UPDATE: 5:16 pm. ET The Mendocino County Sheriff’s office has provided a statement to CrimeOnline on the latest development: “We have been contacted by a lady who has indicated she is the biological mother and is willing to cooperate,” Mendocino County Sheriff Lt. Shannon Barney said. “We have not yet obtained a sample and are working …
Devonte Hart, 15, and Hannah Hart, 16, are still missing
A spokesperson for the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office clarified the circumstances surrounding the discovery of human remains found in May near the site of the Hart family crash and reinforced his department’s commitment to locating two missing Hart children, but some questions remain. In late March, Jennifer and Sarah Hart and three of their adopted …
The Mendocino County Sheriff’s office announced on Tuesday that DNA analysis has identified the body found near the site of a fatal SUV plunge is Ciera Hart, known as Sierra Hart. The sheriff’s press release confirmed that Ciera’s legal name had never been changed to Sierra. Initially authorities believed she was 12 years old, but …
The Mendocino County Sheriff’s office has announced the results of toxicology tests performed on four of the five deceased victims of the Hart family’s fatal SUV plunge on March 26. According to the sheriff’s statement, Jennifer Hart, who was being the wheel of the SUV, had a blood-alcohol level of .102 BAC at the time …
The women found dead with three of their six adopted children took in a foster child before they adopted two sets of siblings. And former friends who knew them at the time Sarah and Jennifer Hart fostered a teenage girl have recollections of the couple that diverge from the image of the family shaped by …
Authorities have released a 911 call made to police by a Child Protective Services worker about the Hart family — the same day Jennifer Hart is believed to have driven her SUV over a cliff in Northern California, killing at least five Hart family members in an apparent murder-suicide. KPTV obtained audio of the 911 …
The fatal crash that killed at least five members of the same family in Northern California earlier this week appears to have been intentional, an investigating officer confirmed on Sunday. California Highway Patrol Acting Assistant Chief Greg Baart told KGW 8 News that investigators “do have reason to believe … that the crash was intentional,” …
