McStay family murder
The McStay family disappeared from their Fallbrook, San Diego County, California, home on February 4, 2010.[1] The family consisted of the father, Joseph (age 40); the mother, Summer (age 43); and the couple's two sons, Gianni (age 4) and Joseph, Jr. (age 3).[2]
A search conducted in the family's home found no clear evidence of foul play, but some indications of a hasty departure. On February 8, the family's 1996 Isuzu Trooper was towed away from a parking lot in San Ysidro, the San Diego neighborhood adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. Surveillance video taken that evening showed a family of four, possibly resembling the McStay family, crossing the border into Mexico; the video footage was released on March 5. On February 19, 2010, California police notified Interpol to be on the lookout for the family.[2]
The disappearance of the family has been featured on America's Most Wanted.[2]
On November 11, 2013, a biker found human remains of four people in the desert of northern Victorville, California. The four bodies had been buried in two separate shallow graves. On November 13, the remains were positively identified as those of the entire McStay family.[2][3]
In the days after the discovery of the bodies, the father of Joseph McStay said the police investigation had been faulty, and that he had made formal complaints about the investigation in 2011.[4]
References
- ↑ "How the McStay case unfolded". U-T San Diego. November 15, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Timeline: McStay Family Mystery". NBC 7 San Diego. November 16, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ↑ Rojas, Rick (November 15, 2013). "Buried bodies identified as members of missing McStay family". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ↑ "Father of Joseph McStay calls California investigation of missing family 'botched’ and ‘inept’". Daily News. New York. Retrieved December 1, 2013.