Son pleads guilty to father s murder
William Morse IV will spend 30-60 years in state prison after pleading guilty to killing his father in 2018. Author: Chelsea Strub Updated: 9:26 PM EDT April 20, 2021
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. A year a half after investigators charged William Morse IV with the murder of his father, he walked silently into the Luzerne County Courthouse.
In June of 2018, his father, William Morse III, known as Bill, went missing. After months of investigating, detectives with the state police and the Luzerne County district attorney s office uncovered what happened. At least 25 to 50 people working on this at all times all over the place in every aspect. What started as a missing person case with a lot of questions and not a lot of answers ended in conviction today. It s a huge win, said Luzerne County Deputy District Attorney Daniel Zola.