Arlington murder suspect’s trial set for next summer

BENNINGTON — The murder trial of Timothy Butler in the stabbing death of an 81-year-old Arlington woman is scheduled for August.
Judge David Howard approved a trial schedule Friday after a status conference in the case in Bennington Superior Court.
Timothy Butler, of Sunderland, pleaded not guilty in the killing of an Arlington woman.Butler, 32, has been held since being arraigned in March on charges of first-degree murder and burglary of an occupied dwelling while armed with a dangerous w