06-15-2015, 05:39 PM
MORE INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE
I'm reading some of the tweets from reporters in the courtroom.
-It was revealed at the hearing that LE found Chase Merritt's DNA on the steering wheel of the Isuzu which was parked at the border.
-An FBI analyst also indicated that Merritt's cell phone pinged near the grave site on February 6th 2010.
- Merritt was added as a vendor to McStay's QuickBooks account in the days before the murders; that means checks could automatically be generated to him. He cashed a check that was processed remotely (not from Joseph's computer).
- Evidence indicated that the McStays suffered multiple broken bones and other injuries. A large hole in the back of Joseph McStay’s skull was consistent with that of an injury caused by a sledgehammer, and he appeared to have been struck at least four times in the head and also suffered a broken leg and broken ribs.
-The skeletal remains of Summer McStay indicated she had multiple jaw fractures, and other broken bones, and 4-year-old son Gianni suffered at least seven blows to the head, Bachman said.
-Detective Troy Dugal testified that the woven blanket that Joseph McStay Sr. was wrapped in matched that of a missing cushion cover from a Futon at the McStay home.
-Sheriff’s Detective Jose Armando Avila testified he was working the homicide detail when the remains of the McStay family were discovered in 2013. “They appeared to have been there for some time and were eroded,” Avila said of the tire tracks.
-San Bernardino County sheriff’s Detective Joseph Streers testified that a white shop towel and a bath towel with an imprinted cat face, also found in the graves with the McStay’s skeletal remains, matched that of towels from the McStay home. The white shop towel matched that of similar towels found in the garage, and the bath towel matched that of one that one of the McStay children was seen wrapped in in a photograph, Steers said.
-Prosecutors believe Merritt acted alone, killing the family in their home and burying their bodies in two shallow graves in the Mojave Desert on the outskirts of Victorville, west of the 15 Freeway and north of Stoddard Wells Road.
(HOTD edit: added new evidence points: http://www.sgvtribune.com/general-news/2...e-slayings )
I'm reading some of the tweets from reporters in the courtroom.
-It was revealed at the hearing that LE found Chase Merritt's DNA on the steering wheel of the Isuzu which was parked at the border.
-An FBI analyst also indicated that Merritt's cell phone pinged near the grave site on February 6th 2010.
- Merritt was added as a vendor to McStay's QuickBooks account in the days before the murders; that means checks could automatically be generated to him. He cashed a check that was processed remotely (not from Joseph's computer).
- Evidence indicated that the McStays suffered multiple broken bones and other injuries. A large hole in the back of Joseph McStay’s skull was consistent with that of an injury caused by a sledgehammer, and he appeared to have been struck at least four times in the head and also suffered a broken leg and broken ribs.
-The skeletal remains of Summer McStay indicated she had multiple jaw fractures, and other broken bones, and 4-year-old son Gianni suffered at least seven blows to the head, Bachman said.
-Detective Troy Dugal testified that the woven blanket that Joseph McStay Sr. was wrapped in matched that of a missing cushion cover from a Futon at the McStay home.
-Sheriff’s Detective Jose Armando Avila testified he was working the homicide detail when the remains of the McStay family were discovered in 2013. “They appeared to have been there for some time and were eroded,” Avila said of the tire tracks.
-San Bernardino County sheriff’s Detective Joseph Streers testified that a white shop towel and a bath towel with an imprinted cat face, also found in the graves with the McStay’s skeletal remains, matched that of towels from the McStay home. The white shop towel matched that of similar towels found in the garage, and the bath towel matched that of one that one of the McStay children was seen wrapped in in a photograph, Steers said.
-Prosecutors believe Merritt acted alone, killing the family in their home and burying their bodies in two shallow graves in the Mojave Desert on the outskirts of Victorville, west of the 15 Freeway and north of Stoddard Wells Road.
(HOTD edit: added new evidence points: http://www.sgvtribune.com/general-news/2...e-slayings )