incident occurred on November 1, 2024. William Carey Jr. brutally murdered Zipkin by striking her more than 20 times in the head with a hammer. A medical examiner

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