'There Has Been A Murder:' Police Docs Provide New Details On Bristol Homicide

BRISTOL BOROUGH, PA — The call came into Bristol Borough Police early Thursday morning.

"There has been a murder," Briana Fredericks said, stating that her husband, Brendan Murray, had received a security alert alarm, and upon entering the home, found his mother Dawn Myers dead on the floor.

Murray said that his stepfather was inside the home, one day after being released from the hospital while on suicide watch, according to the criminal complaint.

Michael P. Myers, 59, of Bristol Borough, was charged with criminal homicide, aggravated assault, strangulation, false imprisonment, intimidation of a victim/witness, and possession of an instrument of crime with intent in the strangulation death of his wife, authorities said.

Murray stated that when he and his wife arrived at the home, Myers was seated in the driver's seat of the victim's white Cadillac SUV, the complaint states.

Murray asked where his mother was and Myers mumbled that she was inside. Murray indicated that Myers had blood on his face, the complaint states.

Myers walked up to the home and unlocked the door. Murray pushed past Myers to look for his mother, the complaint read, where he located her in an upstairs bedroom with several ties around her neck.

The complaint said that Murray looked back and saw Myers standing at the bottom of the stairs with his arms across the railing with a hand on each side blocking the way down.

Murray told police that Myers was acting in an "aggressive manner" so he couldn't escape the home and he was afraid that Myers was going to hurt him, the complaint states.

Murray said he struck Myers on the side of the head with his phone so he could push his way past him. He said once he got past Myers, he fell out the front door and yelled to his wife to call the police, the complaint said.

Myers was given verbal commands by police directing him to exit the home. Myers complied, exited the home, and was taken into custody.