A man accused of killing his mother in her condominium in the Holland section of Northampton Township was charged in Bucks County Thursday, authorities said.
District Attorney Jennifer Schorn announced that 49-year-old William Michael Ingram was charged with the brutal murder of his 82-year-old mother, Dolores Ingram.
Ingram, who was extradited back to Bucks County on Thursday, faces a slew of charges, including criminal homicide, aggravated assault, theft, receiving stolen property, criminal mischief, possession of an instrument of crime, abuse of a corpse, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, possession of drug paraphernalia, and two counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, and cruelty to animals.
Prosecutors plan to request that William Ingram be held without bail at the Bucks County Correctional Facility during a preliminary arraignment before District Judge Brian Marriott.
Dolores Ingram’s body was discovered Sunday morning inside their residence at 26024 Beacon Hill Drive following a welfare check called into Bucks County’s 9-1-1 by the Metropolitan D.C. Police Department.
The discovery was made after Ingram was arrested in Washington D.C. for assaulting an officer and damaging a police vehicle. He was naked at the time of his arrest, authorities said.
Following his arrest in the nation’s capital, Ingram reportedly confessed to multiple D.C. officers that he had killed his mother.
An autopsy performed by Forensic Pathologist Dr. Ian Hood on Dolores Ingram’s body showed that she suffered multiple injuries, including blunt force trauma, slicing injuries, and lacerations, leading to her death, according to authorities.
The manner of death was ruled as homicide.
Bucks County Detectives and Northampton Township police investigators traveled to Washington D.C. as part of the investigation and reviewed hours of body-worn camera footage from Washington D.C. police.
In one segment, William Ingram allegedly stated: “I killed my mom, did I tell you that, that’s what they are probably telling you … and I threw all this shit over her, I remember now, it comes back to me later.”
Details from court papers laid out a gruesome scene at the condominium.
Police said they found blood in various rooms and disarray.
Responding officers observed blood on a windowsill and further inside the home police said.
Dolores Ingram’s body was eventually discovered under a pile of clothes, a large geode rock weighing approximately 60 pounds, household items, broken furniture, and a shattered glass aquarium for two reptile/lizards, which were both found dead on the floor in the living room, authorities said.
Investigators said they recovered a hunting-style knife near Dolores Ingram’s head.
At the scene, police also found drugs and cash, including six pounds of marijuana, over $50,000 in cash, and various forms of THC and psychedelic substances, authorities said.
According to investigators, a witness at the 82-year-old woman’s complex reported being awakened at 1 a.m. Saturday by loud banging noises. Upon checking her home security camera at 1:42 a.m., she observed William Ingram exiting the condo shirtless, only to return a minute later. By 10:03 a.m., the camera recorded Ingram leaving the residence again, this time dressed and carrying a duffel bag. The witness mentioned she had not seen him since.
Ingram’s vehicle was found in the complex’s parking lot, and his mother’s white 2015 Honda Civic was missing, authorities said.
License plate readers tracked the missing vehicle at two separate locations: first at 10:13 a.m. near the 413 Bypass and Route 332 East in Newtown Township, and then at 10:21 a.m. at Route 332 and Stony Hill Road in Lower Makefield Township, authorities said.
Police were still searching for a white 2015 Honda Civic, with Pennsylvania registration KTV-2098, believed to be driven by Ingram to Washington D.C., according to authorities.
District Attorney Jennifer Schorn and Northampton Township Police Lt. Charles Pinkerton commended the swift action of local officers and the cooperation of the Metropolitan D.C. Police Department.
Schorn called the crime “heinous.”
“I want to offer my condolences to the victim’s family,” Schorn said at a Thursday afternoon press conference. “This is a heartbreaking case, and our hearts go out to her family members.”
Northampton Township police and the Bucks County Detectives have asked anyone with information to come forward and contact the authorities at 215-322-6111 or 215-348-6354, or visit Bucksda.org.
