Husband's business partner arrested for murder of McStay family who vanished for three years - before parents and two young sons were found executed and buried in shallow desert graves

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A close friend and business associate of the murdered McStay family has been arrested after the victims were found buried in the desert.

Charles 'Chase' Merritt, 57, has been arrested for the murders of businessman Joseph Chase, his wife Summer, and their children Gianni and Joseph Jr, aged three and four.

He was taken into custody two days ago in Chatsworth, California, less than two hours' drive from the shallow graves where the bodies were found.

Merritt, long the prime suspect in the case, had previously told MailOnline exclusively that he was being wrongfully harassed over the case, even saying: 'All I want is for them to find the a*******s who did this.'