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.
April 21, 2021 GMT
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) A northeastern Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison in the death of his multimillion-dollar father, who authorities said he bludgeoned to death, dismembered, and burned, disposing of the remains in the garbage.
William Morse IV, 30, pleaded guilty in Luzerne County Court to third-degree murder and dealing in the proceeds of unlawful activities. The plea spared him a mandatory life without parole term that a first-degree murder conviction would have carried.
The disappearance of William Morse III, 59, started as a missing persons case in June 2018. Authorities said he had an estimated $7 million from a family trust and owned about 10 acres of land in the Hazleton area, in addition to his seven-acre property in Sugarloaf Township.
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WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) A northeastern Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison in the death of his multimillion-dollar father, who authorities said he bludgeoned to death, dismembered, and burned, disposing of the remains in the garbage.
William Morse, 30, IV pleaded guilty in Luzerne County Court to third-degree murder and dealing in the proceeds of unlawful activities. The plea spared him a mandatory life without parole term that a first-degree murder conviction would have carried.
The disappearance of William Morse III, 59, started as a missing persons case in June 2018. Authorities said he had an estimated $7 million from a family trust and owned about 10 acres of land in the Hazleton area, in addition to his seven-acre property in Sugarloaf Township.
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