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Continue to do what you do. if you see things that are concerning, push them up to local law enforcement immediately. if they rise to a certain level or if you want to push it to both the fbi and local law enforcement, feel free to do that. these are your protecters. but do as you do normally. go about your day. do not let this cause mass h hysteria. were not there. were not there at all. we have a long-term very complex investigation that we have to complete. thats going to take time and a lot ...

The border to enjoy a day in mexico? why would they walk over the border in the dark at night when theres really nothing on the other side at that time of night to do with small children? >> consider the timing. according to the sheriff, the empty mcstay vehicle was found between 5:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. at the mall. yet the surveillance video at the border is time stamped 7:00 p.m. >> tell me something, where were they for an hour and a half? with all these cameras in the parking lot, in the mal...

Coffee grounds scattered about. susan blake is joseph mcstays mother. >> your thoughts are going wild. why would they be mising? somethings not right here. >> the familys sudden disappearance stunned nearly all who knew them. a true mystery that baffled investigators. san bernardino sheriff john mcman and his team are in charge of the investigation. any thoughts on what would have made the mcstays leave their home on february 4 in such a rush? >> at this point, no. why would they take their chil...

>> as a journalist at the time, i had to consider it. particularly because law enforcement was to adamant that it was them. >> we did believe for a while, we add strong reason to believe, that they traveled to mexico. >> jan caldwell is with the sheriffs department. >> somebody else down there brought them cocktails and we did have the sightings. were they still there? we didnt know. >> and as more time went by, detectives say the leads dried up and the case went cold. >> its almost impossible t...

Just days after the remains were discovered. >> hopefully now that we have a scene, thats going to tell us the answers to this mystery. >> a mystery, once considered a missing persons case, now officially a murder investigation. >> the manner of death has been determined to be homicide. >> almost four years since the disappearance. grieving family and friends criticize law enforcement for overlooking evidence that might have helped them find the mcstays sooner. >> i could have hired some boy sco...

Him like that. >> god no. >> food was also left out. eggs rotting on the kitchen counter. coffee grinds scattered about. >> like they took off fast. >> susan blake is joseph mcstays mother. >> your thoughts are going wild. why would they be missing? somethings not right here. >> the familys sudden disappearance stunned nearly all who knew them. a true mystery that baffled investigators. san bernardino sheriff john mcman and his detectives are in charge of the investigation. >> did you have any t...

To complete a search of the home. but during those four days, the mcstays home remained unsealed. which allowed josephs mother, brother, and friend access in and out of the house. >> i wouldnt go in there unless i called the sheriffs department and they said i could. i had permission. i cleaned up the kitchen because it was disgusting and the trash can from diapers sitting there all that time, you know. it was terrible, terrible smells. >> she was cleaning and we were looking for bank statements...

One of the rare interviews they gave on the case. >> these are the files. >> this would include information on bank accounts, business associates, everything. >> this is an incredibly thorough investigation. thumbing through it, i see phone records, communications, to have done all this, to compile this kind of a massive file and still not know the answer, enormously frustrating. >> its a slap in the face to the family that they put all their eggs in one basket. >> they believe the law enforceme...

>> but that miracle never happened. miller called off his plans for a ground search the moment detectives showed him that grainy surveillance video. video that convinced him and watts the mcstays may have disappeared on purpose. so you thought it was them on the 1ri8dio? >> yeah, sure did. >> it looked like them to you? >> yeah. >> as a journalist at the time, i had to consider it. particularly because law enforcement was so add mant. >> we had a strong reason to believe they traveled to mexico....

Mcstays sooner. >> could have hired some boy scouts and done a better job. >> allegations we put to the san diego sheriffs temperature in one of the rare interviews they gave on the case. >> these are the files. >> this would include information on bank accounts, business associates, everything. >> this is an incredibly thorough investigation. thumbing through it, i see phone records, communications, to have done all this, to compile this kind of a massive file and still not know the answer, eno...