Remains Found Near Victorville Confirmed As Those Of Missing Family

San Bernardino sheriff's officials have confirmed that the remains of two of four bodies buried in the desert near Victorville have been identified as missing husband and wife Joseph and Summer McStay of Fallbrook.

They were identified through dental records.

Officials believe the two other bodies found are those of their two sons, Gianni and Joseph Jr., but said it may take weeks to positively identify them through the use of DNA testing.

The news that the remains were believed to be those of the missing family came out late Thursday when someone close to the McStay family gave News10 the information reportedly received from a detective with the San Bernardino Sheriff's Department.

The skeletal remains of four people were found in and near two shallow graves, in the Mojave Desert outside Victorville by a motorcyclist on Monday, according to the San Bernardino Sheriff's Department.

Sheriff's officials said a forensic anthropologist would assist in conducting the autopsies to determine the causes of death, ages and gender.