Justice Served: Son Sentenced for Chilling Murder of 82-Year-Old Mother Hidden Under Futon

A Pennsylvania man is facing a life sentence after a violent attack that led to the death of his 82-year-old mother in her condominium. After committing the crime, he concealed her body beneath household items before fleeing the area.

On Wednesday, 51-year-old William Ingram was handed a prison sentence ranging from 30 to 64 years for the “brutal” murder of his mother, Dolores Ingram. This ruling was confirmed by the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office. Ingram had previously admitted guilt in December to charges including third-degree murder, aggravated assault, corpse abuse, theft, possession of an instrument of crime, animal cruelty, and intent to distribute a controlled substance.

The incident unfolded on June 15, 2024, around 1 a.m., when a neighbor in Holland, a suburb north of Philadelphia, was disturbed by loud noises. The neighbor checked her security footage and spotted William Ingram fleeing from the condo without a shirt at 1:43 a.m., as detailed by former Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schorn.

Moments later, footage captured him returning towards the residence. By 10 a.m. that morning, the surveillance showed him leaving the home once again, according to Schorn.

William Ingram then stole his mother’s white Honda Civic and drove approximately 160 miles to Washington, D.C. There, authorities reported a confrontation with a police officer, during which Ingram made several incriminating remarks. According to a probable cause affidavit reviewed by Law&Crime, he confessed, “I killed my mother.”

The since-convicted defendant was taken to a hospital for a foot injury, and when staff asked him if he had an emergency contact number, he replied, “Not anymore,” Schorn recounted. He did end up giving them a number, but when the staff asked who it belonged to, William Ingram is said to have replied, “I killed her.”

On June 16, the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., called Bucks County authorities, asking them to conduct a welfare check on the Ingrams’ home on Beacon Hill Drive in Holland. As officers surveyed the scene outside, one noticed there was blood on a windowsill.

“The officer opened the unlocked window and noticed there was blood surrounding the immediate area and also smeared on the walls and the floor,” Schorn said. “He further observed that the furniture in the home was in disarray.”

There were items such as “plates, towels, linens, and a blue laundry bag, in addition to a futon style couch” stacked in a pile on top of Dolores Ingram’s body.

Officers’ first sight of the victim was of “a human foot sticking out” from under the pile, and it was “cold to the touch,” Schorn said. Dolores Ingram appeared to have “severe head trauma,” slicing injuries, and lacerations, and she was pronounced dead as a result of homicide.

Also located in the messy pile at the crime scene were a shattered aquarium containing two dead lizards, a hunting-style fixed blade knife close to the victim’s head, and a TV. In the rest of the home, in addition to “a large quantity of blood and spatter throughout,” investigators found what appeared to be 6 pounds of marijuana, $53,000 in cash, and “gallon-sized bags” of the psychedelic drug psilocybin.

William Ingram — unprovoked — told Washington, D.C., police officers that he was a drug dealer, according to Schorn.

Common Pleas Judge Stephen A. Corr scolded the defendant before handing down the sentence, calling the murder of his mother an “unspeakable crime.”

“She wasn’t giving up on you, but you gave up on her,” Corr said.

Deputy District Attorney Monica Furber added that Dolores Ingram had dedicated much of her life to caring for her son. “Despite the care she gave him throughout his life, he repaid her by killing her,” Furber said.

Dolores Ingram’s daughters also gave statements in court, with one stating, “I’ve had nightmares about her last moments.”

The victim was remembered in her obituary as “a kind, compassionate and generous mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend.”