Page 2 - John Mcman News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

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 mcstay's mother. >> your thoughts are going wild. why would they be missing? something's not right here. >> the family's 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 thoughts on what who have made the mcstay's leave their home on february 4th in such a rush? >> at...

To complete a search of the home. but during those four days, the mcstay's home remained unsealed. which allowed joseph's mother, brother, and friend access in and out of the house. >> i wouldn't go in there unless i called the sheriff's 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. i think she was just reaching for evidence. >> wasn't it a crime scene? >> no, it was not deem...

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. >> it's a slap in the face to the family that they put all their eggs in one basket. >> they believe the law enforcement was so convinced their family went to mexico, that they missed clues that might have had them se...

>> 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. >> jan caldwell is with the sheriff's department. >> somebody else down there brought them cocktail...

Mcstays sooner. >> could have hired some boy scouts and done a better job. >> allegations we put to the san diego sheriff's 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, enormously frustrating. >> it's a slap in the face to the family that they put all their eggs in one b...