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April 26, 2023 15 mins
On this episode of Into The Fire: A True-Crime Podcast, we talk about the disappearance of the McStay family. The family disappeared from their home in Fallbrook, California on February 4, 2010.

On November 13, 2013, their bodies were found in two shallow graves in the desert near Victorville, California, on November 13, 2013.

Joseph McStay's business partner, Charles "Chase" Merritt, was arrested and charged with the quadruple murders. On June 10, 2019, a jury found Merritt guilty of murdering the McStay family. He was sentenced to death on January 21, 2020.

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