@nbcsandiego: Charles "Chase" Merritt in custody (via @NBCLA), no motive discussed in #McStay murders http://t.co/eVFAGWAOIOhttp://t.co/Pp5f1hrBvcmotoged - 11-7-2014 at 10:36 AM
Really good police work !!!Kgryfon - 11-7-2014 at 12:20 PM
Good thing they brought in the FBI! SDPD didn't seem to be getting anywhere. They didn't even figure out that the family had been murdered in their
home, and wasted a lot of time on speculation that they family had just up and left.
I thought CSIs would have been able to figure out pretty quickly that the family home was a murder scene...or have I just been watching too much TV?
Or maybe SDPD didn't even send the CSI squad in because they assumed the family had just walked away? In any case, it seems that SDPD pretty much
screwed up this investigation every which way, and its good that the FBI took over.
I'm glad someone finally caught the guy! I know, innocent until proven guilty...
how to you incapacitate 4 people in their house and not leave any blood or show signs of a struggle? says they all were killed by blows to the head?Bajahowodd - 11-9-2014 at 04:52 PM
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how to you incapacitate 4 people in their house and not leave any blood or show signs of a struggle? says they all were killed by blows to the head?
Using a gun. Then taking them elsewhere to murder them. I know it's easy to be a Monday morning quarterback, but as this story was originally
unfolding, I had a hunch that it was related to business dealings.EnsenadaDr - 11-9-2014 at 10:42 PM
Awesome!! Had a feeling it might have been him, since money was taken out of their joint account. Now if we could only find Gary Patton!!EnsenadaDr - 11-10-2014 at 07:36 AM
They were probably transported to the site in the desert under gunpoint and killed there.
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Originally posted by woody with a view
how to you incapacitate 4 people in their house and not leave any blood or show signs of a struggle? says they all were killed by blows to the head?
motoged - 11-10-2014 at 10:40 AM
Doc,
Have any theories about how that would have happened?LancairDriver - 11-10-2014 at 12:47 PM
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Originally posted by motoged
Doc,
Have any theories about how that would have happened?
Hey! Maybe if we stir the pot some more we can turn this into another endless thread starring the usual suspects. EnsenadaDr - 11-10-2014 at 01:07 PM
Yes Motoged, the suspect shows up with a few thugs with shotguns, tells the McStays to get into their vehicle, drives them out to the desert and
shoots them, then the thugs dig shallow graves. Not very complicated.Kgryfon - 11-10-2014 at 01:26 PM
Well, that would be one theory but all the articles are stating that they were killed in their home.
How could you do that to two adults and two kids? Tell the parents that you are going to hurt the kids if they don't cooperate and make one of them
tie the others up, then kill them. It's happened before.
Not saying that's what happened here, just saying the authorities are saying they were killed in their home. The whole thing is just sad.
