Man Charged In Death Of Ex-Girlfriend In Lower Moreland Home: DA

LOWER MORELAND, PA —A man has been arrested in the shooting death of a woman inside her Lower Moreland home Monday evening, the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office announced.

William Tomas Torres, 61, of Elkton, Maryland, faces first-degree murder charges in the shooting death of his ex-girlfriend, Jeanne Edwards, 57, police said.

The incident occurred at 5:24 p.m. in the 2300 block of Dale Road.

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Torres later told his current girlfriend that he bought a shotgun earlier in the day Monday and then drove to Edwards' home, according to affidavit of probable cause.

Inside, he shot her twice, and later said he "wasn't sure if she made it," the affidavit states.

Edwards' son heard a popping sound in the house as he arrived home from work and, when he went inside, saw Torres standing there holding the shotgun, police said.

Torres pointed the shotgun at him and said that his mother had ruined his life, then fled the scene, the affidavit states.

Edwards was taken by emergency responders to Abington Memorial Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Torres drove to his current girlfriend's home in Limerick Township, arriving around 6:30 p.m. He confessed to her what he had done and asked for her help in turning himself in, the affidavit states.

She called Limerick Township Police, who arrived and arrested Torres soon afterward. The shotgun was found inside his black Mercedes Benz which was parked in the driveway, police said.

No bail is available for the first-degree murder charge, and Torres was taken to Montgomery County Correctional Facility. A preliminary hearing is set for Dec. 10.