Overview
- Common Pleas Judge Stephen Corr handed down the sentence on Wednesday in Bucks County.
- William Ingram, 51, pleaded guilty on Dec. 15, 2025, to third-degree murder, abuse of a corpse, aggravated assault, cruelty to animals, and drug distribution offenses.
- Police discovered 82-year-old Dolores Ingram during a welfare check under a pile of household items that also concealed roughly six pounds of marijuana, $53,500 in cash, and psilocybin mushrooms.
- Investigators said Ingram fled in his mother's Honda Civic to Washington, D.C., where he assaulted an officer, was arrested, and told police he had killed her.
- Prosecutors, led by Deputy District Attorney Monica Furber, sought consecutive terms, the defense cited a schizoaffective disorder diagnosis, and the judge said the community required protection.