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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
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] On June 10, 2019, a jury found Merritt guilty of murdering the McStay family. He was sentenced to death on January 21, 2020 ...
May 21, 2022 · Nevertheless, Chase was arrested for murder. His trial faced delays after he fired his attorneys several times to represent himself. In June 2019, then 62-years-old, he was found guilty of four counts of first-degree murder.
Jan 22, 2020 · Charles “Chase” Merritt, 62, was convicted in June of killing his former business associate Joseph McStay, 40, McStay’s wife, Summer, 43, and their two children, Gianni, 4, and Joseph Jr., 3.
- Christine Pelisek
- Inside The Courtroom
- 'We Are Scarred For Life': Emotional Family Impact Statements
- 'I Did Not Do This Thing': Chase Merritt Maintains Innocence
- The Crime
NBC 7 was once again inside the courtroom Tuesday. The sentencing was supposed to begin at 8:30 a.m. but was delayed by about an hour because Merritt, for unknown reasons, wasn't transported to the courthouse. During the lull, NBC 7 spoke with prosecuting attorney Britt Imes about the continuing delays. "We don't run this circus. We're just the clo...
Summer McStay's sister spoke first. “I don’t know that I can ever explain the impact this man has had on my family,” she said. “We are scarred for life.” “It’s been almost 10 years and the pain hasn’t subsided,” she added. "Our family has already received a life sentence." Joseph McStay's mother, Susan Blake, followed. She talked about how the slay...
Voice shaking, it was Merrit's turn to speak to the courtroom and to the McStay family's loved ones. He maintained his innocence, saying something has always been "amiss" in this case. “The thing that is bringing you this solace, is ending my life. Ending my life for a crime that I did not commit," Merritt said. "I loved Joseph. He was a big part o...
The McStay family disappeared from their Fallbrook home in San Diego's North County in 2010. Immediately, the mysterious case gripped the community. Where were they? Why were they gone? In the family's home, investigators found bowls of uneaten popcorn, as if the family had just been there, and planned to return. The home had no signs of forced ent...
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Jan 21, 2020 · SAN BERNARDINO — The 62-year-old welder convicted in the brutal beating deaths of a Fallbrook family of four — including two young children — was sentenced Tuesday to death. Charles “Chase”...
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Jan 17, 2020 · Charles "Chase" Merritt was found guilty June 10, 2019, on four counts of murder in the slayings of the McStay Family, a family who vanished from their home in San Diego County in 2010. By NBC...
