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William Ingram, of Northampton Township, was returned to Bucks County on Thursday, June 20, where he faces a slew of charges in the chilling death of his 82-year-old mother, Dolores Ingram, District Attorney Jennifer Schorn said.
Police were called to Dolores' home on 26024 Beacon Hill Drive on Sunday morning, June 16, after Bucks County radio dispatchers got a call from the Metropolitan D.C. Police Department to check on her well-being, the Bucks County DA's Office said.
The tip came from William Ingram himself, as he'd been arrested in Washington DC for assaulting an officer and damaging a police car. During his arrest, Ingram blurted out that he'd killed his mother.
Officers responding to the welfare check saw blood on a windowsill and more blood smeared on the walls from outside of the condo, window, and floor inside. Furniture appeared in disarray.
Police forced their way inside through the locked front door, and the living room appeared to have been cleared out, with the exception of a pile of clothes, towels/linens, furniture, and other household items on the far-right side of the living room.
While pulling items off of a pile and moving the couch, one officer saw a foot, cold to the touch. What he found was Dolores Ingram's lifeless body, who appeared to have suffered severe head trauma and was buried under a pile of household items, including furniture and clothes, in the main living room area, the DA's office said.
Meanwhile, a witness reported being awakened at 1 a.m. Saturday to the sound of a loud banging. While the witness was awake, she reviewed her home camera and at 1:42 a.m., the camera showed William Ingram running out of the condo shirtless.
He walked back a minute later. At 10:03 a.m., the camera showed William Ingram leaving the home was wearing a shirt and carrying a duffel bag. The witness said she had not seen him since. Police located Ingram’s vehicle in the complex’s parking lot, but his mother’s white 2015 Honda Civic was missing.
Using license plate readers, investigators tracked the vehicle to two locations: at 10:13 a.m. at the 413 Bypass and Route 332 East in Newtown Township, and at 10:21 a.m. on Route 332 and Stony Hill Road in Lower Makefield Township.
Based on the readings, the vehicle was heading away from the home. During a search of the residence, police could not find the keys to Dolores Ingram’s Honda Civic, but they did find a key fob for William Ingram’s vehicle next to his mother’s body.
William has been charged with criminal homicide, aggravated assault, theft by unlawful taking, 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, possession of a controlled substance and cruelty to animals. His arraignment is scheduled for Thursday evening, June 20, and he will be lodged in the county jail without bail.
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