Without a bloody crime scene, exactly when the McStay family — and where — remains a mystery.
serving as the subject of documentaries and a book. Merritt’s five-month trial was streamed live by the website Law & Crime.
Susan Blake, center, the mother of Joseph McStay, leaves the San Bernardino Superior Court after the guilty verdicts in San Bernardino. A check of the family’s computer revealed searches suggesting an international trip, including “What documents do children need for traveling to Mexico?” Within days, their Isuzu Trooper was towed from the parking lot of a strip mall near the border.saying they believed the family was out of the country.
Joseph McStay’s skull was shattered; his wife sustained a blow to the jaw. Both boys, killed presumably because they could have identified the attacker, had skull fractures.in a case they acknowledged was built on circumstantial evidence. Prosecutors played video and audio clips for jurors of Merritt’s interviews with CNN and with investigators. In one, a reporter asks Merritt if he was the last person to see Joseph McStay.In another, an investigator questions Merritt on why he refers to McStay in the past tense.For several days after the family’s disappearance, they said, Merritt’s phone went dark for hours at a time.
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