CA CA - The McStay Family - Bonsall - 4 Feb 2010

summer_breeze · #1 02-16-2010, 07:24 PM

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2...iffaposs-dept/

Originally published February 16, 2010 at 2:32 p.m., updated February 16, 2010 at 4:15 p.m.

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SAN DIEGO — Sheriff’s detectives are investigating the suspicious disappearance of a Bonsall family who has not been seen or heard from since Feb. 4.

Missing are Joseph McStay, his wife Summer, and their two children, Gianni, 4, and Joseph, 3.

Joseph McStay’s brother called deputies Monday evening asking for a welfare check at the family’s home on Avocado Vista Lane in Bonsall. Deputies found evidence that suggested the family had not left on a planned vacation and the sheriff’s homicide unit was called to investigate, said sheriff’s Lt. Dennis Brugos.

One clue that raised suspicion was the fact that pets were left at home with apparently no one to care for them, Brugos said.

Family members told detectives that the disappearance was “quite out of character.”

Brother Mike McStay said the family’s white 1996 Isuzu Trooper has been found in San Ysidro.

Sheriff’s officials said they look into all possibilities in cases such as these, including family problems, drug connections, threats and financial problems. Investigators have notified Mexican authorities about the case.

“At this point there is nothing that jumps out,” Brugos said.

A spokesman for the San Diego FBI office said the agency is not involved.

Joseph McStay has a company called Earth Inspired Products that designs and installs water features. A call was made to the company number, which has an Orange County area code, but the voicemail was full.

Authorities ask anyone with information to call the Sheriff’s Department at (858) 565-5200 or leave an anonymous tip with Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477 or sdcrimestoppers.com.

Kristina Davis: (619) 542-4591; kristina.davis@uniontrib.com

DeepThinker · #2 02-16-2010, 08:55 PM

Another missing family? Doesn't this make 3 that are active here on WS? I guess I just don't see how an entire family can go *poof*. I hope they are found safe and sound, as with the other families and all the other missing persons...

summer_breeze · #3 02-16-2010, 09:02 PM

http://www.examiner.com/x-15910-San-...Bonsall-couple

February 16, 5:06 PM San Diego Crime Examiner Steve Perez

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Sheriff's investigators in North County have a mystery on their hands. What happened to the McStays and their children?

Authorities became involved in the case when a relative asked authorities to check on Bonsall residents Joseph and Summer McStay on Monday night at their home on Avocado Vista Lane.

The couple have two children, Gianni, 4 and Joseph, 3, sheriff's deputies said.

They were last seen Feb. 4.

"Evidence at the family home suggested that the family had not left on a planned vacation and that the totality of the circumstances surrounding their disappearance was quite out of character for this family,'' said San Diego County Sheriff's Lt. Dennis Brugos in a statement about their disappearance.

Joseph Bryan McStay, 40, is described by authorities as a white man, 5-feet-9, 175 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.

His wife, Summer McStay, who is also known as Lisa Aranda-Martelli, is described as Columbian, 43, 5-feet-5, 115 pounds with brown Hair and brown eyes.

Anyone who has seen members of the family or know of where they are is asked to contact Sgt. Dave Martinez at (858) 565-5200.

If you wish to remain anonymous, you may call San Diego Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477. There's a potential reward of up to $1,000 if information obtained leads to a criminal case.

summer_breeze · #4 02-17-2010, 05:57 PM

http://www.fox5sandiego.com/news/ksw...,3158287.story

By Erica Fox FOX 5 San Diego Reporter
12:58 PM PST, February 17, 2010

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FALLBROOK, Calif. - An entire family from Fallbrook is missing for nearly two weeks and the authorities are expanding their search across the Mexican border.

Mike McStay contacted the San Diego Sheriff's Department Monday concerned because he hadn't heard from his brother and family in weeks. Joseph McStay, his wife Summer, five year old son Gianni and three year old son Joseph were last heard from on February 4th.

