On October 20, 2021, 85-year-old Henry L. Boyer was found shot to death on his South Harrison Avenue property in Farwell, Michigan. Deputies called to the house first discovered two other men, 36-year-old Zachary Allen Salminen and 39-year-old Wade Harlan Bacon, both fatally shot after being at the Boyer residence to do roof work. A search of an outbuilding on the property uncovered the body of Henry’s 61-year-old daughter, Patricia Ann Boyer. All four victims were killed with a .22 caliber rifle.

Witness accounts placed another daughter, 54-year-old Judy Marie Boyer, at the scene; she fled and was located and arrested the next day in neighboring Wexford County. Prosecutors charged her with four counts of murder and said she had a list of other potential victims. A relative, nephew Ryan Beatty, was initially charged as an accessory after the fact but later cooperated; his cooperation led to recovery of the rifle and to Judy Boyer’s capture. Charges against Beatty were dismissed.

If anyone knew Henry Boyer or has information about who might have been behind these killings, please share what can help the ongoing case investigation.