Down to the Bone (eBook)

A Missing Family's Murder and the Elusive Quest for Justice

Caitlin Rother (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
368 Seiten
Citadel Press (Verlag)
978-0-8065-4264-5 (ISBN)

Infos

A twisting, deeply engrossing investigation into the many lingering questions surrounding the sudden disappearance of the McStays, a family of four who vanished from their suburban San Diego home without a traceuntil their skeletal remains were found in the Mojave Desert nearly four years laterfrom New York Times bestselling author Caitlin Rother. On February 15, 2010, Joseph McStay, his wife Summer, and their two young sons were reported missing from their new home in San Diego County. They left eggs and fruit rotting on the counter. Their Dodge truck sat in the driveway. Their dogs were abandoned outside without food. But investigators found no blood, signs of a struggle, or clues to their whereabouts. Did the family take an unannounced vacation? Were they running away from personal problems? Or were they victims of foul play? Nearly four years later, a motorcyclist found the McStays' remains in and around two shallow graves, one hundred miles away in the Mojave Desert. Their skulls showed signs of blunt-force trauma, likely due to the sledgehammer buried with them. Authorities focused on Charles "e;Chase"e; Merritt, a close friend and subcontractor for Joseph's company. Despite a lack of physical evidence, scenarios that defied logic, and numerous unanswered questions, prosecutors convinced a jury of Merritt's guilt. After an emotional sentencing hearing, the judge imposed the death penalty. But did another possible suspect, who was ignored by investigators and ducked a subpoena to testify, get away with murder? In this twisting, deeply researched true-crime mystery, New York Times bestselling investigative journalist Caitlin Rother hunts for answers to reveal the truth behind a heinous crime that became a nation's obsession, with a controversial trial in its wake, and lingering questions of justice.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.6.2025
• Zusatzinfo: 24-40 photos for 16 page insert
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Politik / Gesellschaft
• Schlagworte: abandoned dogs • Ann Rule • bludgeoned to death • Charles Merritt • Chase Merritt • compromised crime scenes • Confirmation Bias • Conspiracy theories • Dan Kavanaugh • Death Penalty • Death Row • disappearance • DNA testing • drug cartel • evidence of murder • Fallbrook, Cal • Fallbrook, California • family murdered • Forensic Testing • gambling debt • Gianni McStay • Gregg Olsen • Human remains • internet mystery • internet sensation • Joey McStay • Joseph McStay • Judge Michael Smith • McStay family • Mexico • missing persons • mojave desert • Murder • murder for money • prosecutorial misconduct • prosecutor James McGee • San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department • San Diego • San Diego County Sheriff’s Department • San Diego murder • shallow graves • skeletal remains • Summer McStay • Torture • True Crime • true mystery • unsolved mysteries • video serveillance
• ISBN-10: 0-8065-4264-0 / 0806542640
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8065-4264-5 / 9780806542645