When the family's white Izuzu Trooper was found February 8th in San Ysidro, the search expanded to Mexico.

"We're investigating whether there's any connection with drug trafficking, whether there's any connection with maybe have an ongoing feud with anyone, have they been a victim of crime before," explained Brugos.

The Sheriff's Department Homicide unit is investigating but they're not calling it a criminal investigation, yet.

summer_breeze · #5 02-18-2010, 10:21 PM

http://www.10news.com/news/22607114/detail.html

Sheriff's Dept. Hopes To Bring National Attention To Case

POSTED: 6:36 pm PST February 18, 2010
UPDATED: 6:40 pm PST February 18, 2010

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SAN DIEGO -- Local investigators are taking the case of a missing North County family to the national level, including a profile on CNN's "Nancy Grace" program.

In addition to the CNN appearance on Thursday, detectives are focusing on a security guard and new video that may shed some light on the family's whereabouts. With no new significant leads, sheriff’s deputies have called in several investigators with the Department of Justice and a fugitive task force.

With every hour that ticks by and no word on the location of Joseph McStay, his wife Summer and children Gianni and Joe Jr., relatives can't help but think the worst.

"As time goes by, it makes me more and more concerned," said Joseph McStay's brother, Mike. "It makes me very, very nervous … makes me feel helpless; I wish there was something I could do."

"I can say we haven't got much productive information," said sheriff’s Lt. Dennis Brugos.

Brugos took his message about the missing family to CNN's "Nancy Grace" show Thursday.

"Quite frankly, we'd like to reach a larger audience, maybe someone out there knows something," said Brugos.

10News learned three investigators from the DOJ have been brought in to help with the McStay’s mysterious disappearance. Deputies are also looking to obtain new search warrants to go back into the family’s Fallbrook home to scour for more possible evidence.

Detectives told 10News they will also speak to the security guard who spotted the family’s vehicle parked in a San Ysidro strip mall about two blocks from the U.S.-Mexico border crossing.

Brugos said, "The security guard saw the vehicle there at 9 then towed around 11 o'clock. That was on Feb. 8."

summer_breeze · #6 02-18-2010, 10:42 PM

http://www.760kfmb.com/Global/story.asp?S=12009434

Posted: Feb 18, 2010 9:05 PM EST
Updated: Feb 18, 2010 9:05 PM EST
Video Gallery

New information in disappearance of Fallbrook family
2:27

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (CBS 8) - There's new information in the disappearance of a Fallbrook family missing for the past two weeks. We now have new photographs taken just one month ago, and for the first time we are hearing from the grandfather of the children.

Patrick McStay lives out of state, and would keep in contact with his grandchildren, son and daughter-in-law in Fallbrook using an internet web cam.

"I talked to them on the web cam, Gianni, Joey and Summer, the weekend before. Summer was showing me pictures of the house," Patrick said.

Joseph and Summer McStay and their two sons have been missing since Feb. 4. Patrick says there is no way either parent would hurt their kids.

"[Joseph] did not have a mean bone in his body. He didn't know what mean meant. He changed diapers more than she did," he said. "Summer is a stay-at-home mom, loves her kids, cooks and takes care of the house."

The family's white Isuzu truck was found abandoned in a parking lot by the border and their two pet dogs were left at home with no food or water.

Patrick says his son had been remodeling his home, and the project may have taken him south of the border.

"He told me he had bought some granite countertops for the house from an importer from San Diego or Tijuana, somewhere down there," Patrick said.

McStay ran a successful internet business making stone fountains. His father says that's another possible Mexico connection.

"I understand there are businesses across the border that do water features that he does business with," Patrick said.

Joseph McStay also loved to surf, but his brother Michael says the two have not been surfing in Mexico for 20 years.

"As kids we went down to Rosarito. Back then you didn't need passports, just roll down there to papas and beer, the whole deal," Michael said.

Michael says his missing brother and family would never just take off and not tell anybody.

