William Michael Ingram, 51, was sentenced on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, to 30 to 64 years in state prison for the June 2024 killing of his 82-year-old mother, Dolores Ingram, inside the condominium they shared in the Holland section of Northampton Township, Bucks County.
Common Pleas Judge Stephen A. Corr imposed the sentence after Deputy District Attorney Monica Furber requested a term in the aggravated range and asked that the counts run consecutively. Judge Corr granted that request, citing the gravity of the crimes.
Police discovered Dolores Ingram’s body on June 15, 2024, when officers conducted a welfare check at the Beacon Hill Drive condominium. The check was prompted after William Ingram was taken into custody in Washington, D.C., by the Metropolitan Police Department on the same day as the homicide.
According to court documents, after his arrest in Washington, Ingram told investigators that someone should check on his mother in Bucks County. When asked why, he said, “I killed my mother.” Officers in Washington contacted Northampton Township police, who went to the condo.
When officers arrived, they observed what appeared to be blood on a window of the first-floor unit before entering. Inside, the home was in disarray. Dolores Ingram was found buried beneath a large pile of clothes, linens, furniture, and other household items. The pile included a flipped-over futon or couch, dishes, lamps, and a shattered aquarium. Dead reptiles were found near the broken tank.
Within the pile, investigators located a laundry bag containing six pounds of marijuana, psilocybin mushrooms, and $53,500 in cash. Authorities determined the drugs were intended for distribution.
An autopsy found that Dolores Ingram died from blunt-force trauma to the head, asphyxiation, slicing injuries, and lacerations. Police described the injuries as severe head trauma.
Witness accounts and surveillance footage established a timeline from earlier that day. A witness reported hearing loud banging around 1 a.m. Surveillance video from the witness’s home showed William Ingram running out of the condo shirtless at approximately 1:42 a.m. He returned inside and later left again at 10:03 a.m.
Authorities said Ingram left his own vehicle behind and fled in his mother’s white 2015 Honda Civic. License plate readers recorded the vehicle traveling away from the condo at 10:13 a.m. near the Route 413 Bypass and Route 332 East in Newtown Township and again at 10:21 a.m. at Route 332 and Stony Hill Road in Lower Makefield Township.
Ingram drove to Washington, D.C., where he was apprehended. At the time of his arrest, he was accused of assaulting a police officer and damaging a police vehicle with a skateboard. On the following Monday, he was charged with stealing his mother’s vehicle. Additional charges had not yet been filed at that time. He remained in custody in Washington as the investigation continued.
On Dec. 15, 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.
During sentencing, Furber told the court that Dolores Ingram had dedicated a substantial part of her life to caring for her son. “Despite the care she gave him throughout his life, he repaid her by killing her,” she said.
Dolores Ingram’s two daughters delivered victim impact statements. One described her mother as a “kind, generous person” who “showed her love by being there for those around her.” She said there were no words to fully describe the magnitude of the loss. The second daughter told the court, “I’ve had nightmares about her last moments.”
Before imposing the sentence, Judge Corr addressed Ingram directly, calling the homicide an “unspeakable crime.” “She wasn’t giving up on you, but you gave up on her,” he said. He also referenced the money discovered at the scene, telling Ingram, “The money you threw on top of her was more than most people make in a year in this country.” He added, “I hope you have an opportunity to grow while you spend what is likely the rest of your life in prison.”
Neighbors in the Holland community described the area as quiet. “This is a quiet quiet area, nothing like this has ever happened around here. It’s definitely unusual,” said Brandon Garrett, from Levittown. Joanna Rocha, from Southampton, said, “It’s rare, we don’t see any disturbance around this area.”
Residents told Action News that Dolores Ingram had lived in the community for years and was well-known. Neighbors said she was often seen outside watering her flowers. “I’ve seen the older woman who lives there, she’s usually out watering her flowers. You can see the flower pots out there now that she waters with,” Garrett said. According to residents, she had recently celebrated her 82nd birthday.
