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

A man who beat and stabbed his father during an argument over money and then dumped the body near a Main Line Country Club has been sentenced to 22 to 50 years in prison, court documents say.

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

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 found he died from blunt force trauma and stab wounds, Yeadon police said.

The younger Coult repeatedly hit his father in the head with a hammer during an argument over a small sum of money in the living room of their Yeadon home, then went into the kitchen, grabbed a knife and stabbed his father to death, Delaware County District Attorney Kat Copeland said. After the elder Coult died, the younger Coult tried to dismember the body with an electric saw, but was unsuccessful.

According to officials, Coult then loaded his father into his car as a passenger and disposed of the body at the edge of the golf course.

According to officials, police responded to the Coults’ home on Providence Road in Yeadon after the elder Coult was reported missing. Investigators spoke to the residents of the home and then focused on the younger Coult, who was subsequently arrested.

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

Investigators also found traces of blood spatter in the house as well as video evidence showing Coult III’s movements.

Coult III showed no remorse, investigators said. In the hours after the murder, he even played video games with his roommate’s boyfriend.

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

When Coult went to prison, he called reporters “vultures.”