"A lot can happen in two weeks. We are worried. Mom and dad… we're really concerned," Michael said.

summer_breeze · #7 02-20-2010, 09:58 AM

http://www.10news.com/news/22617154/detail.html

POSTED: 4:46 pm PST February 19, 2010
UPDATED: 7:45 pm PST February 19, 2010

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FALLBROOK, Calif. -- Investigators Friday obtained search warrants to search the home of a North County family missing for more than two weeks.

A judge signed search warrants for the Fallbrook home of the McStay family, a pickup truck in the driveway and a car that was discovered near the U.S.-Mexico border.

Cadaver dogs were brought to the home Friday morning to sniff for signs of Joseph McStay, his wife Summer and their two sons, Gianni and Joseph Jr.

Sgt. Don Parker, search and rescue coordinator for the San Diego County Sheriff's Department, said, "They went through the backyard and didn't find anything at all."

Detectives began scouring the house for clues and emerged hours later with two computers that will be analyzed at a crime lab. Detectives also took anything that might have evidentiary value.

Sheriff's Lt. Dennis Brugos said, "Things like records, phone, bank, perhaps diaries, anything else that might lead us to where these people are."

Authorities found a video camera inside the pickup truck and what looked like greeting cards. Detectives still don't know if those pieces of evidence will lead them to the family that disappeared on Feb. 4.

A separate search of the family's white 1996 Isuzu Trooper SUV found near the U.S.-Mexico border began, and it is that possible link with Mexico that has both investigators and neighbors concerned.

Neighbor Diana Grimmon said, "I wish there was some leads. I wish somebody know who drove the car, who left the car there, why they left in such a hurry."

"If they did go over the border … the safety of going to another country … that sort of plays a role in my mind. That might be what happened," said neighbor Soncha Scheller.

Investigators said there is nothing at this time that indicated the family did cross the border into Mexico, but authorities in Mexico are also assisting in the search for the family.

summer_breeze · #8 02-20-2010, 09:47 PM

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?se...nty&id=7288316

Friday, February 19, 2010

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LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. -- Police are searching for a Southern California family who have not been seen or heard from in two weeks.

San Diego County sheriff's spokesman Dennis Brugos says Joseph McStay, his wife Summer, and their two children, 4-year-old Gianni and 3-year-old Joseph were last seen on Feb. 4. The family recently moved to San Diego County from San Clemente.

Brugos says the McStays' car was found abandoned in San Ysidro, just two blocks from the Mexican border, on Feb. 8.

Family friend Diane Cirignani told the Orange County Register she does not believe the family left voluntarily. The family's two dogs also were found in their backyard without food and water.

Anyone with information on the case is asked to contact the San Diego County Sheriff's Department.

summer_breeze · #9 02-22-2010, 03:23 PM

http://www.ocregister.com/news/famil...ng-joseph.html

Published: Feb. 22, 2010
Updated: 11:57 a.m.
Web site created about missing family
By BRITTANY LEVINE
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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A Web site featuring photos and videos has been created to give people a place to find information about a missing family who recently moved from San Clemente.

Joseph McStay, 40, and his family have been missing since Feb. 4, according to police reports. The McStays, including Joseph's wife, Summer, 43, and their sons, Gianni, 4, and Joseph, 3, moved to Fallbrook in San Diego County in December.

Joseph McStay has owned Earth Inspired Products, a water fountain and accessories business in San Clemente, since 1996, according to the company's Web site.

To view photos, home videos and information about the McStays, visit www.McStayFamily.com. The site is still under construction by relatives, but the photos, links to news stories about the missing family and a guestbook are already available. The photos include shots of the children opening Christmas presents dressed in holiday-theme pajamas and the family at the beach.

summer_breeze · #10 02-24-2010, 07:27 PM

http://www.ocregister.com/news/famil...ay-police.html

Published: Feb. 24, 2010
Updated: 12:36 p.m.
BY BRITTANY LEVINE
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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The police are currently reviewing hours of video tape from the Mexican border and working with Mexican law enforcement as they continue to investigate the disappearance of a long-time San Clemente family who recently moved to Fallbrook, a police spokesman said.

