doesn t believe this is an open and shut case, though. i think the biggest obstacle in cold cases is time. because people forget, witnesses forget and the time frame in which what occurred and the evidence, that could be lost. but patrick has faith in ramos and san bernardino investigators, and he always has. they told me in the beginning, san bernardino, they would solve this case, they were committed to it. and i knew they would. god bless he and his family. it is usually a family member who keeps it alive, and keeps pushing, and something happened here, and something is not right. and it keeps it in the forefront, and it keeps it in everybody s minds. not only was she good at what she did, she knew joey. a man who has kept the memory of his son alive with the help of a woman he now calls his daughter. i have to say that the only person that i know in the whole
joey had pretty serious allergies so he always kept his window open, always. they found a mess, rotten food on the counter. popcorn on the futon. clothes tossed all over the place. i don t remember a great deal of it because i was in the house for maybe three minutes, i think. not very long. i told michael at the time, you should probably call the sheriff s department. his response was simply, you know what? let s wait until the end of the weekend. san diego s sheriff, they have a rule anyway. after 10 days, it s automatically, they send out homicide. could you have reported them missing and gotten police action before the ten days? i don t know. i don t know. maybe. it would take until monday, february 15th, 11 days after the family went missing for michael
stunning pacific sunsets. yep, another beautiful day in paradise. southern california. there s mama again. a magical place to many including newly woods joseph and includes including newlyweds who called this beach side community home. we live down by the pier. paradise. in 2007, the mcstays and their two young sons, gia knee gee any and joey jr appeared to have it all. i m having so much fun. love, family, and a promising new business. it s all julie ever wanted to be, an entrepreneur and work for himself. a dream that became a reality said his father, patrick, while joseph got an idea while running a gift shop. he called me one day and he said, dad, i m selling these fountains for $224 a piece. said, dad, i can do better.
thing that i could ever trust is her. you know. and she never once turned her back on me or betrayed the trust, you know. that is nice. trust and friendship that patrick says he ll need as chase merritt goes on trial for murder, the murder of his loves ones, joseph, summer, gianni, and joey jr. if this does go to trial, will you go? yes. definitely. reporter: it is important to you? absolutely. i want to look him in the face. let me tell you what one of the detectives told me. he says, i know, patrick, i know that you would like to give me 15 minutes with him, but i can t. and i said, yep, you re right. what would you ask him? i wouldn t ask him anything. there would be one person coming out of that room.
after chase fixed his gear, jerry and his wife went gold prospecting with chase a handful of times in the high desert. he said, i know those areas like the back of my hand. but jerry says the chase merritt who showed up the last time they met was noticeably different from the friendly cowboy he had come to know. well, we were standing there. chase says to me, you probably know who i am. and i refer back to him, well, i said, not really because we just met you four or five weeks ago. and well, have you ever heard of the mcstay family? a family of four vanishes. jerry remembered hearing about the mcstays on the news but no clue that chase had any connection to them. he said he was joey s best friend and his business partner. he didn t seem sad at all