Trenton Male Gets Life In Prison For Bensalem Murder
by Alex Lloyd Gross
Alex Lloyd Gross /Delaware Valley News.com File Photo Police at the crime scene on Street Road.
Orenthia Upshur, of Trenton, N.J., was in court in Bucks County to enter a guilty plea for the murder of Maisha Coon, who he had been in a relationship for 30 years. On the night of January 15 of 2025. Police said that the investigation began around 5:00 AM. when a relative of Upshur entered the Pennsylvania State Police Trevose Barracks to report that Upshur had admitted to shooting Coon in a Bensalem hotel room. The family member informed troopers that the couple had been arguing and that an argument between them was overheard during a phone call around 12:30AM.
Upshur fired a gun, one such round went into a hotel room that was occupied by a guest, it penetrated the ceiling but did not ht anyone. That guest , did not wake up to hear the gunshot. He only became aware when police informed him of what happened.
The preliminary hearing included testimony from Detective Carlos Estevez of the New Jersey State Police’s Crime Suppression Central Unit. Estevez told the court that during a four-hour police interview, Upshur admitted to killing Coon.
According to Estevez, Upshur told detectives that Coon was pleading for help and that he told her, “It’s all going to end tonight.”
Upshur was immediately sentenced by Common Pleas Judge Wallace Bateman to life in prison. . He will serve his time in the Pennsylvania prison system. There is no parole.