The Murder of Irina Moyer & Her Son Dylan Moyer

Warrington Township Police Department, joined by officers from Warminster and Warwick, responded to 167 Redstone Drive on the night of June 17, 2011. Warrington Police Chief James Miller confirmed the call came in at 9:40 p.m. Officers entered the residence through the garage after receiving no response at the door. Inside, they found Irina Moyer in the bathroom adjacent to the upstairs master bedroom. Physical evidence indicated she had been struck with blunt force trauma to the head while asleep in the couple's bed and dragged to the bathroom. A towel had been placed over her face. Seven-year-old Dyllan was found in his own bedroom, deceased in his bed. A blood-covered baseball bat lay on the floor nearby. There were no signs of a struggle anywhere in the home.

Christopher Moyer was not present when officers arrived. A typewritten note listing the names and telephone numbers of relatives on both sides of the family had been attached to the front door of the residence. After the killings and before his death, Moyer also sent a text message to a relative stating he was sorry for what he had done. Investigators located his Toyota Camry parked near the SEPTA tracks at the Meadow Avenue crossing in Hatboro, Pennsylvania. At 12:56 a.m. on June 18, Montgomery County dispatch received a report of an incident on the rail line. Police found Moyer's body on the tracks; $1,300 in cash was found in his pocket. Bucks County Coroner Dr. Joseph Campbell confirmed his death. In November 2011, the Medical Examiner formally identified the deaths of Irina and Dyllan Moyer as homicides.

Bucks County District Attorney David Heckler stated that no criminal charges would be filed, as Christopher Moyer had acted alone and could not be prosecuted. Heckler identified financial strain as the only possible motive investigators could identify. State records confirmed a $2,228.20 commonwealth lien had been filed against the family's home in September 2010; a prior federal lien had been settled in 2006. Toxicology testing was ordered to determine whether either victim had been drugged prior to the killings. Those results were never publicly released. Court records showed no prior criminal charges against Moyer and no documented history of domestic violence.

Heckler noted publicly that Dyllan had been expected at his maternal grandparents' home the following day. When the family had not heard from the Moyers, Irina's parents, brother, and sister-in-law drove to Warrington, arriving to find police already on the scene. The Bucks County District Attorney's Office closed the case following the conclusion of the investigation. No additional suspects were identified. As of the date of publication, no further investigative findings have been publicly released.