McStay Family Murder Trial Begins – Video Footage

This is so surreal.

Seeing someone that you once spent a significant amount of time with on trial for the murder of an entire family is something I never imagined would happen in my lifetime.

That face. That man. This day.

It’s all just mind-blowing and I haven’t quite wrapped my head around it since the very first day I saw his face on the news when the McStay family’s disappearance was first being reported on.

We sat and ate meals together with family. We did a lot together. Chase didn’t let many people very close to him. I am now realizing that I’m probably one of the only people out there who can detail the kinds of things the prosecution still has yet to find or present regarding Chase’s character.

There is more. So much more.

McStay Family Murder / Charles (Chase) Merritt Trial Video Footage

Chase’s character will be a big deal in this trial, but I don’t imagine it will secure his conviction. Anyone who followed the McStay family investigation knows that Chase has already been described as:

  • Bad with money. Perpetually broke, in fact. I am not sure how he was able to cash the checks that he forged to himself from Mcstay’s QB account since Chase had a very bad reputation with banks. It is not widely known that he had his customer checks made out to his girlfriend’s name because he could not obtain a bank account himself.
  • Impulsive and impatient. He would make large purchases or big decisions on impulse.
  • Sociopath – Chase is incredibly cunning, and what I haven’t yet seen mentioned about Chase is that he was especially effective at becoming a different version of “Chase”, depending on who he was with, and what his motives were with that person. When you initially meet Chase, he can easily and quickly size you up to figure out what he can say and do to gain your trust and admiration. Everything down to his body language is ever so calculated.
  • Complete lack of ethics in regard to business – You will have already seen numerous complaints from his business’s past customers. Chase was constantly dodging calls from angry customers that he failed to deliver products for. I always figured one day he’d piss off the wrong person and finally start doing right by his business ventures. You can pretty much spiderweb this lack of ethics out into every other area of his life. Relationships, parenting, and anything else. He was still very proud and would boast that he was untouchable.

 

 

 

 

Chase Merritt’s Defense Implies Another Associate Murdered McStay Family

As the developments that lead up to January’s Mcstay family murder trial move along (albeit, slowly), we’ve now got the defense gathering up as much as they can to help vindicate Charles “Chase” Merritt of the brutal murder of the McStay family.  This implied person was already said to have been out of the state during the time the family went missing, so many many see this as, perhaps, grasping at straws?

“In a motion filed with the court, one of Merritt’s attorneys argued that a business associate of victim Joseph McStay, Daniel Kavanaugh, threatened McStay and his family in an online exchange in January 2009 after their relationship soured. Additionally, the attorney said, Kavanaugh told another man in November 2013 that he “knows how to make people disappear” and that they will “find his bones in the desert.” ”

Well, okay then.

So, what about this individual being out of the state during the family’s disappearance?

“Kavanaugh’s comment in 2013 occurred 10 days after the skeletal remains of two adults and two children were discovered buried in two shallow graves in the Mojave Desert, north of Victorville and west of Interstate 15. ”

Coincidence, or nah?

My take on Dan’s threats to Joseph:

  • Joseph and Dan didn’t seem to have a solidified partnership agreement that laid out the exact amount of business profit Dan was to receive from the website marketing work he performed. And so it seemed that Joseph was paying Dan whatever he felt was “fair” at random intervals. I could be wrong on this, though that is what I’ve seen implied.
  • As an online marketer performing SEO Search Engine Optimization on Joseph’s website, Dan could have easily “undid” the SEO work he performed on the website, removed the back links he built to the website. This would have caused it’s search engine rankings to fall and subsequently tank the website’s traffic. I believe the threats made to Joseph by Dan were exactly this; “pay me or I take back my work.”
  • Upon further inspection of Dan’s statements and message exchanges with Joseph, it’s easy to see that Dan was in a position to negotiate a more consistent payment schedule with Joseph if Dan was even partially responsible for the websites search engine traffic.

What’s your take?

I’ve received a few questions regarding whether or not I believe Chase was capable of murdering the Mcstay family and I will be addressing specific answers soon. You are welcome to leave your questions for me in the comments.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I Knew Chase (Charles) Merritt Extremely Well

Few can say that they spent a significant amount of time with a man who has been accused of killing a family of four in cold blood. Unfortunately, I am one of those few.

I knew Chase Merritt on a very personal basis. I knew his family– he knew my family. I’ve decided to finally come forward and answer some of the longtime questions that I’ve seen floating around the internet regarding the man who has been named as the killer of the McStay Family back in 2010.

Charles (Chase) Merritt is currently awaiting trial after being arrested in late 2014 for the murders of Joey, Summer, Gianni, and Joseph Jr. As of July 2018, the McStay Family Murder trial moves on at a snails pace.

The #1 question that I’m asked by those who know of my past connection with Chase Merritt is:

“Do you think Chase Merritt really murdered the McStay Family?”

I will answer this question in my upcoming posts through a variety of angles.

After all, how does a man go from straight from theft-related crimes to the full blown murder of FOUR people? Is this even possible? I’ll eventually post my thoughts on this one too.

PS: Yes, I am anonymous for safety reasons. If you knew what I knew, you’d understand!