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May 21, 2022 · Charles ‘Chase’ Merritt is currently on death row in California after his 2019 conviction for the murders of Joseph and Summer McStay and their two young sons. A new documentary series...
- Sheila Flynn
[1] [2] Their disappearance was widely reported by the national news media. [2] On November 7, 2014, police announced they had arrested Charles "Chase" Merritt, Joseph McStay's business partner, and intended to charge him with the murders. [3] The trial began on January 7, 2019, in San Bernardino. [4]
May 21, 2022 · Prison records indicate that he awaits execution at the San Quentin State Prison in Marin County, California. Since the Governor has placed a moratorium on the death penalty, Chase wouldn’t be executed anytime soon. As per the show, Chase is working on a book about the case.
Jan 22, 2020 · A California businessman has been sentenced to death for brutally murdering a family of four and then dumping their bodies in shallow graves in the Mojave Desert. Charles “Chase” Merritt, 62 ...
- The Mcstay Family Disappears
- What Happened to The Mcstay Family?
- Who Killed The Mcstays?
- Where Is Charles Merritt Now?
Concerned, Joseph’s younger brother, Michael, went to the house and crawled in through a window on February 13. He found no sign of Michael and his family, but their dogs had been left unattended and there was food rotting in the kitchen. Summer’s prescription sunglasses were also in the house, just one sign making the possibility the McStays took ...
In the fall of 2013, an off-road motorcyclist found parts of a skullin the desert in Victorville, California, about 100 miles from Fallbrook. There were two shallow graves. Each burial site contained remains of an adult and a child. Since so much time had passed, there was no useful DNA, but dental records were used to confirm the remains as those ...
Detectives reviewed transcripts of interviews with Merritt. He had passed a lie detector test when questioned in February 2010 about the case, but upon review, his words sent up a red flag. He used the past tense, saying, Joseph “wasmy best friend,” years before the bodies would be found. But why would Merritt, who had served time for burglary and ...
Charles Merritt is serving time in San Quentin State Prison, alongside serial killers Hollywood Ripper Michael Gargiulo, Randy Kraft and Cary Stayner. Merritt, 62, was sentencedto life in prison for murdering Joseph McStay, 40. He was given the death penalty for killing Summer, Gianni, and Joseph Jr. To learn more about the case, watch Season 2 of ...
Jan 21, 2020 · Charles “Chase” Merritt, the man convicted of killing the McStay family, was sentenced to death and life in prison for the slayings.
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Feb 15, 2021 · The man found a small human skull that appeared to belong to a child. Investigators from the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department soon uncovered the bodies of all four McStay family members —including Joseph, Summer, 4-year-old Gianni and 3-year-old Joseph Jr.—buried in two shallow graves in the harsh desert.
