William Ingram pleads guilty to third-degree murder in mother’s homicide

William Michael Ingram pleaded guilty Monday, December 15, 2025, to third-degree murder and numerous related charges for the killing of his 82-year-old mother, Dolores Ingram, inside their Holland condominium in Northampton Township last year.

Ingram, 51, entered the plea before Common Pleas Judge Stephen A. Corr. As part of a negotiated sentence, Ingram will be sentenced to 26 to 54 years in state prison for the murder charge and related offenses. Judge Corr retains the discretion to add an additional 10 to 20 years on the drug offenses. Ingram will be formally sentenced on Feb. 18.

During the plea hearing, Chief Deputy District Attorney Marc J. Furber read the facts of the case, detailing how Dolores Ingram’s body was discovered inside 26024 Beacon Hill Drive on the morning of June 15, 2024. The discovery was made after Northampton Township police officers responded to a welfare check requested by the Metropolitan D.C. Police Department.

The investigation found that after killing his mother, Ingram stole her Honda Civic and fled to Washington, D.C. He was taken into custody in Washington D.C. that same morning for assaulting an officer and damaging a police vehicle. While in custody, he confessed to Metro D.C. police officers that he had killed his mother.