Posted on 03/28/2018 7:06:17 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The sheriff said that nothing at this point indicates that the crash was intentional however investigators on the scene didn't find any skid or brake marks in the road where the car went over.
Allmon pleaded for the public's help in piecing together the family's whereabouts in the days before the crash. He added that a witness called 911 about the incident but it wasn't clear when the SUV actually plunged over the ledge.
Appearances at the home indicated that the Harts were on a short road trip, as they left behind several personal belongings as well as chickens and their pet, California investigators said.
California Highway Patrol previously said the family was from West Linn, Ore., but they recently lived in Woodland, Wash., Clark County sheriff's Sgt. Brent Waddell told The Associated Press.
Child welfare officials made a recent visit to the residence, Waddell said. However, when the department later went to the home, they reportedly didn't see any signs indicating trouble or violence. Investigators did not elaborate on that.
Neighbors of the family told The Associated Press they called child welfare officials as recently as this past Friday, fearing that one of the children was going hungry. Over the past week, Bruce and Dana DeKalb said Devonte Hart had been coming to their house asking for food.
The neighbors also recounted a night three months after the family moved in when one of the girls rang their doorbell at 1:30 a.m. Bruce DeKalb said she "was at our door in a blanket saying we need to protect her. She said they were abusing her."
[C]ourt records obtained by The Associated Press showed that Sarah Hart pleaded guilty in 2011 to a domestic assault charge in Minnesota. Following her plea, a charge for malicious punishment of a child reportedly was dismissed.
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These two women appeared to be having big problems.
SUV’s Fault?
At least it wasn’t an Uber Autonomous SUV...
twisted sickies from the left coast.
“Married” apparently.
Another article and lots of photos here:
Neighbors:
“The DeKalbs also recounted that three months after the family moved into the home on 2 acres with a fenced pasture in May 2017, one of the girls rang their doorbell at 1:30 a.m.
She “was at our door in a blanket saying we needed to protect her,” Bruce DeKalb said. “She said that they were abusing her. It haunted my wife since that day.”
In 2011, Sarah Hart pleaded guilty to a domestic assault charge in Minnesota. Her plea led to the dismissal of a charge of malicious punishment of a child, online court records say.”
Murders-Suicide?
What do you bet phones will show video or photos of selfies being taken just before the accident.
Heartbreaking.
There’s was not a family. Doesn’t matter what the pervs claim.
outlaw cliffs.
Cliffs murder people.
The just heard about the Omnibus ?
Ban assault cliffs!
Right. It’s obvious they were only planning a short trip. Everyone knows that when you go on a long trip you take your chickens with you...
Awful reporting. Reads like a teen’s blog.
These two were allowed to adopt 6 kids??? I am quite sure they were getting buckets of money from the states for the care of these kids YET the kids were NOT being fed!!!
I think it was deliberate. There’s a lot of space between the road and cliff. Almost like a parking lot.
Exactly
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