So by his own admission, Chase Merritt had been the last person to see JoMock stay alive.

Now authorities turn their attention fully to him.

Chase had been interviewed by the police for three hours back when the family first vanished.

And he described Joe as his best friend.

Though reading the transcripts of his interview,

it does seem a bit weird that he doesn't know how tall Joe is.

When he's asked about Joe's two boys,

Chase literally has nothing to say about them,

but he's like, yeah, he was my best friend.

I don't know, maybe.

Best friend or not, though, Chase was sure to hammer home the point during this interview

that he had been the one to tell Joe's mum and brother that Joe was missing.

Chase also claimed that he had no motive to hurt Joe or his family.

After all, the business was doing great.

Why would he want to kill him?

Chase even willingly submitted a DNA sample.

I'm Saruti. I'm Hannah.

And welcome back to Red-Handed and part two of the McStay family murders.

And let's get started today with what happened, according to Chase.

On the 4th of February, the day the family vanished, Chase said that he and Joe had met up

to talk business.

Joe was the owner and designer of Earth-inspired products, while Chase was the guy who made

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