The McStay family’s disappearance

[Gil Bang 25509]

On the old board we had a long thread about this San Diego area family’s disappearance. Their car was found in a border parking lot, and video surveillance was thought to show them walking into Mexico.
 
Some 3 years later, a motorcyclist in the Mojave desert saw a skull, which led to the discovery of the remains of the father, mom, and two kids.
 
The jury just convicted the father’s business associate of the murders. Motherfucker has a business dispute with the dad, so he murdered the entire family with a sledgehammer.
 
Penalty phase starts Tuesday.

[Lhorn 4862]

Wow. Don’t remember that story. Hopefully he gets the maximum penalty. That’s pretty gruesome. 

[Gil Bang 25509]

Max is death.

[Gil Bang 25509]

Max is death.

[Austinvines 309]

I don’t remember it for TOS but the My Favorite Murder podcast recently recapped it right as the trial was going to start. Gruesome story and crazy that it took so long for the cops to finally investigate the business partner.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

God damn, its only money. Fucking life in the general population with a I killed women, and children tattooed across his forehead.

[RDCanecutter 25767]

Rancho Cucamonga

I will forever associate this name with Bugs Bunny cartoons.

[gsoda3 3187]

i remember that from TOS, i'm glad there's closure but wish this wasn't the outcome.  

[Deej 76081]

7 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said:

 

 

I will forever associate this name with Bugs Bunny cartoons.

And Workaholics.

[achooloco 961]

And Friday 2

[huge 3766]

9 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said:

 

 

I will forever associate this name with Bugs Bunny cartoons.

and Anthony Clark stanup

[huge 3766]

18 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said:

 

 

I will forever associate this name with Bugs Bunny cartoons.

Also, Albuquerque

Edited June 10, 2019 by huge

[Beau Vine 53625]

49 minutes ago, Gil Bang said:

The jury just convicted the father’s business associate of the murders. Motherfucker has a business dispute with the dad, so he murdered the entire family with a sledgehammer.
 

That must have been serious business.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

Just now, Beau Vine said:

That must have been serious business.

Deadly serious.

[Beau Vine 53625]

3 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

That must have been serious business.

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On Friday, a jury reached their verdict in the murder case against Merritt, who authorities say killed the family with a sledgehammer after his business associate, 40-year-old Joseph McStay, tried to cut him out of a business making and selling custom water fountains.

Custom water fountains????

[Rougarou 594]

32 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said:

 

 

I will forever associate this name with Bugs Bunny cartoons.

This is me, with AlbaKwerkie.

[Red Five 40109]

Max is death.

Maybe he’ll get a McStay of execution.

[TornACL 7652]

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Motherfucker has a business dispute with the dad, so he murdered the entire family with a sledgehammer. 

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Rancho Cucamonga

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a business making and selling custom water fountains.

This sounds like a future Coen Brothers movie. 

[G650 13063]

38 minutes ago, achooloco said:

And Friday 2

This.

[Huckleberry 32142]

So two guys named Chase and McStay were in a business relationship? That has bad idea jeans written all over it.

[Lhorn 4862]

1 hour ago, Gil Bang said:

Max is death.
 

Governor Newsome ain’t tryin to hear that. I guess whatever his sentence he’ll die of old age in prison unless some young upstart, go-getter decides to shank him in the yard. (Fingers crossed)

Edited June 10, 2019 by Lhorn

[Chooky 13277]

They should've seen it coming.  This guy has a "might-commit-quadruple-homicide-with-sledgehammer" kind of face.  

[Hank Scorpio 17691]

I think after he killed the 3rd family member with a sledge hammer the 4th one might have gotten suspicious and maybe run away or something. Although their last name is McStay not McGo. 

Edited June 10, 2019 by Hank Scorpio

[po elvis 2070]

52 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

So two guys named Chase and McStay were in a business relationship? That has bad idea jeans written all over it.

it would seem to Clash.

[Chooky 13277]

13 minutes ago, Hank Scorpio said:

I think after he killed the 3rd family member with a sledge hammer the 4th one might have gotten suspicious and maybe run away or something. Although their last name is McStay not McGo. 

I'm usually out after one head gets smashed with a sledgehammer, but of course my last name is McAnticipation.

[Beau Vine 53625]

It's kind of interesting that four people got kill by sledgehammer-to-head, yet the prosecutors were unable to determine where it happened.  

Sounds like the conviction was obtained entirely by circumstantial evidence.  (Pretty damning circumstantial evidence, so I'm not suggesting he's innocent.)

Edited June 10, 2019 by Beau Vine

[crash_davis 23038]

1 hour ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

Deadly serious.

imgur

[mulletpelini 5206]

Well it looks like a custom water fountain business territory just opened up.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

1 hour ago, mulletpelini said:

Well it looks like a custom water fountain business territory just opened up.

It's got a pretty austere severance package... IMO.

