The McStay Family

Six months have passed and we are no closer today than we were six days from the start of our investigation. The Detectives and the FBI are chasing down leads as fast as they come in and really want to solve this case. I know that the detectives really want to get our story back out there to help prompt some leads for them to follow up.

The AMW show prompted around 13 leads in which Dugal and his team went through them in a few days. We’ve had leads from Michigan to El Paso, North Carolina, Susanville, and various spots in mainland Mexico and the Baja Peninsula. None of which panned out.

My mom has been running the missing persons flyer ( printable from our site) in a handful of newspapers in Mexico since June with only a couple of leads.

My friend who went to Mexico three times is now chasing down some of his own data from his Baja adventures.

North County Times, San Diego Union Tribune, CBS, ABC in San Diego have done a six month follow up trying to keep our family’s disappearance in the public’s eye.

The Steve Wilkos show does a short excerpt called “Back on the Beat” and has offered to put something together for us to try and help.

One of the staff writer’s for People Magazine has contacted us through the site and is pitching our story to the power’s that be. We may have some support from them which could help I’m sure.

A few weeks ago my mom let J—- take whatever he wanted from his dad’s house. This situation is tough enough to deal with as an adult, let alone have to deal with it as a 14 year old teenager about to start high school and wondering what happened to his dad. He took all Joey’s surfboards, ipod, music (he really wanted his dad’s music). He wants his room to done in the hardwood flooring that was at the house, so we gave them that too. We sold the appliances and gave them the money as well. Earlier this week I went down to Joey’s house and met with Summer’s family to help remove some of Joey & Summer’s remaining items.

Please remember to pray for all the family members when you make your prayers. Tracy, Summer’s sister, is having a tough time dealing with the stress, as is my dad Patrick and of course my mom Susan. My heart was breaking as I watched Blanche, Summer’s Mom, almost completely in tears as she was moving out some of her daughter’s items on Tuesday. The pressure of it all just becomes additional stress, worry and concern that’s added to normal everyday life, and it’s beginning to take a toll on the family.

Finally, I just want to remind everyone that we are just a normal American family like everyone else here just trying to get by and find our loved ones. This could be your family that’s missing. I don’t wish this situation on my worst enemy. If you know anything, or think you remember anything pertaining to our family’s disappearance, PICK UP THE PHONE or EMAIL the website. We simply do not know what small detail law enforcement needs to crack this case. Everything little bit helps.

Show confirmed to air tonight at 9pm. Someone has got to know something. Hopefully we can get some solid leads and get some closure to this case.

A couple of weeks ago we did a bunch of taping for a segment that will air sometime mid June on America’s Most Wanted. Lt. Brugos, Dugal, Martinez were all there representing San Diego Sheriff Department, as were both sides of the family of Joey & Summer.

Lead Detective Dugal has two huge case files on my family and showed us pictures and evidence that was previously not available to us. I will say that I’m impressed with their efforts.

While at the taping on that Thursday, they did find out from the lab that the map did NOT come up with Joey & Summer’s fingerprints. Dugal did say that they would send them back for one more re-test to be sure.

There are a few other possible sightings in Baja, but are unconfirmed and to this point nothing is substantial. Some people questioned by the Mexican police in conjunction with the FBI, gave the same testimony that they did to our friend who has been down in Baja three times now and is responsible for generating these leads. I am told a few others gave conflicting stories. I suppose that in some cases people in Mexico really don’t want to talk to the local police and will say whatever it takes to send them away because they simply don’t trust them. I was informed that one person was told by one of the officer’s in Guerrera Negro that the only reason they were there asking questions, was because the American Consulate was pressuring them. They came into town commando style, canvased about a city block, and were gone in a few hours.

My question is this:

How can a family of four simply fall of the face of the earth? Just disappear so that three government agencies are not capable of locating them?

An interesting point that one of the Detectives made was that while watching the border crossing from Mexico back into the United States was that the guards seem to ask for ID only one out of every four or five people that pass through. Is it possible for Joey & Summer to walk back over the border and the guards would just wave them through? Joey has the only passport, but both have a California Driver’s License. It kinda made it easier to focus on Mexico because of the evidence up to this point, no passports, baja peninsula is small, travel was cumbersome because of the small children, etc. This point of the crossing guards shattered that and opened up the globe again.

Hopefully the America’s Most Wanted segment will help to break this case open so we can all get some closure to this thing. It has been almost been four months.

In light of the new information from the SD Sheriff’s Dept, I am coordinating another Flyer Distribution down at the border crossing this Saturday April 3rd 10am. We will meet in the parking lot near the Sunrise Buffet and Bancomer Bank where the Isuzu Trooper was towed.

4498 Camino de la Plaza
San Ysidro, Ca 92173

Thank You again for everyone’s interest and support into finding our beloved family. We are so grateful.

THANK YOU – OCB Reprographics & the Polly Klaas Foundation for your gracious donation of colored flyers to support our family.

OCB is a company I use to print my drawings for my company, that when they found out it was my family in the news, donated over 4,000 colored flyers. The Polly Klaas Foundation has also jumped right in, made their own flyer and sent flyers to my mom, Summer’s mom and family, and have been right there the whole way. Our family is very thankful for your kind support.

We also want to thank Albertsons in Fallbrook for allowing us to pass out these flyers to shoppers to create an awareness of our missing family. They actually have a stack of flyers on the counter in the Pharmacy.

My mom wants to personally thank Dee, owner of Brothers Restaraunt in Fallbrook, who took her around to town introducing her to the various businesses. She commented how everyone was so supportive and immediately posted the flyers in their businesses.

I also want to thank Katie Lady, who came all the way from Laguna Beach and spent the whole day passing out flyers. Amongst all the shops she visited, she met with the manager of the Home Depot ((who is a surfer from San Clemente (just like Joey)), who plastered the flyers all over the entrances/exits of the The Home Depot.

Though it’s a given, I want to thank Joe’s good bros Alekos, who kicked the winning goal the night I played on Joe’s team, and McGyver who not only is Joe’s good friend, but was helping in the remodel of their home. You guys rock. Goooooaaaaaaaallllllllllllllll !!!!!!!!

I would like to thank all the media for keeping this story alive. We all are very concerned about the safety of the children in addition to the strange circumstances surrounding our family’s disappearance. Keeping this story in the public’s eye, and all the efforts of the various companies, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox, North County Times, the OC Register, San Clemente Times, The San Diego Tribune, the list goes on and on. If I didn’t list you, I apologize, but I am still grateful for the support.

We just want to know that the family is safe, though we know that there are no guarantees once they may have left American soil.

In light of the new information from the SD Sheriff’s Dept, I am coordinating another Flyer Distribution down at the border crossing this Saturday April 3rd 10am. We will meet in the parking lot near the Sunrise Buffet and Bancomer Bank where the Isuzu Trooper was towed.

4498 Camino de la Plaza
San Ysidro, Ca 92173

Thank You again for everyone’s interest and support into finding our beloved family. We are so grateful.