Crime Fix with Angenette Levy - Son Admits To Killing Mom, Hiding Her Body Under Couch: DA

Starting point is 00:00:00 Wondery Plus subscribers can binge all episodes of this law and crimes series ad-free right now. Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. During the course of the encounter with law enforcement in the District of Columbia, he admitted to several officers that he had killed his mother. A man accused of killing his mother and then hiding her body under her couch and many other items. I have the details in this disturbing case out of Bucks County, Pennsylvania and where the man was arrested. I'm Anjanette Levy and this is Crime Fix. This case is just absolutely awful. Dolores Ingram

Starting point is 00:00:39 is an 82-year-old woman who should still be with us today. Her son, William Ingram, who goes by Billy, is in jail in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, accused of murdering his mother, Dolores Ingram. Billy Ingram was actually taken into custody in Washington, D.C. back on June 16th after police there say he assaulted a police officer. This is another law and crime legal alert. Have you experienced severe gastroparesis or other side effects after taking Ozempic or another GLP-1 weight loss medication? The Ozempic lawsuits allege that the drug can lead to severe intestinal blockage and persistent vomiting and that manufacturers allegedly failed to provide adequate warnings about these risks. True Law, one of our legal sponsors, is helping those injured file a claim through an experienced

Starting point is 00:01:31 attorney who helps ensure your claim is thoroughly presented. Visit www.glp1case.com slash crime fix to answer less than 10 questions and check your eligibility to file a claim. I spoke with Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Shorn about the case. Yeah, it's absolutely crazy. The circumstances surrounding this horrific murder. Yes, her 39-year-old, or excuse me, 49-year-old son, while in Washington, D.C., engages in criminal conduct, assaults a police officer, shatters his patrol vehicle by smashing a skateboard through the patrol officer's window as he was sitting in his vehicle, unprovoked. And essentially then, you know, a little pursuit ensues and a struggle. He then later says to multiple officers, I killed my mom.

Starting point is 00:02:27 And then when being treated at the hospital for injuries, he sustained minor injuries. He said, when asked, do you have an emergency contact? Well, I used to, but I killed her. And with that, Metro DC police were phenomenal and immediately contacting our, you know, my colleagues and Northampton Township Police, where then just a simple well-being check, it was apparent that this was crime scene, this was a homicide, and that Dolores had been murdered by her son.

Starting point is 00:02:57 So let's look a little bit more closely at what Shorn and police say Ingram said while he was in the hospital in Washington, D.C., following his arrest for assaulting that police officer. A probable cause affidavit says that Ingram was asked if he had an emergency contact, and he responded, quote, there was. I killed her. It continues with quotes from Ingram, which were recorded, according to the affidavit, by a body-worn camera. Ingram said when asked how he hurt his face, quote, I think my mom hit me and I effing freaked out. If you look at Billy Ingram's face, you can see a big scrape on it.

Starting point is 00:03:42 In the hospital, Ingram is quoted as saying, quote, you know, I sold LSD, but you didn't find any of that though, right? You found six pounds of weed. There's tons of stuff thrown all over the place. I don't know what the F I threw. There's no way. There's blood. There's this and the other. Just a big mess. Like whose blood is what?

Starting point is 00:03:58 So of course, after hearing all of this, police in Washington, D.C. contact police in Northampton Township, Pennsylvania. They go to Dolores Ingram's condo to check on her. So when the police were, you know, doing the well-being check, you know, there's limitations to what you can do when it's simply a well-being check. But they immediately noticed blood on the windowsill of an unlocked closed window. So they lifted the window and saw blood, you know, scattered throughout the residence from looking outside in, then immediately forced entry at that point, hoping to, you know, find Dolores alive. They didn't even see her body immediately, because

Starting point is 00:04:39 as you mentioned, there was a pile of household belongings, which included a couch flipped over on top. Ultimately, they were able to see a foot protruding and it was cold to the touch. And then ultimately, after removing the various items off of Dolores' body, it was apparent that she had been murdered and that there was no signs of life. A closer look at the affidavit reveals what Officer Hearn said he found. Officer Hearn observed a pile of clothes, glass plates, towels slash linens, a blue laundry bag, a futon slash couch, and miscellaneous household items. Officer Hearn started to pull items off the pile and move the couch. That is when Officer Hearn found the foot of Dolores Ingram sticking out from under the couch. And to read the affidavit, it sounds as if the home

Starting point is 00:05:32 was completely trashed. There was appliance, like small appliances. There was, as you mentioned, two lizards lived in an aquarium. They were found dead and the aquarium shattered on top of her. There was also a fixed blade knife close in proximity and it was apparent that Dolores had some slashing injuries. And the catch was on top of all of that, which was really quite, you know, unusual. quite unusual is following the search warrant. When the officers were able to do a more thorough and complete search of the residents after the approval of the warrant, they found over $50,000 in currency, pounds of marijuana and extensive quantities of mushrooms, psilocybin, which is a hallucinogenic drug. And the defendant made statements to officers in D.C. and hospital personnel that he was a drug dealer as well. So that was all found in the vicinity of Doris's body. And in addition to all the just the household

Starting point is 00:06:41 items piled on top of her. It it's quite a quite horrific crime scene. Now, after finding all of this, Officer Hearn, of course, called for backup. He also started to interview neighbors who told him that on June 15th, around 1 a.m., she heard loud banging sounds and that awakened her. The woman said she looked at video from her security camera and it showed Billy running out of the apartment shirtless. The affidavit says one minute later at 1.43 a.m. it shows Billy walking back up the walkway of the property. Then hours later at 10.03 a.m.

