Four first-degree murder trials are set for Cumberland County Superior Court this month, including a man accused of murder in a 2023 beating death in Wade.

Kareem Jamal Butler, 52, of Fayetteville, is to be tried on a charge of first-degree murder in the death of Christopher William Torok , 54, of Wade.

According to Butler's arrest affidavit, a neighbor checking on Torok after he was assaulted found him dead inside his River Road home Nov. 11, 2023.

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