[retread 2951]

We can buy the equipment w the wreath fund and get into the bidet business.

[Clintonaldo 2303]

This story makes my head hurt. 

[El Diablo 4232]

6 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

Max is death.
 

Silverhammer? 

[Armybrat 40464]

6 hours ago, RDCanecutter said:

 

 

I will forever associate this name with Bugs Bunny cartoons.

The cartoonist (Tex Avery) who came up with several Bugs Bunny quotes was from Taylor, Texas.

Edited June 11, 2019 by Armybrat

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

4 minutes ago, El Diablo said:

Silverhammer? 

Well... maybe

[retread 2951]

They don't know where he killed them right?  

[Beau Vine 53625]

3 hours ago, mulletpelini said:

Well it looks like a custom water fountain business territory just opened up.

I googled "custom water fountain" and this was the second picture:
 

It's called a "Long Beach Fountain" and it's $3750.  If you've ever been to old Fouts Field in Denton, it looks just like the uninals there.

 

You can also get this beauty for only $776.15:

[El Diablo 4232]

Water coolers/drinking fountains aren't cheap. I've priced them before and a simple standalone model will run a grand. Nice to see that the wall mounts are cheaper. I'll let the maintenance guys at work know, the one closet to me hasn't worked right in 8 years. Fountain I mean. Ah hell, Larry ain't worth a shit either and he knows it.

[Homercles 10162]

Well it looks like a custom water fountain business territory just opened up.

Prostate trouble?

[WBT 20131]

They don't make them like they used to

[Buck Strickland 380]

He really was one of the Rancho Cucamonga cracker killers like Ice Cube in Friday 2

[Gil Bang 25509]

penalty phase over.  Jury recommends death. 

[immortal13 4059]

1 hour ago, Gil Bang said:

penalty phase over.  Jury recommends death. 

Good

[SuingToGetAMessageBoard? 3861]

[RMac5 1541]

AMF! How long will he sit on death row? Maybe he will get a shank first.

[smuggs 9304]

[ButtFumble 5065]

boy just reading the one article this shit is pretty weird

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2508766/Mystery-McStay-money-Family-dead-barely-afford-rent-despite-100k-bank.html

also the company seemingly is located in Austin now???

https://earthinspiredproducts.com/community/contact

unless there is more than one custom fountain maker with that name

and the weird dude that lives in their old house and gets to chill in the living room where the kids were the kids were born in a kiddie pool....WTF

I wonder if they got the guy that really did it I mean shit it took them 3 years to find the bodies then SIX years to go to trial

[Gil Bang 25509]

43 minutes ago, ButtFumble said:

boy just reading the one article this shit is pretty weird

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2508766/Mystery-McStay-money-Family-dead-barely-afford-rent-despite-100k-bank.html

also the company seemingly is located in Austin now???

https://earthinspiredproducts.com/community/contact

unless there is more than one custom fountain maker with that name

and the weird dude that lives in their old house and gets to chill in the living room where the kids were the kids were born in a kiddie pool....WTF

I wonder if they got the guy that really did it I mean shit it took them 3 years to find the bodies then SIX years to go to trial

I understand where you are coming from, but it seems like Merritt has been the prime suspect all along.   He wrote himself checks after the disappearance, couldn't explain his travels (to the Mojave desert), etc.   Having no bodies was problematic, but they were buried in the middle of a huge desert 150 miles from where they lived.    As to the delay getting to trial, that was all Merritt.  He's the one that delayed everything time and again, usually claiming health issues.  

[Gil Bang 25509]

Oh shit. I just read that daily mail article.  I call 100% bullshit.  2 bedrooms in San Clemente for $850/mo?    No fucking way.  A 2 bed in SC is closer to 3 grand a month.  

That glaring bunch of bullshit calls the entire article  into question. 

[ButtFumble 5065]

1 minute ago, Gil Bang said:

I understand where you are coming from, but it seems like Merritt has been the prime suspect all along.   He wrote himself checks after the disappearance, couldn't explain his travels (to the Mojave desert), etc.   Having no bodies was problematic, but they were buried in the middle of a huge desert 150 miles from where they lived.    As to the delay getting to trial, that was all Merritt.  He's the one that delayed everything time and again, usually claiming health issues.  

reading some more after posting that yea it seems like he is a good "candidate"

he seems to be serious criminal scum from the way back

he has some anger issues and money issues and business issues with his now dead partner

and yea he was the one delaying the trial forever I suppose there was a lot more in the trial as well hopefully something more than "his DNA was in the McShay car" which seems highly probably since they were business partners and associated together

I guess it goes back to when you have crazy shit around you then you can expect crazy shit to happen to you

[Gil Bang 25509]

as to my post above about the rent:  

McStay's real estate license shows his address as 328 Avenida Cabrillo.  The  photos look like it's the same place as pictured in the article. It's a duplex.  It sold in 2016 for $880,000.

But sure, rent was 210 a week.