EXCLUSIVE - Mystery of the McStay family money: Missing couple found dead in a shallow grave with their children could 'barely afford' cheap rent months before vanishing with $100k in the bank

The McStay family were found in a shallow grave in the Californian desert last week, almost four years after they mysteriously vanished

They could barely afford to pay $210 a week on rent just months before they disappeared said a neighbor who now lives in their former home

Joseph and Summer McStay were also apparently being chased by debt collection agents, the IRS and lawyers representing business clients they owed money to

But they had $100,000 in the bank and had just bought a $230,000 family home

 The McStay family - whose bodies were found in a shallow grave in the Californian desert almost four years after they mysteriously vanished - could barely afford to pay $210 a week on rent just months before they disappeared with $100,000 in the bank, it was claimed today.

Joseph and Summer McStay were also apparently being chased by debt collection agents, the IRS and lawyers representing business clients they owed money to.

Despite their apparent financial difficulties, they managed to find the cash to buy a $320,000 house around two months before they vanished on February 4 2010. They also had $100,000 in the bank when they vanished which remained untouched.

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Mystery: Joseph McStay, his wife Summer and children Gianni and Joseph Jr vanished in 2010 from their suburban Californian home with little clue as to where they had gone

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