Missing Families -- Jamison (10/09), Szczepanik (12/09), McStay (2/10)

pi-girl, thanks for all of the updates. These are just bizarre. I can see a family wanting to start over, for whatever reason, but when you actually leave everything you own behind just doesn't make any sense. And the pets, so very strange.
I'm glad Michael McStay is able to go with the FBI to Mexico, hopefully they will find some answers. I'm looking forward to an update.

Jamison

I have not been able to find any new news about this family. Just wanted to add what I could find and bump this thread.

Madyson Jamison is shown in this file photo getting her hair done. She and her parents, Bobby and Sherilynn Jamison, have been missing since Oct., 7, 2009


On October 17, 2009, Bobby and Sherilyn Jamison's truck is found abandoned on a dirt road in Oklahoma's remote San Bois Mountains. They and their 6-year-old daughter Madyson are nowhere to be found. Along with the Jamisons' coats, wallets, GPS device, and cell phones, investigators find the family dog in the truck, barely clinging to life. They are stunned to discover a bank bag hidden in the truck that contains $32,000 in cash.
As they look more deeply into the Jamison's lives, police find a series of perplexing clues, each pointing in different and increasingly unusual directions: Could the large amount of cash found in the truck signal that the Jamisons were involved in illicit drug trafficking? Did a hostile 11-page letter written by Sherilyn to her husband indicate that this was a murder-suicide? A missing .22 caliber pistol adds to the immediate concerns of law enforcement.

The leads become downright bizarre when a local pastor tells investigators that Bobby and Sherilyn apparently believed that their lakeside home was inhabited by spirits. A revenge theory comes to light after police learn that a man living with the Jamisons threatened Sherilyn's life, and was forced to leave at gunpoint.
Investigators look into each scenario, no matter how odd, and come up empty-handed. Although they have no suspects, analysis of the disappearance site gives police their current leading theory: forced abduction. The truck's location and position indicates that the Jamisons were trying to leave and their path was blocked. But what happened to the family next is a complete mystery.



http://investigation.discovery.com/tv/disappeared/the-missing/bobby-and-sherilyn-jamison.html

Szczepanik

OMAHA, Neb. — An Omaha detective says a man charged in the deaths of missing Brazilian family he worked for in Omaha allegedly said he tortured his boss and threw the remains in the Missouri River.

KETV of Omaha says Detective Chris Spencer testified Friday during a hearing for Valdeir Goncalves-Santos. A judge ruled there is probable cause for him to stand trial on first-degree murder, beginning Aug. 15.

He's suspected of killing Vanderlei Szczepanik (SUH'-pan-ick), his wife and young son. The family disappeared in December 2009.

Spencer testified that Goncalves-Santos told his wife in Brazil that he and two others tortured Szczepanik, "quartered him" and put the remains in a sack with rocks and threw it in the river. Investigators think Szczepanik's wife and son were killed. The bodies haven't been found.

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/42acac98b30f483cba0ef471c52a1f8e/NE--Missing_Omaha_Family/



Updated: 6:50 PM Mar 4, 2011
Detective Testifies Suspect Tortured Szczepanik
Pre-trial hearing

Douglas County District Court Judge Otepka ruled there is probable cause to move forward with the death penalty trial of 30-year-old Valdeir Goncalves-Santos, who’s facing three counts of first-degree murder in connection with the disappearance of an Omaha family.

An Omaha homicide detective testified that Goncalves-Santos told his wife in Brazil that he was going to torture Vanderlei Szczepanik, "quarter him, put him in sacks with rocks so the body would not float or surface and then throw it in the river."

Story and Video:
http://www.wowt.com/news/headlines/117430068.html

McStay

Few clues a year after McStay family disappeared
BY SUSAN SHRODER, UNION-TRIBUNE
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2011 AT 6:31 P.M.

FALLBROOK — Mike McStay tries to remain focused each day, being a good husband, raising three young daughters, running his fire-protection business in San Clemente and preparing the family for the adoption this summer of two young orphans from Ghana.

But for the past year, he has been haunted wondering what happened to his beloved older brother, who vanished a year ago Friday along with his wife and their two young sons.

The home of Joseph and Summer McStay on Avocado View Lane in Fallbrook is in foreclosure and empty, its contents distributed among family members. Nearly $100,000 remains untouched in a checking account that Joseph McStay had, his brother said.

