Family Mystery

February 20, 2010

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Gabriel Falcon
AC360° Writer

Authorities in Southern California are asking the public for help in locating a missing family.

Joseph McStay, his wife Summer, and their two children, 4-year-old Gianna, and 3-year-old Joseph, have not been seen or heard from since February 4, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.

Investigators with the Sheriff’s Department conducted a welfare check on the McStay home on the evening of February 15.

“Evidence at the family home suggested that the family had not left on a planned vacation and that the totality of the circumstances surrounding their disappearance was quite out of character for this family,” the sheriff’s office said.

The homicide department is now leading the investigation.

Police confirmed to CNN that a car owned by McStay was found near the Mexican border.

Joseph McStay is 40, 5’9” and weighs 175 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes.

Summer McStay, also known as Lisa Aranda-Martelli, is 43, 5’5”, 115 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of the McStay family is urged to contact Sgt. Dave Martinez of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office at 858-565-5200. Anonymous calls can be made to 888-580-8477.

For more crime coverage go to cnn.com/crime.

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