New charges were set Thursday night against the man who allegedly confessed to Washington D.C. police that he murdered his 82 year old mother in their Northampton Township home.
The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office held a press conference on Thursday afternoon regarding the killing of Dolores Ingram in her Holland residence.
Son, William Michael Ingram, 49 is now charged with killing his 82-year-old mother said District Attorney Jennifer Schorn in addition to A slew of related violent offenses.
An autopsy conducted Tuesday by Forensic Pathologist Dr. Ian Hood found that Dolores Ingram suffered multiple injuries, including blunt force trauma, slicing injuries, and lacerations. Hood ruled her cause of death to be multiple injuries and manner of death to be homicide, said the Bucks County authorities.
William Ingram was returned to Bucks County from Washington D.C. He was arraigned by Magisterial District Judge Brian M. Marriott and granted the prosecution’s request to remand him to Bucks County Correctional Facility (BCCF) without bail, Thursday.
He was 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, according to court documents
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New details emerged from the investigation into the Father’s Day homicide. During another segment of police body camera footage, the defendant was asked how he got to Washington D.C., and he responded, “I drove my mom’s car,” according to the criminal complaint.
Among the new details was: During the search of the home, investigators located a large quantity of blood throughout the residence. Blood was found in every room in the two-bedroom apartment, including the entrance foyer, both bedrooms, living room, kitchen, and bathroom. Police also noted holes in the drywall. Some of the items piled on the victim, included a large geode type of rock weighing approximately 60 pounds, and a shattered glass aquarium that had housed two reptile/lizards, which were both found deceased on the floor. Police also recovered a hunting-style knife near the victim’s head. Numerous household items that had been stacked on the victim had been broken or damaged when thrown on top of the decedent, including furniture, dishes, lamps, fans, books, and a television. William Ingram’s wallet, which contained his driver’s license, was also recovered in the rubble, said Gamiz.
Also in the pile, police said, they located a blue laundry bag that contained six pounds of marijuana, a partially transparent store bag that contained $53,500 in rubber-banded packs of $100 and $50 bills, another plastic bag containing suspected marijuana, and a large bag of suspected Psylocibin mushrooms. The search of the defendant’s bedroom turned up three cases of THC vape cartridges, a total of 124 packs, in the original sealed packaging, 44 packs of THC vape cartridges in original sealed packaging, a case containing 65 packs of 500 mg THC edibles, two cellophane zip lock baggies of suspected hash, two bottles of THC infused syrup, 10 jars of THC sugar resin, 14 tubes of rolled marijuana, 19 glass jars of marijuana, four gallon size bags of marijuana, eight Psylocibin/magic mushroom bars, and two gallon-size bags of Psylocibin mushrooms.
Bucks County and Northampton Township Detectives went to Washington D.C. as part of the investigation and viewed hours of Body Worn Camera (BWC) footage from Metro D.C. Police. In one segment, William Ingram 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,” according to a criminal complaint.
During another segment of police body camera footage, the defendant was asked how he got to Washington D.C., and he responded, “I drove my mom’s car,” according to the criminal complaint. The vehicle, a white 2015 Honda Civic, with Pennsylvania Registration KTV-2098, remains missing.
“I want to offer my condolences to the victim’s family,” Schorn said, “This is a heartbreaking case, and our hearts go out to her family members.”
Credit: Bucks County District Attorney’s Office
Anyone with information should contact the Northampton Township Police Department at 215-322-6111 or Bucks County Detectives at 215-348-6354 or Bucksda.org.