This week marks the 25th anniversary of Andrew “Andy” Moore’s murder. 26-year-old Andy was killed in September 2000 while sleeping in his San Diego, California, apartment. The scene left behind was confounding to detectives; the weapons are missing, odd items displaced but not taken, and the one thing “stolen” from Andy shows up not too far away from the crime scene a month later. So what was the motive? Who would want to kill this fun-loving young man? And did a hidden passage in his apartment building allow his murderer to escape unnoticed?Although his cold case has remained a mystery almost as long as Andy had been alive, a new detective believes they could be close to a break, thanks to new technology. Listen to the first-ever in-depth coverage of Andy Moore’s case only on The Deck!
Courtesy of San Diego Police Department
Episode Info
If you have any information about the murder of Andrew “Andy” Moore in San Diego, California, in September 2000, please contact the San Diego Police Homicide unit at 619-531-2293; or you can call Detective Tracey Barr’s desk phone at 619-430-0134. You can remain anonymous by calling Crime Stoppers of San Diego at 888-580-8477 or submit your tip online. There’s a $56K reward for any information leading to the arrest and conviction.
The front of Andy’s apartment complex. Courtesy: San Diego Police Department.
The back of Andy’s apartment complex. Courtesy: Diego Police Department.
The bathroom window/air shaft in Andy’s apartment. Courtesy: San Diego Police Department.
Drawing of Andy’s apartment complex. Courtesy: Don Sullivan.
Drawing of Andy’s apartment complex. Courtesy: Don Sullivan.
Drawing of Andy’s apartment complex. Courtesy: Don Sullivan.
Andy’s stolen motorcycle. Courtesy: San Diego Police Department.
Rita Moore, Andrew’s mother, with her stacks of folders, all dedicated to Andy’s case. Photo taken by Audiochuck staff.
Andy and his sisters on the day he was adopted. Courtesy: the Moore family.
A photo collage of Andy throughout the years. Courtesy: the Moore family.
Rita (Andy’s mother) and Suzanne (Andy’s sister) in front of his grave. Photo taken by Audiochuck staff.
Episode Source Material
Original reporting by Nicole Kagan and Annie Roderique-Jones
- San Diego City College: Andrew Tan Tai Moore Scholarship
- Sandiego.gov: Cold Case: Andrew Moore. Homicide.
- The San Diego Union-Tribune (San Diego, CA): Autopsy finds man’s throat has been cut, by Joe Hughes accessed via google drive.
- Sandiego.gov: Andrew Moore Murder Remains Unsolved; Family Offering College Scholarship in His Memory, by San Diego County Crime Stoppers.
- NBC San Diego (San Diego, CA): $56K Reward Offered in Unsolved Murder of San Diego City College Student, by Monica Garske and Rachael Guerra.
- North County Times (Oceanside, CA): Serial Killer sentenced to 4 life terms, by Kelly Wheeler via Newspapers.com.