05-16-2015, 03:41 PM
PRELIMINARY HEARING / EVIDENCE PRESENTATION -- TUESDAY, 5/19/15
For six months, homicide investigators have been mum about just why they suspect a business associate killed a Fallbrook man, his wife and their young children. Next week, some of the evidence in the deaths of the McStay family finally will be revealed.
The accused killer, Charles “Chase” Merritt, who is representing himself in the case, told San Bernardino Superior Court Judge Michael Smith on Friday that he is ready for his preliminary hearing to start Tuesday as scheduled.
The hearing — a mini-trial of sorts — will mark the first public airing of any evidence in the case, which for years baffled investigators and garnered national media attention.
At the end of the hearing, Smith will decide if there is enough evidence to order Merritt, 58, to face trial on four counts of murder in the deaths of Joseph McStay, 40, wife Summer, 43, and sons Gianni, 4, and Joey Jr., 3.
Full story: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/may/...ry-may-15/
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I'm really anxious to hear the evidence against Merritt.
For six months, homicide investigators have been mum about just why they suspect a business associate killed a Fallbrook man, his wife and their young children. Next week, some of the evidence in the deaths of the McStay family finally will be revealed.
The accused killer, Charles “Chase” Merritt, who is representing himself in the case, told San Bernardino Superior Court Judge Michael Smith on Friday that he is ready for his preliminary hearing to start Tuesday as scheduled.
The hearing — a mini-trial of sorts — will mark the first public airing of any evidence in the case, which for years baffled investigators and garnered national media attention.
At the end of the hearing, Smith will decide if there is enough evidence to order Merritt, 58, to face trial on four counts of murder in the deaths of Joseph McStay, 40, wife Summer, 43, and sons Gianni, 4, and Joey Jr., 3.
Full story: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/may/...ry-may-15/
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I'm really anxious to hear the evidence against Merritt.