The McStays' car was towed as an abandoned vehicle from a parking lot in San Ysidro just blocks from the border on Feb. 8. Two car seats for their missing children Gianni Giuseppe, 4, and Joseph Mateo, 3, were also in the car, said police, who conducted the first welfare check on the McStays on Feb. 15 after being contacted by a worried family member.

summer_breeze · #11 02-25-2010, 09:49 PM

http://www.10news.com/news/22676691/detail.html

POSTED: 5:59 pm PST February 25, 2010
UPDATED: 6:15 pm PST February 25, 2010

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SAN DIEGO -- A high-profile search-and-rescue team is joining the hunt for a missing Fallbrook family and bringing some high-tech equipment with them.

Over the next several days, a drone will be used to search for the McStay family, who have been missing since Feb. 4.

Joseph McStay, his wife Summer and sons Gianni and Joseph Jr. have not been seen or heard from in almost a month. Family members reached out to Texas Equusearch, the same agency that helped in the search for Natalee Holloway and Jesse Davis.

hoppyfrog · #12 02-26-2010, 01:52 AM

Please remember that this thread is only for information and family support.

If you would like to discuss this case, please go to the appropriate thread in the Missing/Located Discussion forum.

Thanks,

Hoppy

summer_breeze · #13 02-27-2010, 03:42 PM

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?se...nty&id=7301175

Friday, February 26, 2010
By Eileen Frere and Robert Holguin

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LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. (KABC) -- Search crews will step up their efforts this weekend to find a missing Southern California family.

A businessman, his wife and their two young children vanished shortly after moving from Orange County to San Diego County. They have been missing for weeks now. A vigil for the family was held in Laguna Niguel Friday evening.

Three-year-old Joseph McStay Junior and his 4-year-old brother Gianni have been missing for more than three weeks, along with their parents, 40-year-old Joseph and 43-year-old Summer.

"As time goes by it's more and more overwhelming," said Joseph McStay's brother Michael.

summer_breeze · #14 03-01-2010, 07:18 PM

http://www.kabc.com/Article.asp?id=1716719&spid=

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A search group experienced with investigations of several other high-profile missing persons cases has joined the search for a missing California family of four who have not been seen or heard from in nearly a month.

Texas Equusearch plans to send four members of its team to San Diego, Calif., tonight and comb the area where the McStay family was last seen Feb. 4.

summer_breeze · #15 03-03-2010, 06:04 PM

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2010/03...y6262441.shtml

March 3, 2010 10:29 AM
McStay Family of Four Still Missing, Cops Searching
Posted by Carlin DeGuerin Miller

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LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) The McStays, a middle-class family of four, vanished over two weeks ago; they left food rotting in the kitchen and their two dogs without food or water.

summer_breeze · #16 03-06-2010, 09:13 AM

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-...nclick_check=1

The Associated Press
Posted: 03/05/2010 04:39:40 PM PST
Updated: 03/05/2010 04:39:41 PM PST

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SAN DIEGO—San Diego County sheriff's investigators say surveillance video may have captured images of a missing Fallbrook family crossing the U.S.-Mexico border into Tijuana on foot last month

summer_breeze · #17 03-13-2010, 04:33 PM

POSTED: 6:19 pm PST March 12, 2010
UPDATED: 7:38 pm PST March 12, 2010

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SAN DIEGO -- Family members said the chances a video released by the San Diego County Sheriff's Department contain images of a missing Fallbrook family crossing the U.S.-Mexico border are 50-50.

10News learned investigators found a carton of eggs and prescription sunglasses belonging to Summer McStay on the kitchen counter.

