{"id":496496,"date":"2010-03-31T10:21:39","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T14:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c630a53ef01311001c36a970c"},"modified":"2010-03-31T14:06:33","modified_gmt":"2010-03-31T18:06:33","slug":"missing-family-may-have-planned-to-vanish-into-mexico-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/496496","title":{"rendered":"Missing family may have planned to vanish into Mexico, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/static\/managed\/img\/U.S.\/033010_mcstays_monster_397x224.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0pt 5px 5px 0pt; float: left;\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p>Authorities said there is growing evidence that a <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2010\/feb\/27\/local\/la-me-disappear27-2010feb27\">Fallbrook family that disappeared<\/a> two months ago may have planned to vanish into Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>San Diego County Sheriff&#8217;s Department officials said <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fox5sandiego.com\/news\/kswb-mcstay-computer,0,4288578.story\">they examined the family&#8217;s home computers<\/a> and found evidence that they had been looking into information about child passports to Mexico shortly before they vanished.<\/p>\n<p>The family&#8217;s car was found at the U.S.-Mexico border, and a videotape shows four people who might be the family crossing into Mexico. Family members have been skeptical that the family is in Mexico and remain worried about foul play.<\/p>\n<p>No one has seen or heard from the family &#8212; Joseph McStay, his wife, Summer, and their<br \/>\ntwo children, Gianni, 4, and Joseph, 3 &#8212; since February.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Family and<br \/>\nfriends describe Joseph McStay, a 40-year-old businessman, and his<br \/>\n43-year-old wife as devoted parents excited by their recent move from<br \/>\nSan Clemente to a home they bought on a cul-de-sac in Fallbrook.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Authorities<br \/>\nsay they are stumped by the disappearance of a family that had no<br \/>\napparent financial or marital problems and no known enemies or<br \/>\nconnections to drugs or crime.<\/p>\n<p>On Feb. 14, McStay&#8217;s brother went to the family&#8217;s home to check on them<br \/>\nafter Joseph&#8217;s partner in a water fountain business said he couldn&#8217;t<br \/>\nreach him. Michael McStay found the couple&#8217;s two dogs had been left<br \/>\nunfed and perishable food was on the kitchen counter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Shelby Grad<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>More breaking news in L.A. Now:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/lanow\/2010\/03\/city-councilman-paul-krekorian-to-launch-iphone-app.html\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">L.A. 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San Diego County Sheriff&#8217;s Department officials said they examined the family&#8217;s home computers and found evidence that they had been looking into information about child passports to Mexico shortly before they vanished. 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