McStay children identified, and (the lack of) updates on the Jamison case

Crosses erected where the Mcstays' bodies were discovered

When Joseph and Summer Mcstay's bodies were discovered, they were also discovered two children's bodies with them. Tonight tests revealed what most people have been expecting; these were the bodies of Gianni and Joseph McStay.

Investigators are obviously treating this as a homicide.

And it's always difficult to find words when one is dealing with the murder of a child. 

Meanwhile, in Oklahoma, we are still in the dark as to the identities of the three bodies found near where the Jamisons disappeared. A spokeswoman on the case is saying that identification of the bones could take "anywhere from days to years."

I hope there are answers soon. Regardless of whether this is the Jamison family- and I think it's likely- these are still three people who deserve to have their identity restored to them. And their relatives and friends deserve to know what happened to them.

Jamison family found?

A post from the Jamison family's missing person's facebook page

Quick recap: The Jamisons were a family of three that vanished while looking at land in a fairly remote location in Oklahoma. The only trace of them was their dog, and their car (which contained vast sums of untouched money.) They often get mentioned in the same breath as the Mcstays.

There have been no official reports, yet, but various sources have come forth to say that three bodies have been recovered two miles from where they vanished. Two adults and a child.

More on this as it develops.

First edit: I have found an official news report. There were, indeed, three bodies found in the area today. 

Back from unintended hiatus

The location of the McStays' remains

Soon after starting this blog, I returned to grad school. It wound up being very time consuming and, unfortunately, this blog fell by the wayside. I still monitored google alerts on all the cases featured here, but I never seemed to dredge up energy to write on them.

This Friday, though, I noticed a flurry of google alerts about the McStays. I was stunned to find that they had been located. Of all the cases on here, this was one of the ones I deemed least likely to be solved. And yet here we were. This discovery has galvanized me, and I will post about recent news on the McStays and other cases featured on Disappeared.

I am currently writing up a reflection piece on the McStay case, and it should be posted soon.

My sincere condolences to the McStays' family members.