But there was no sign of struggle. No blood. No ransom note. The initial investigation was baffling. Because there was no forced entry and no bodies, law enforcement leaned into a strange hypothesis: The McStays had willingly walked away from their lives.
There are some cases that feel like riddles wrapped in a nightmare. The disappearance of the McStay family is one of them. Two Shallow Graves- The McStay Family Murders
But forensic accountants noticed a pattern. Immediately after the family vanished, someone began writing checks from Joseph’s business account. Thousands of dollars. The signature? A forgery. The culprit? Chase Merritt. But there was no sign of struggle
Two Shallow Graves: The Unsettling Final Chapter of the McStay Family The initial investigation was baffling
For nearly four years, the world looked for the McStays in Mexico, in Canada, in hiding. They were never lost. They were just two and a half miles from home, waiting in the dirt to be found.