"The whole thing just doesn't add up. It doesn't make any sense," said Mike McStay.

summer_breeze · #18 03-20-2010, 02:36 PM

http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=12167855

THURSDAY, March 18, 2010
Brother says border tape does not show missing family
Posted: Mar 18, 2010 9:53 PM EDT
Updated: Mar 18, 2010 9:53 PM EDT

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DIEGO, Calif. (CBS 8) - A Fallbrook man is speaking out about the disappearance of his brother and his family.

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Investigators found their white Isuzu Trooper in a San Ysidro parking lot Feb. 8. A surveillance video shows a family of four walking across the border, but Michael is convinced it is not his family.

"As I've analyzed it hundreds and hundreds, hundreds of times, even still the best I can come up with is that the children are age-appropriate and size-appropriate, but I've got no proof that it's my brother and sister, and I've got no proof that it's them," he said.

Seymour Krelborn · #19 03-20-2010, 06:56 PM

JOSEPH MCSTAY JR, Age Now: 3, Missing: 02/04/2010. Missing From FALLBROOK, CA. ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT: San Diego County Sheriff's Office (California) 1-858-565-5200.

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Seymour Krelborn · #20 03-20-2010, 06:56 PM

GIANNI MCSTAY , Age Now: 4, Missing: 02/04/2010. Missing From FALLBROOK, CA. ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT: San Diego County Sheriff's Office (California) 1-858-565-5200.

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summer_breeze · #21 03-25-2010, 06:27 PM

http://www.thevillagenews.com/story/46479/

Debbie Ramsey
Managing Editor

Thursday, March 25th, 2010.
Issue 12, Volume 14.

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The investigation into the disappearance of the McStay family of four last seen on Feb. 4 is more focused in Mexico at this time, authorities said, after video surveillance tapes revealed a family generally matching their description was spotted crossing the US/Mexico border at approximately 7 p.m. on Feb. 7.

However, Sheriff’s Lt. Dennis Brugos said authorities cannot positively identify that it was the McStay family in the film footage they reviewed.

"Family members looked at the video and the clothing the family was wearing, and were ‘pretty certain’ it was them, but the film was shot from the rear, so there is a little bit of uncertainty about it," said Brugos. "We are saying there is a high probability it was the McStays. Some of the family members were more certain about it than others."

Brugos also said the family depicted on the tape "didn’t appear to be under any kind of duress when they were crossing the border."

summer_breeze · #22 03-26-2010, 06:50 PM

http://www.ocregister.com/news/mcsta...el-family.html

Published: March 26, 2010
Updated: 3:04 p.m.
Video shows missing family leaving home
By BRITTANY LEVINE
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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A newly uncovered surveillance videotape shows a glimpse of a missing family's activities before leaving their home and two unattended dogs behind, a relative says.

San Clemente businessman Joseph McStay, 40, his wife, Summer, 43, and their two children, Gianni, 4, and Joseph, 3, have been missing since Feb. 4. Michael McStay, Joseph's brother, said a video from a neighbor's home security camera shows the family leaving their Fallbrook house at 7:47 p.m. that day in their white Isuzu Trooper. On Feb. 8, the Isuzu was found abandoned in a parking lot a few blocks from the Mexican border, according to police reports.

Dallasdon · #23 03-26-2010, 09:47 PM

Why are there two threads on this topic?

This thread should move here-

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sho...=97121&page=38

hoppyfrog · #24 03-26-2010, 10:00 PM

This thread is for information and family support.

The other thread is for discussion.

We have two threads for many cases at WS.

Hoppy

summer_breeze · #25 03-30-2010, 06:59 PM

http://abcnews.go.com/US/TheLaw/miss...ry?id=10239508

The McStay Family Car Was Found Near Mexico Border in February
By EMILY FRIEDMAN
March 30, 2010

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A California family that has been missing for nearly two months may have left their San Deigo home and fled to Mexico on their own accord, according to authorities.

Authorities say the family has been missing for nearly 2 weeks.Evidence from the McStay family computer show that Joseph McStay and his wife Summer may have been researching travel to Mexico, according to ABC News' San Diego affiliate KGTV