How One Man’s Greed Meant the End of the Entire McStay Family
They were murdered and buried in a desert for over three years.
It was February 4, 2010, when the small village of Fallbrook, in San Diego County, was shaken by the disappearance of a whole family.
Summer and Joseph McStay as well as their sons Joseph Mateo and Gianni had vanished without leaving much behind in terms of clues or without really informing any of their kith and kin.
The two children were very young — a three-year-old and a four-year-old. Joseph was 40 years old while his wife Summer was 43 making them a rather young family. They also, from the look of things, seemed to be quite a happy family.
Joseph owned a business of making decorative fountains while Summer was a real estate agent, complementing each other’s professions very well, which was a handy thing in a small village like Fallbrook, where everyone knew everyone, and word of mouth was the best way of expanding business.
With two young kids and a rather simple lifestyle, there didn’t seem much reason for the couple to disappear from the face of the earth, unannounced.
Yet, disappear they did.
