Charles “Chase” Merritt, a business partner and friend of Joseph McStay, has been arrested for murdering Joseph, his wife and his two young children.
Man Arrested For McStay Murders
Merritt, 57, was arrested Wednesday in Chatsworth, Calif., Detective Chris Fisher told CNN. He has been charged with four counts of murder for the deaths of married couple Joseph and Summer McStay and their two sons – Gianni, 4, and Joseph Jr., 3. A motive for the murder has not been revealed.
San Bernadino County District Attorney Michael Ramos has yet to announce whether or not he’ll seek the death penalty for Merritt, calling Merritt’s act a "cold and callous murder of an entire family."
The McStays went missing from their San Diego home in 2010. Their remains were discovered off Interstate 15 in San Bernadino County in two shallow graves and were identified via dental records. The cause of death was determined to be “blunt force trauma,...
Man Arrested For McStay Murders
Merritt, 57, was arrested Wednesday in Chatsworth, Calif., Detective Chris Fisher told CNN. He has been charged with four counts of murder for the deaths of married couple Joseph and Summer McStay and their two sons – Gianni, 4, and Joseph Jr., 3. A motive for the murder has not been revealed.
San Bernadino County District Attorney Michael Ramos has yet to announce whether or not he’ll seek the death penalty for Merritt, calling Merritt’s act a "cold and callous murder of an entire family."
The McStays went missing from their San Diego home in 2010. Their remains were discovered off Interstate 15 in San Bernadino County in two shallow graves and were identified via dental records. The cause of death was determined to be “blunt force trauma,...
- 11/7/2014
- Uinterview
A memorial was held for the McStay family on Saturday that culminated in a paddle-out off the coast near San Clemente, Calif., pier, where the family had lived shortly before their deaths.
McStay Family Memorial
The memorial service was held for all four members of the McStay family, Joseph, 40, his wife Summer, 43, and their two children, Gianni, 4, and Joey Jr., 3. The entire family disappeared mysteriously in 2010, and it was believed that they had fled to Mexico until their remains were discovered in the Mojave Dessert on Nov. 13, 2013.
Michael McStay, Joseph's brother, along with three other loved ones, wore white lays as they paddled out onto the water after the service to honor each member of the deceased McStay family. They were accompanied by about 10 other surfers, and other mourners looked on from the pier.
“It’s definitely important for the family. This is something that they loved to do, so...
McStay Family Memorial
The memorial service was held for all four members of the McStay family, Joseph, 40, his wife Summer, 43, and their two children, Gianni, 4, and Joey Jr., 3. The entire family disappeared mysteriously in 2010, and it was believed that they had fled to Mexico until their remains were discovered in the Mojave Dessert on Nov. 13, 2013.
Michael McStay, Joseph's brother, along with three other loved ones, wore white lays as they paddled out onto the water after the service to honor each member of the deceased McStay family. They were accompanied by about 10 other surfers, and other mourners looked on from the pier.
“It’s definitely important for the family. This is something that they loved to do, so...
- 1/7/2014
- Uinterview
In October 2009, Joseph McStay excitedly e-mailed a friend about the house he and his wife had purchased in the San Diego suburb of Fallbrook, Calif. He boasted it had a "loft/game room & big yard for kids to go crazy," referring to their rambunctious preschoolers, Gianni and Joe Jr. "Love it." So when the family seemingly disappeared four months later without telling any relatives, friends or business associates, and their car turned up four days later at the Mexican border, many people who knew them feared the worst. "My fear is that I'm looking for two adult shallow graves and ... my two nephews' crosses,...
- 11/25/2013
- by Howard Breuer
- PEOPLE.com
'Coronation Street's John Stape will hide out in a tiny loft at his home to evade police. The deranged teacher goes missing after his wife Fiz (Jennie McAlpine) calls the police when she discovers he has kept her brother Chesney Brown (Sam Aston), and friend Kirk Sutherland (Andrew Whyment) imprisoned in the cellar of Alan (Michael McStay) and Dorothy Hoyle (Jean Fergusson), who he also holds captive as secrets about the three deaths he is involved in begin to unravel, but he only goes as far as their home. His ploy mirrors that of real life criminal John Darwin who faked his...
- 4/9/2011
- Virgin Media - TV
'Coronation Street's John Stape will hide out in a tiny loft at his home to evade police. The deranged teacher goes missing after his wife Fiz (Jennie McAlpine) calls the police when she discovers he has kept her brother Chesney Brown (Sam Aston), and friend Kirk Sutherland (Andrew Whyment) imprisoned in the cellar of Alan (Michael McStay) and Dorothy Hoyle (Jean Fergusson), who he also holds captive as secrets about the three deaths he is involved in begin to unravel, but he only goes as far as their home. His ploy mirrors that of real life criminal John Darwin who faked his...
- 4/7/2011
- Virgin Media - TV
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