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Chase Merrittin matkapuhelimen tietoja on yhdistetty paikalle, josta McStayn perheen ruumiit löytyivät.Witnesses also testified that cellphone records linked Merritt to the grave sites and also to a call a few days after the family was last seen to trying to transfer and close out Joseph McStay's online bookkeeping account.
The QuickBooks account was used by McStay to write checks to vendors connected to his water fountain business.
Authorities testified that Merritt was added as a vendor to the account on Feb. 1, 2010 in an update that did not appear to be created by McStay.
The next day, they testified, Merritt cashed a check from the account and two days after that, McStay - after logging on to the account - called his bank. The next day he and his family disappeared.
According to authorities, shortly after the McStay family's disappearance, checks for more than $13,000 backdated to the day the family was last seen were cashed or deposited by Merritt from the QuickBooks account.
Warrants released Wednesday indicate Dan Kavanaugh, another business associate of Joseph McStay, told investigators McStay lent Merritt $30,000 to cover a gambling debt and that McStay planned to fire Merritt.
Jo alussa tutkijat olivat ihmetelleet Chase Merrittin lausuntoja, joissa hän oli ilmaissut vastenmielisyytensä sekä Summer McStayta, että Dan Kavanaughia kohtaan. Chase oli sanonut, että Dan Kavanaghin hän tappaisi, jos haluaisi murhaan syyllistyä.It is evident from the warrants that Merritt began making statements that raised red flags in the minds of investigators early on in the investigation. In the days after the McStay family's disappearance, Merritt told investigators he didn't like Summer McStay or Dan Kavanaugh and said, "If I were ever going to commit murder, it would be with him," referring to harming Kavanaugh. But according to the warrants, at the time Merritt made that statement, there was no evidence that the McStays had been murdered.
Tässä oli Chase Merrittin ansioluetteloa rikoksista, joista hän on jäänyt kiinni / saanut tuomion. Liikennerikkomukset eivät sisälly tähän listaan. Hän itse kommentoi Daily Mailin haastattelussa, että hänestä on yritetty antaa kuvaa rikollisena ja rikollisen menneisyyden omaavana.DATE CHARGE DISPOSITION (MAX SENTENCE)
02-04-77 Burglary 66 days in jail
07-28-77 Petty theft 60 days in jail
10-24-78 Criminal trespass 30 days in jail
11-18-78 Burglary 2 years in prison
04-16-85 Receiving stolen property 365 days in jail
02-04-87 Receiving stolen property 16 months in prison
05-21-88 Receiving stolen property 14 days in jail
06-17-88 Parole violation
04-02-01 Burglary Grand theft 180 days in jail
Chase Merritt (Daily Mail):None of Merritt's past crimes are violent in nature, as he pointed out in his interview with Daily Mail.
"Nine out of ten people on this planet have got some kind of criminal background," Merritt said to the tabloid.
"I am an old man. I got into trouble here and there when I was a kid, but I do not have some long criminal history, which is what people have tried to imply," he said.
