Robert Coult III convicted of beating and stabbing his father to death – NBC10 Philadelphia

A man who beat and stabbed his father to death during an argument over money, then dumped the body near a Main Line country club, was sentenced to 22 to 50 years in prison, according to court documents.

Robert Coult III, of Yeadon, was sentenced after pleading guilty to third-degree murder, false imprisonment and possession of an instrument of crime for the killing of his father Robert Coult Jr., according to court documents.

In September 2018, the elder Coult's body was found by employees of the Philadelphia Country Club on the side of Spring Mill Road in Gladwyne. An autopsy revealed he died from blunt force trauma and stab wounds, Yeadon police said.

Young Coult repeatedly hit his father in the head with a hammer during an argument over a small amount of money in the living room of their Yeadon home, then went to the kitchen, grabbed a knife and stabbed her father, Delaware County District Attorney Kat. » said Copeland. Once the elder Coult was dead, the younger Coult used an electric saw to attempt to dismember the body, but was unsuccessful.

Coult then took his father as a passenger in his car and dumped the body along the golf course, officials said.

Police went to the Coult home on Providence Road in Yeadon after the elder Coult was reported missing, officials said. Investigators interviewed the residents of the home, then focused on the younger Coult who was later arrested.

Coult III confessed to killing his father and told investigators he planted evidence in various locations around Haverford Township, police said.

Investigators also found traces of blood spatter in the house and video evidence showing Coult III's movements.

Coult III showed no remorse, investigators said. He even allegedly played video games with his roommate's boyfriend in the hours after the murder.

The younger Coult claimed his father pushed him down a flight of stairs before killing his father, Copeland said.

When Coult was first taken to prison, he called journalists “vultures.”