The man who admitted to killing Dr. James Sowa inside the chiropractor’s home office in Bensalem in November 2020 was sentenced to 37 to 74 years in state prison Friday, June 10, after being convicted of third-degree murder.
Joseph O’Boyle, 23, of Bensalem, entered an open guilty plea two weeks ago to criminal homicide generally, criminal trespassing, and possession of an instrument of crime, leading to a degree-of-guilt hearing before President Judge Wallace H. Bateman Jr.
O’Boyle had previously pleaded guilty to assaulting a Bensalem detective investigating the homicide.
Dr. Sowa, 64, was found dead at his home and chiropractic office, located at 3161 Hulmeville Road, on Nov. 2, 2020.
Dr. Sowa’s records showed O’Boyle had been a patient of his in September 2020. O’Boyle’s relatives said O’Boyle was upset about the treatment he received that day for jaw pain, telling them he wanted to sue Dr. Sowa for making his pain worse.
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