but cavanaugh didn t stop there. by summer 2011 when joseph was still missing, cavanaugh had sold joseph s business to an outside company. they weren t really looking to give me huge amounts of money, but they were like, we ll just come in, pay off whatever debts and things that the company has incurred and bring it current, and then you ll barely get paid any money. patrick was enraged when he found out. he owned nothing of anything. we shared ownership from the beginning, starting the company 50-50. we basically had a little bit of a gentleman s agreement. though the money trail led straight to cavanaugh, he s maintained his alibi and innocence. no involvement and no knowledge of who might have done it. i was in hawaii for over a month before he disappeared.
his friends and family that he had not been communicating on line or via phone and i couldn t get ahold of summer either. dan cavanaugh, who managed joseph s company s website, contacted patrick. my gut instinct was not really a good one. patrick called his younger son michael who lived near joseph. i need you to go down and check on your brother. again, i get, i m too busy. i didn t want to overreact. we thought that maybe they did a little ten-day vaca. let me tell you something, if i could have jumped through the phone on the 9th, i would have. a potentially devastating delay. the first few hours are so critical. the first few minutes of that missing family, the beginning of someone trying to commit a crime against you, that s the only chance you have to get out.
a very valuable business. some say was worth more than $1 million. something dan cavanaugh knew all too well. remember him? he worked for joseph managing the company s website. he called and e-mailed patrick on february 9, worried about joseph. yet as early as february 6, cavanaugh started withdrawing money from joseph s business bank accounts. why are you taking money from somebody that you don t know is not coming back unless you know he s not coming back? cavanaugh insists he had approval to access the funds while joseph was still missing. i actual liquly corresponded his family about that, and said we need a couple of gs or we re going to lose everything. they re like, do what you need to do.
they re like, do what you need to do. but cavanaugh didn t stop there. by summer 2011 when joseph was still missing, cavanaugh had sold joseph s business to an outside company. they weren t really looking to give me huge amounts of money, but they were like, we ll just come in, pay off whatever debts and things that the company has incurred and bring it current, and then you ll barely get paid any money. patrick was enraged when he found out. owned nothing of any part of any share of anything. we shared ownership from the beginning, starting the company 50-50. we basically had a little bit of a gentlemen s agreement. though the money trail led patrick straight to cavanaugh. he s maintained his alibi and his innocence. no involvement and no knowledge of who might have done it. i was in hawaii for over a month before he disappeared.
the call was made 41 minutes after a neighbor s security camera captured the mcstay s white isuzu pulling out of the mcstay s cul-de-sac. did joseph actually make that call from his phone or did somebody else take joseph s phone and make that call or was he trying to call for help? that missed call is now a missed opportunity. the first of many missed opportunities. the next day i called him, he didn t answer. i started getting concerned by the end of the second day. i put the initial word out to his friends and family that he had not been communicating on line or via phone, and i couldn t get ahold of summer either. dan cavanaugh, who managed joseph s company s website, contacted patrick. my gut instinct was not really a good one. patrick called his younger