NORRISTOWNÂ â An August trial date has been set for a Maryland man accused of fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend at her Lower Moreland home.
William Tomas Torres, 63, of Elkton, Md., will face a Montgomery County Court jury on Aug. 23 when his trial is slated to get under way in connection with the alleged Nov. 25, 2019, fatal shooting of 57-year-old Jeanne Edwards.
The trial before Judge William R. Carpenter is expected to last five days. The trial date was scheduled after a conference between the judge and the lawyers in the case.
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Jury trials were suspended in the county in March 2020 as a precaution when the coronavirus pandemic surfaced. With vaccinations increasing and the COVID-19 positivity rate decreasing in the county jury trials are now being scheduled for late summer and early fall.