Editor’s Note: This article contains graphic details and could be disturbing for some readers. A Bucks County man will spend decades in prison after pleading guilty to murdering his elderly mother inside their home in June of 2024. William Michael Ingram, 51, was sentenced on Wednesday, Feb . 18 to serve 30 to 64 years in Pennsylvania state prison. Ingram pleaded guilty back in December of 2025 to 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. If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline by calling 1-800-799-SAFE (7233), visiting www.thehotline.org or texting LOVEIS to 22522. The murder of Dolores Ingram On Sunday, June 16, 2024, a radio dispatcher in Bucks County received a call from the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. Police said William Ingram, then 49, of Northampton Township, Pennsylvania, was in their custody. Ingram had attacked an MPD officer and damaged a police vehicle earlier that morning shortly after midnight. While being held in police custody, Ingram told employees at the detention center that he needed to go to the hospital. Ingram then allegedly said, “I killed my mom. Did I tell you that?” When Ingram was asked if he had an emergency contact, he replied, “Not anymore.” He then gave the staff members a phone number and said, “I killed her,” according to investigators. Ingram also said he drove his mother’s car to Washington, D.C. and made unprovoked statements about being a drug dealer, police said. After receiving the message from Metropolitan Police, Northampton Township Police officers conducted a wellbeing check at a home on Beacon Hill Drive in Northampton Township, Pennsylvania. The responding officers noticed blood on the window of the home. When the officers entered, they found more blood smeared on the walls and floor as well as furniture in disarray. They then found a pile of clothing, household items, plates, towels, linens, a laundry bag and a futon-style couch. Underneath the pile they found the body of 82-year-old Dolores Ingram. She was unresponsive and suffering from head trauma. Investigators identified her as William Ingram’s mother. Investigators later determined that Dolores Ingram’s 2015 white Honda Civic had been stolen and was last seen leaving Bucks County shortly before 10:15 a.m. on the morning of June 15. Detectives then obtained a search warrant for Dolores Ingram’s home. While inside, they found plastic bags containing pounds of marijuana as well as Psilocybin, a psychedelic drug with hallucinogenic effects commonly referred to as magic mushrooms. They also found more than $50,000 in cash, according to investigators. Bucks County Jun 17, 2024 Son in custody after woman's remains discovered in Bucks Co. condo Bucks County Jun 20, 2024 Man accused of killing mom in Bucks County faces new charges, officials say William Ingram faces sisters in court In court on Wednesday, Feb. 18, Bucks County Deputy District Attorney Monica Furber told the judge that Dolores Ingram spent much of her life supporting and caring for William Ingram before her death. “Despite the care she gave him throughout his life, he repaid her by killing her,” Furber explained. William Ingram’s two sisters were there and each gave emotional impact statements where they described their mother as a kind and generous person who “showed her love by being there for those around her.” One of the Dolores Ingram’s daughters said that she has had nightmares about her mother’s final moments. “She wasn’t giving up on you, but you gave up on her,” the judge said to William Ingram. ...read more read less