When a family of four seemingly vanishes into thin air, friends and family search desperately for answers. How could an entire family just disappear? The answer was simple: they didn't. Someone close to them knew exactly where they were.
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McStays, Taken Too Soon: A True Story. By: Patrick McStay.
‘They just vanished’: A busines partner murdered a family of four with a sledgehammer, jury finds. By: Meagan Flynn. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/06/11/chase-merritt-joseph-mcstay-summer-mcstay-sledgehammer-mojave-desert/
McStay murder trial: Man is convicted of killing family and burying their bodies in the Mojave Desert. By: Alene Tchekmedyian. https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-mcstay-family-murders-verdict-20190610-story.html
Timeline: McStay Family Mystery. By: R. Stickney. https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/timeline-mcstay-family-mystery-fallbrook-disappearance/1936736/
McStay Computer Searched Mexico Travel. By: Mari Payton. https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/mcstay-family-computer-used-to-research-travel-to-mexico/1890556/#ixzz2kjOg3xbl
Greed Led to McStay Family’s Killing, Prosecutors Tell Jurors. By: Artie Ojeda and R. Stickney. https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/mcstay-family-murder-trial-charles-merritt-closing-arguments-jury/159073/
Parents of man who disappeared with his wife and kids detail their desperate search for them in Mexico after police said the family had left the country - before learning they had been brutally murdered by son's business partner. By: Erica Tempesta. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9177713/Parents-Joseph-McStay-open-familys-disappearance-murder.html
Nine years after the McStay family disappeared, their accused killer heads to trial. By: Marisa Gerber. https://www.scribd.com/article/396975159/Nine-Years-After-The-Mc-Stay-Family-Disappeared-Their-Accused-Killer-Heads-To-Trial
What Clue Led Investigators To Discover The McStay Family’s Killer? By: Jill Sederstrom. https://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/what-clue-revealed-mcstay-familys-killer-as-charles-merritt
McStay killings: Documents show suspect owed victim money. By: Dana Ford. https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/01/us/mcstay-family-killing/index.html
‘You Are a Baby Killer’: Calif. Man Sentenced to Death for Killing Family of 4. By: Monica Garske and Artie Ojeda. https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/sentencing-hearing-resumes-for-man-who-killed-mcstay-family/2295708/
