Two American women killed themselves and six children, sending a car from the 30-meter cliff
'29.03.2018'
Source: Mirror
38-year-olds Jennifer and Sarah Hart from Mendocino, California, purposefully fell off an 100-foot (30-meter) cliff into the ocean in a car, where they also had six adopted children.
The bodies of both married women and three children, 19-year-old Martin, 14-year-old Abigail and Jeremiah, were found. The fate of three more - 16-year-old Hannah, 15-year-old Devonte and 12-year-old Sierra, remains unknown, writes Mirror.
The car was aimed at a cliff and fell into the water, the roof down from a great height. Police report that no signs of an accident or control problems have been found - hence the version that the mothers did it on purpose. Jennifer was driving. No child was fastened. Experts say that there were all the children in the car, and the search for other bodies is most likely a matter of time.
It is known that the family regularly participated in all sorts of demonstrations and peaceful protests. In 2014, at the Black Lives Matter rally, one of the children, 12-year-old Devonte, filled with tears, was photographed hugging a policeman - then this picture became viral.
Neighbors of a family who lived in Wolanda, Washington, said that the children may have been subjected to domestic violence. Two days before the tragedy, a police officer and a representative of the social services for the protection of children came to their home, but no one answered. The neighbors said that the women and all their children were very quickly gathered and left the house shortly after the visit. The children, they said, repeatedly went to nearby homes and asked for food, saying that this was a parental punishment.
Sarah Hart was already accused of domestic violence against one of the adopted girls in 2011, when the family lived in Minnesota: a teacher at school noticed bruises on the girl's back and abdomen. Hart then said that her "angel got out of control" and beat the girl up in the bathroom. She was imprisoned for 90 days, but the woman fell under the amnesty and was immediately released.
According to the results of the survey of the bodies of the dead, signs of alcohol or drug intoxication, as well as potential weather and emergency factors that could affect the situation, were not observed. The investigation continues.
