FALLBROOK, Calif. -- The FBI will be joining the search for a Southern California family that has been missing for nearly two months, officials say.
Federal agents will be briefed on the case of Joseph McStay, his wife Summer, five year old son Gianni and three year old son Joseph were last heard from on February 4th.
Brugos says the FBI has more resources in Mexico, where several clues indicate the McStay family may be.
On Tuesday homicide detectives investigating the disappearance of the McStay family say computer records may hold the answer to the mystery.
Investigators say that on Jan. 28, days before they disappeared, someone used the McStay's computer to find information about travel to Mexico and passports for children.
"It's significant because it shows us at least there was some sort of planning perhaps for going into Mexico," said Lt. Dennis Brugos.
"Other than it was out of character for this family to pick up and leave in the middle of home renovation and leaving perishable food out there was nothing that pointed to criminal involvement in this case."
Since then, the only sign of the family has been the discovery of the McStay's white 1996 Izuzu Trooper which was found abandoned February 8th in San Ysidro.
Earlier this month video from a border crossing shows a group of people similar to the McStay family going into Mexico through the pedestrian gate.
The video is dated around 7 p.m. Feb. 8, the same day the Trooper was found.
Detectives showed the video to the McStay's relatives.
Some recognized the white jacket that the woman is wearing in the video, but other family members aren't sure it's them because of the poor quality of the video.
Since their disappearance, investigators said, the McStays haven't used their bank accounts, credit cards or cell phones.
The search was prompted by family members who say the McStays would never have left on vacation or for any other reason without telling someone.
"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," sheriff's Lt. Dennis Brugos said.
The family dogs had been left without food or water.
"Certainly it's not against the law to be missing voluntarily but we are checking some things preliminarily such as their banking, cell phone use, to try to make a determination on what happened," said Lt. Dennis Brugos.
McStay worked from home and ran an online business selling indoor fountain waterfalls called Earth Inspired Products since 1996.
Anyone with any information on this case is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-TIPS(8477) or 580-TIPS(8477).
Federal agents will be briefed on the case of Joseph McStay, his wife Summer, five year old son Gianni and three year old son Joseph were last heard from on February 4th.
On Tuesday homicide detectives investigating the disappearance of the McStay family say computer records may hold the answer to the mystery.
Investigators say that on Jan. 28, days before they disappeared, someone used the McStay's computer to find information about travel to Mexico and passports for children.
"It's significant because it shows us at least there was some sort of planning perhaps for going into Mexico," said Lt. Dennis Brugos.
"Other than it was out of character for this family to pick up and leave in the middle of home renovation and leaving perishable food out there was nothing that pointed to criminal involvement in this case."
Since then, the only sign of the family has been the discovery of the McStay's white 1996 Izuzu Trooper which was found abandoned February 8th in San Ysidro.
Earlier this month video from a border crossing shows a group of people similar to the McStay family going into Mexico through the pedestrian gate.
The video is dated around 7 p.m. Feb. 8, the same day the Trooper was found.
Detectives showed the video to the McStay's relatives.
Some recognized the white jacket that the woman is wearing in the video, but other family members aren't sure it's them because of the poor quality of the video.
Since their disappearance, investigators said, the McStays haven't used their bank accounts, credit cards or cell phones.
The search was prompted by family members who say the McStays would never have left on vacation or for any other reason without telling someone.
"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," sheriff's Lt. Dennis Brugos said.
The family dogs had been left without food or water.
"Certainly it's not against the law to be missing voluntarily but we are checking some things preliminarily such as their banking, cell phone use, to try to make a determination on what happened," said Lt. Dennis Brugos.
McStay worked from home and ran an online business selling indoor fountain waterfalls called Earth Inspired Products since 1996.
Anyone with any information on this case is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-TIPS(8477) or 580-TIPS(8477).
