MERRITT, CHASE: People Magazine Investigates TV - Two Shallow Graves TV -
McStay family: When the Sheriff’s department arrives, they thoroughly search the home; they find no sign of force entry, no sign of a forced struggle, not a drop of blood … People Magazine Investigates s2e3: Shallow Grave, Discovery 2017
A motorcyclist offroading in the Mojave Desert has just made a disturbing discovery … A sledgehammer was found nearby. ibid.
It was DNA belonging to Chase Merritt … Joey’s business partner … Why is his DNA in the trooper? ibid.
Chase Merritt had a gambling problem. ibid.
[911 Call]: Hi, I’m out here behind the dump and I found what looks like part of a human skull. Two Shallow Graves: The McStay Family Murders I: Vanished, 2002 DiscoveryPlus
The remains of our people were discovered in the Mojave Desert. ibid. news
Merritt was a business associate of Joseph McStay. ibid.
How does this family of four disappear off the face of the earth? ibid.
In 2010, Joseph owns a business called Earth Inspired Products. And he employs Chase Merritt. ibid. caption
February 15th 2010: 11 days since the McStays went missing, Michael calls the police. ibid.
The bodies of the McStay family are found 100 miles from their home. San Bernardino County takes over the investigation. ibid.
Detectives believe they can place someone at the gravesite two days after the family disappeared. Chase Merritt. ibid.
Police believe the DNA hit indicates Merritt was one of the last people in the car before it was abandoned near the Mexican border. ibid.
The People vs Charles Merritt, January 7th 2019. Two Shallow Graves: The McStay Family Murders II: Missed Call
So the gambling addiction led him [Merritt] to the money mismanagement that led him to ultimately trying to steal money from Joseph. ibid. prosecutor
I know he is not guilty because he was with me the night the McStays went missing. The whole time period that they’re talking about, the entire weekend, he was in and out of the house. ibid. Merritt’s ex-girlfriend & mother of three children
They are desperate. This is a team that knows they don’t have a case. Two Shallow Graves: The McStay Family Murders III: The Killer’s Truck, defense dude
The prosecutors’ subpoena footage recorded for the original documentary. ibid. caption
Dan ‘The Hacker’ Kavanaugh: I believe he has virtually everything to do with this. ibid. Merritt
Dan Kavanaugh maintained the website for Joseph McStay’s business. The McStays vanished on February 4th 2010. When the trial begins in 2019, Dan Kavanaugh has also vanished. ibid. captions
He [Kavanaugh] had not right to be logging into his [Joseph McStay’s] account, taking his money. Joseph always initiated the transfers. ibid.
Dan Kavanagh: He was saying that he was the owner and that he wanted to sell it. ibid.
The Surveillance Video: This is not his [defendant’s] truck. ibid. defense dude
The defense point the finger at Dan Cavanaugh and maybe others. Two Shallow Graves: The McStay Family Murders IV: The Desert Ping, comment
A Brady violation in a death penalty case? Come on. ibid. defense
How can you explain your cell phone pinging near the gravesite? ibid. producer to Merritt
My fear is that I’m looking for two adult shallow graves and my two nephew’s crosses. Two Shallow Graves: The McStay Family Murders V: Where’s Dan? Michael McStay
When San Bernardino took over the murder investigation in 2014 they found Dan Kavanaugh. ibid. caption
Four months later, when San Bernardino asks Merritt about driving the Trooper, Merritt gives a different answer. ibid.
I said, No, Jim, I’m going to be convicted. ibid. Merritt to defense counsel
When you look at the phones, with the car, with the financial fraud, with his behaviour, this is who did it. Two Shallow Graves: The McStay Family Murders VI: The Verdict, comment
It was blow after blow after blow to a child’s skull. ibid. prosecution
He’s off the grid for three and a half hours. ibid.
They defense lawyers] kept asserting things they just could not prove. ibid. Merritt, having been persuaded not to testify
Almost everything they said is a lie. ibid. defense attorney press conference
[Kavanagh] I was actually told by the homicide detectives. They’re like, Stay Out of Dodge. Two Shallow Graves: The McStay Family Murders VII: Stay Out of Dodge
This [cooked books] is a serious motive for Dan. But it never came up in trial. ibid. Merritt
Merritt insides that the cell-phone evidence used against him is inaccurate. ibid. caption
Vlad [cellphone expert] didn’t just say there was a problem with that call. He said specifically, you cannot trust these records for geolocation. ibid. Merritt
MESA, JOSEPH: People Magazine Investigates TV -
Police are investigating two murders at Gallaudet University when one student comes forward and tells police that his roommate has a coat matching the murder suspect’s. People Magazine Investigates s4e11: The Sound of Silence, Discovery 2020
On February 14 2001 police arrest Joseph Mesa junior. ibid.
MEYER, ROBERT: Crime Stories TV -
An Alaskan yacht bursts into flames in the middle of the ocean. A mother and daughter vanishes at sea. Crime Stories: Fire and Ice
Bob and Diana Meyer owned the most popular boating store in the region. ibid.
Detectives suspect Meyer may have killed his wife and daughter, but why? ibid.
Investigators learn Meyer has two life insurance policies on his wife and daughter totalling $1,000,000, plus yacht insurance for a another $250,000. ibid.