21-Year-Old Convicted In 2015 Murder Of Elderly Montco Man

HORSHAM, PA -- A Horsham man has been convicted of third degree murder in connection with a stabbing that happened in March 2015 in the Hatboro section of Upper Moreland Township.

Authorities say Jeffrey William Anderson, now 21, killed 72-year-old William Neill.

According to police, officers were called on March 4 at 3 p.m. for a report of a stabbing at 210 Newington Drive in the Hatboro section of Upper Moreland Township.

The responding officers detained Anderson, who was attempting to flee the scene in the victim’s Cadillac Escalade, police said.

When police went inside the residence, they found Neill dead from apparent stab wounds, according to authorities.

Anderson’s mother told authorities her son said he stabbed Neill because he tried to sexually assault him, according to The Intelligencer.

The pair reportedly had an on again, off again relationship with one another that Anderson's mother believed was sexual in nature.

Anderson was initially charged with first degree murder.

Anderson is also being charged with driving under the influence in an unrelated incident, criminal dockets show.

Sentencing is forthcoming.

Image courtesy Montgomery County District Attorney's Office.