Starting point is 00:07:19 the affidavit says the camera shows Billy leaving the residence with a shirt on and a duffel bag and that he was walking away from the property. The neighbor told police that she had not seen Billy since. Police then say Ingram drove to Washington, D.C., and that license plate readers, according to the affidavit, captured Dolores Ingram's vehicle traveling through Bucks County over the next eight minutes or so. Police say Ingram drove to Washington, D.C. in this vehicle. This is a photo of his mother's white Honda Civic. That car is still missing, and the license plate number is a Pennsylvania plate, KTV2098. The scene inside that apartment, as I mentioned, was gruesome, and the affidavit and DA Shorn offered more details

Starting point is 00:08:06 about what police found inside. The affidavit says a subsequent search of the residence revealed a large quantity of blood drops and spatter throughout the entire residence. The blood drops were in every room in the two-bedroom apartment, including the entrance, foyer, both bedrooms, living room, kitchen, and bathroom. The affidavit also details the large amount of drugs found in the condo. Billy Ingram, according to police, admitted on body camera that he sold drugs, that he was a drug dealer. The blue laundry bag found on top of Dolores Ingram contained six vacuum-sealed bags containing marijuana. Each of the bags contained one pound of marijuana. A gray cellophane store bag contained $100 bills and each had $5,000 in it.

Starting point is 00:08:54 The total amount of cash police say they found in the house? $53,000. The affidavit contained more details about the items found on top of and near Dolores Ingram. The affidavit contained more details about the items found on top of and near Dolores Ingram. The affidavit says those items include a carpet, a large geode type of rock weighing 60 pounds, and a large glass aquarium that had shattered. The aquarium had housed two lizards, one smaller than the other. The lizards were dead. DA Shorn mentioned that earlier, and all of the items were stacked on Dolores Ingram's head and chest. The affidavit says a hunting-style fixed-blade knife was also recovered from the floor in close proximity to the victim's head. The affidavit says Billy Ingram's wallet and ID were found right there. Other items found stacked on top of Dolores Ingram included

Starting point is 00:09:45 furniture, dishes, lamps, fans, books, and a television. Can you imagine that? Since Billy Ingram, according to police, admitted to killing his mom, I asked DA Shorn whether he said why he did this. Did not. And, you know, I'm limited to what I can comment on at this point. Some of the things may be more apparent as to, you know, what-old woman was very much loved by her extended family and just simply horrific. We know he was living with his mom at her condo where she took her last breath. But this was an awful death. She had head trauma, slashing injuries, and the pathologist opined she might've been even asphyxiated by the things that were piled on top of her. So it's quite horrific. Sadly, it sounds like Dolores Ingram, had she received proper medical attention,

Starting point is 00:10:54 may have been saved since the pathologist said the couch and other items placed on top of her asphyxiated her. The affidavit says Billy Ingram's bedroom contained marijuana vape cartridges, edibles, 19 glass jars of marijuana, 10 jars of THC sugar resin, and two gallon-sized bags of psychedelic mushrooms. In other words, that's a lot of pot and mushrooms. A lot. Dolores Ingram was loved by many people. Her obituary described her as a kind and compassionate mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend. She often attended church and enjoyed quilting, and even neighbors commented about how much they really enjoyed emailing with her and talking with her all of the time. Dolores was active in the community,

Starting point is 00:11:47 had been attending St. John Methodist Church in Ivyland, enjoyed sewing, quilting, donating her time, crocheting blankets for hospice patients, volunteering for dog rescues, and going to the senior center. I have to praise the Northampton Township Police Department. They were immediately in touch with Dolores' next of kin. And, you know, this is a family's worst tragedy, you know, to mourn the loss of a loved one and then know that they faced such an unimaginable death and then know that a family member did

Starting point is 00:12:14 it. It's just layers and layers, I imagine, of grief. So our hearts go out to them. But my colleagues and the victim advocates will be working closely with them as we move forward. But credit to Northampton Township Police Department for immediately, you know, working with the family to, you know, explain, you know, the circumstances as much as they were permitted to do so. It's really awful to think about how Dolores Ingram died. It was so unnecessary. So what comes next now that Billy Ingram is back in Pennsylvania to answer to those charges that he murdered his mother and abused her corpse?

Starting point is 00:12:48 The next steps will be a preliminary hearing where we'll put up evidence to show enough that the elements have been met to hold it over for trial. And then, you know, we'll start the process of prosecuting this case throughout the various stages of the prosecution. So we anticipate a trial within the year. But preliminary hearings typically happen fairly quickly in our jurisdiction. So I anticipate in the next month or two, the preliminary hearing will take place and we'll make sure to prosecute him for what he did to his mother. Billy Ingram is in the Bucks County jail where he'll be held until the case is resolved. And his mother, Dolores Ingram, she didn't want a funeral or any type of memorial service, so there will not be any type of funeral held for her. And that's it for this episode of Crime Fix.

Starting point is 00:13:37 I'm Ann Jeanette Levy. Thanks so much for being with me. I'll see you back here next time.

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