NORTHAMPTON TWP., Pa. (WPVI) — A Bucks County man will spend the next 30 to 64 years in prison for killing his 82-year-old mother.
William Ingram, 51, was sentenced on Wednesday for the horrific crime that unfolded inside their shared Northampton Township condo in June 2024.
When officers arrived, the home was in disarray, and Delores Ingram’s body was found buried under a large pile of items, including a couch, an aquarium with dead reptiles nearby, dishes, and lamps.
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Investigators also found six pounds of marijuana, psilocybin mushrooms and more than $53,000 in cash. It was determined that the items were intended for distribution, investigators said.
During sentencing, Deputy District Attorney Monica Furber noted that the victim dedicated a substantial part of her life to caring for the defendant. “Despite the care she gave him throughout his life, he repaid her by killing her,” Furber said.
After the murder, Ingram stole his mother’s car and drove to Washington, D.C., where he was apprehended. He then reportedly confessed to killing his mother, which brought officers to the Bucks County home.
In December 2025, Ingram pleaded guilty to third-degree murder, aggravated assault, abuse of a corpse, theft by unlawful taking, receiving stolen property, possession of an instrument of crime, cruelty to animals and possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance.
An autopsy determined the victim died from blunt trauma to the head, slicing injuries and lacerations.
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