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加州一家四口3年前失踪 沙漠中发现遗体 The search is over for a California family who disappeared under mystifying circumstances three years ago. 美国加州麦克斯泰一家4口3年前神秘失踪，警方日前在加州一处沙漠中发现4人的遗体。 Joseph McStay; his wife, Summer; and their two children, Gianni and Joseph Mateo, have not been heard from since the night of February 4, 2010 ? Authorities confirmed the identity of two of four sets of remains found Monday in the California desert near Victorville as those of Joseph McStay and his wife Summer, San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon said Friday. ? They were identified through dental records, he said. Two other remains found nearby are believed to be those of their sons Joseph and Gianni, McMahon said. ? He said positive identification will be done through DNA testing. ? The four were killed, McMahon said. No suspects have been identified and the sheriff did not elaborate on（详细说明） how they died. ? Some family members became emotional during Friday afternoons news conference. ? It gives us courage to know they are together, and theyre in a better place, said Josephs younger brother Mike McStay, choking back tears. Its been a tough road. ? A motorcyclist reported finding possible skeletal remains Monday in an area not far from Interstate 15 near Victorville, according to the Sheriffs Department. ? Police found two shallow grave sites, with two sets of remains in each grave, McMahon said. ? February 4, 2010 was the last day anyone saw the family or heard from them. When police entered their Southern California house more than 10 days later, they found eggs on the kitchen counter and bowls of popcorn in the living room. Their two dogs were also in the home. But not a single trace of the McStays. ? The McStays lived in Fallbrook, about 18 miles from the Pacific Coast and some 50 miles north of San Diego. ? The familys locked and abandoned Isuzu Trooper was located February 8, 2010, in San Ysidro, California, just two blocks from the border. Surveillance video taken that night shows a f