Full story:
http://web.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/feb/03/few-clues-year-after-mcstay-family-disappeared/

I was sad to see the story of the McStay's on the tv show tonight. After reviewing the article it is too much of a coinsidense that two other families disappeared also. Or that the dates of these disappearences are two months apart almost to the day.

There has to be a common denominator between these cases. Especially that the dates are almost to the day. Also, the entire family disappeared, not 1 or both parents, but entire families. They must have been a witness to something then lured away by this common denominator.

It seemed that the McStay's searched for an alternative outlet prior to their disappearance as though they were looking for a way to disappear.

I'm sure they love their families and might be hiding out in order to protect their families from whatever it is that they're running away from. That's why they have not touched their monies. They could have been lured to a destination which they wouldn't need money. Somewhere they might be able to live naturally without the use of money.

I think they are still alive but hiding out until they can figure out an answer.

God Bless them and their families.

Hi, image5!

I have followed the McStay case as it unfolded. There is not much about the case in the media lately.

You referenced a TV show and an article. What TV show were they on? I would have watched it if I had known they were going to be featured.

Also, where can I read the article about them that you referenced in your comment?

Thanks, image5

Hi image5!

I agree that it all seems a little strange. I hope that you are correct and they are only in hiding or possibly witness protection.

Whatever the reason, I would like to believe they are alright and that entire families just don't disappear into thin air.

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Hi, image5!

Until I read sitemama's comment, I did not know you are new to Reality Chatter. I did not check your join date!

A huge warm welcome to Reality Chatter! Looking forward to your comments and opinions!

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Here is a video that was made by Connie Lloyd and uploaded to YouTube by TIGERBABE72 on
Oct 9, 2011. It is 8 minutes and 13 seconds with numerous pictures of the Jamison family and info about this case.

October 8, 2011 was 2 years that the Jamison family went missing. (Poster indicates 10-8-09 as the "Missing" date)

What I find odd is that Madyson's hair on the Missing Persons poster is blond (appears to be bleached). In the many pics in the video, it looks as though she is a natural redhead. Why would someone bleach a child's hair blond? Strange! I do not know when the pic was taken but Madyson was 6 years old when she went missing with her parents.

If the huge amount of money was not left in the truck, I would think maybe the Jamison family decided to go "underground." Bleach Madyson's hair and just disappear but I think that is not the case.

Where is the Jamison family?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wtm5z8qrX9w&feature=related
YouTube - Uploaded by TIGERBABE72 on Oct 9, 2011

VIDEO: Mystery In Oklahoma Jamison Family Vanished 2 Years Ago October 8, 2009

A family mysteriously disappears 2 years ago while looking at land to buy leaving their dog and belongings behind and no clues.
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MADYSON STORMY STAR JAMISON

http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewChildDetail&caseNum=1134094&orgPrefix=NCMC&seqNum=1&caseLang=en_US&searchLang=en_US
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children - Madyson Stormy Star Jamison

Szczepanik

Missing Brazilian boy's body pulled from Mo. River
By MARGERY A. BECK
Associated Press
Published: Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 - 9:38 am
Last Modified: Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 - 2:58 pm

OMAHA, Neb. -- The body of a 7-year-old Brazilian boy missing for nearly two years and believed to have been killed with his missionary parents in Nebraska was pulled from the Missouri River after one of three men charged in the deaths led authorities to the remains, an attorney said Tuesday.

DNA tests have confirmed that the body pulled from the Iowa side of the river on Thursday was that of Christopher Szczepanik, who was reported missing along with his parents in January 2010, Omaha Police Chief Alex Hayes and Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine announced.

Vanderlei and Jacqueline Szczepanik and their son had been staying Omaha, where Vanderlei Szczepanik, a carpenter, was working on renovating a former school. Friends and relatives in Brazil accustomed to hearing from the family each day reported them missing after they last made contact Dec. 17, 2009.

Three men from Brazil, whom authorities say worked for the Szczepaniks and ran up thousands of dollars in charges on the family's credit cards, were later charged with murder, although the family's bodies hadn't been found. Christopher Szczepanik's body is the first to be recovered.

full story:
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/10/18/3987216/missing-brazilian-boys-body-pulled.html