Devonte Hart, missing, presumed dead in car crash. Updated: Investigated as Murder/Suicide

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The car landed upside down while Jennifer and her wife, Sarah Hart, were in the front seats, wearing seat belts. Investigators found three of their six children dead at the scene, thrown from the car: Markis Hart (19), Jeremiah Hart (14), and Abigail Hart (14). Officials are conducting a search for the other three children: Sierra Hart (12), Hannah Hart (16), and Devonte Hart (15). Allman said they “have every reason to believe” that all six of the children were in the car.

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Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman said the car had to cross a wide expanse of gravel between the road and a dirt berm in order to even reach the cliff, Press Democrat reported. That means the car had to travel 75 feet over a dirt pullout before going off the cliff. The crash was seen by someone passing by Monday at 3:40 p.m., but officials said it’s not known exactly when the crash happened, and some time could have passed between the crash and when the wreckage was seen.

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Officials haven’t yet determined if the crash in Northern California was intentional or if something caused the car to plunge off the cliff and fall 100 feet, KGW8 reported. But they have said that Jennifer navigated the 2003 GMC Yukon XL onto a dirt turnout, and there are no signs of skid or brake marks at the scene before the car drove off the cliff. The scene is confusing, they said, because it just doesn’t make a lot of sense. CHP Sgt. Christopher Dalin said: “We don’t know if it rolled over the edge or if it launched over the edge.”

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Just a few days before the tragic crash was discovered, neighbors had called CPS about the family, concerned that the children weren’t being fed,

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Sarah Hart Pleaded Guilty to Domestic Assault Involving One of Her Daughters in 2011

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