Tentative trial date set for man accused of killing Kathy Taft

Calendar July 19, 2011 | Posted by Poppy Fitzsimons

RALEIGH — Jason K. Williford, the man accused of raping and killing a state school board member in March 2010, could go to trial next spring.

At a hearing Wednesday on all of Wake County’s homicide cases in the queue, Judge Donald Stephens tentatively set a trial date for March.

Williford faces the possibility of the death penalty on charges of murder, first-degree rape and burglary connected to the beating death of Kathy Taft, a state school board member.

Jason K. Williford, the man accused of raping and killing a state school board member in March 2010, could go to trial next spring.

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