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[woman]<i> I have reported</i>
<i>a vehicle accident</i>

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<i>near Juan Creek on Highway 1.</i>

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[woman]<i> What caused a family</i>
<i>to drive over a cliff</i>

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<i>to their death?
That's the question</i>

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<i>multiple agencies
are investigating.</i>

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[woman]<i> Jen and Sarah really</i>
<i>were the kind of parents</i>

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<i>that I think the world
desperately needs.</i>

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[woman]<i> I honestly don't know</i>

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<i>at what point it turned,</i>

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<i>there were no red flags at all.</i>

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[woman] <i>You never can reconcile</i>

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<i>this picture-perfect family</i>

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<i>with these incredible details
on the other side.</i>

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[man]<i> I knew that</i>
<i>this couldn't be</i>

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<i>the first moment of tragedy.</i>

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<i>This couldn't be
the first moment</i>

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<i>of violence.</i>

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I was trying to help them
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<i>and this is the result.</i>

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[woman]<i> How can they be so close</i>

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<i>to something so awful</i>

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<i>and not even know?</i>

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[Sheriff Tom] <i>March 26th, 2018,</i>

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<i>I heard a report on the radio.</i>

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<i>They dispatched the deputy</i>

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<i>to the northern part
of Highway 1</i>

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<i>to perform coroner duties</i>

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<i>at a multiple fatality
traffic accident.</i>

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<i>I knew exactly where it was
because I've been there</i>

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<i>so many times.</i>

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It's a big dirt turn out...

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<i>with a 75, maybe 80-foot
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<i>no guardrails whatsoever,
no protection.</i>

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[Sheriff Tom]
<i>When I pulled up the scene...</i>

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<i>fire engines there,</i>

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ambulance was standing by,

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highway patrol helicopter.

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<i>I saw one of our deputies</i>

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and I went to him and said,

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"You know, what do we have?"

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<i>And he said, "We have
a car that went over."</i>

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[Sheriff Tom]<i> I walked</i>
<i>to the edge of the bluff.</i>

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[Sheriff Tom]<i> And I saw</i>
<i>a crumpled SUV.</i>

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<i>The waves were coming in
and going out,</i>

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<i>and you saw this car
rocking back and forth.</i>

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This was not a normal
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from the very onset.

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<i>And it continued to be</i>

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<i>anything other than normal.</i>

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[Cynthia]<i> So that morning,</i>
<i>I get into work.</i>

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I was told that they had located

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<i>of the vehicle,</i>

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[It. Shannon]<i> Some</i>
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<i>examining the scene
on the beach locate</i>

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a Minnesota State
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in the name of Sarah Hart.

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<i>We did some Google research</i>

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<i>and located a photo
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and a story that had gone viral.

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Yeah, someone around here
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what the world needs now
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what we see in this photo.

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[Cynthia]<i> I was Googling</i>
<i>Hart Family,</i>

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<i>Devonte Hart,</i>

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the first picture
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hugging the Portland
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[news reporter]<i> Born</i>
<i>to a drug-addictive mother</i>

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<i>and into a violent life,
he and his two siblings</i>

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<i>were adopted
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<i>and Devonte was at that rally
with a message of peace</i>

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<i>and holding a sign
offering free hugs.</i>

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[Cynthia] And then, when you
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Hart Family, we get,
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<i>of smiling and laughing,</i>

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<i>and videos of them singing.</i>

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<i>The moms looked happy
and loving.</i>

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And there's beautiful
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that looked like
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of their life.

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[Irene]<i> Before I actually met</i>
<i>the Harts,</i>

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I heard about these kids

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that would come
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that I attended.

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<i>People mentioning like,
"Oh, you know,</i>

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the Hart kids,
they give free hugs."

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[Irene]<i> I heard, oh,</i>
<i>these two brave</i>

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<i>lesbian women
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<i>and adopted numerous children</i>

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<i>and are giving them</i>

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<i>this unprecedented life really,</i>

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that no child
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<i>These kids were just pure joy.</i>

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<i>All they could do is just smile</i>

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<i>from ear to ear.</i>

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<i>They were always like,
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<i>on people's shoulders,</i>

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<i>dancing in the crowd.</i>

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And memories of that
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<i>They were a unit.</i>

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[Drew]<i> It wasn't difficult</i>
<i>to just...</i>

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really enjoy
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<i>She had a great sense of humor</i>

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<i>and she was just so social</i>

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and frankly just fun to talk to.

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[Niema]<i> Sarah was,</i>
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like very reserved, very quiet.

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She seemed sweet but...

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<i>not really conversational.</i>

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<i>Jen was a little bit more
of the like outgoing</i>

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<i>and connecting with people on.</i>

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Jen and I did become
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<i>She was pretty active
in posting and I would see</i>

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<i>pretty regular posts of them,</i>

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<i>you know, the six of them.</i>

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They always seem kind of calm
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<i>Jen's photos
were incredibly beautiful.</i>

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<i>They could've been
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the way they were framed
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Like the colors
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<i>and whatever exposure
or lighting she was using.</i>

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<i>And they would be having like,</i>

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really the foster kid's dream.

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[Drew] <i>Jen seemed to be leading</i>

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the most exceptional life.

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<i>This supermom,</i>

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<i>this champion
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willing to sacrifice herself

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for the greater good
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<i>we all felt like
we were along for the ride.</i>

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[Sheriff Tom]
<i>To know that we had</i>

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<i>possibly six children...</i>

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[Sheriff Tom]<i> ...two adults,</i>

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it was on everybody's mind of...

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this is what we're dealing with.

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[It. Shannon]<i> By mid-morning,</i>

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we had one person
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<i>that being Sarah Hart.</i>

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We suspected
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<i>And one that was believed
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<i>We were pretty positive</i>

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<i>we had this family,</i>

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<i>but we only have three kids.</i>

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<i>We knew that these two mothers</i>

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<i>What's between Mendocino County</i>

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<i>and Woodland, Washington?</i>

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<i>How long would it take 'em
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[Cheryl]<i> My name is Cheryl</i>
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We worked together
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<i>She was the assistant
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[Cheryl] <i>Saturday, March 24th,</i>

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<i>I had gone into the store</i>

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<i>that it was a different manager</i>

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<i>when it was supposed
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And so I, kind of,
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"What are you doing here?"
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<i>Sarah had sent a text message</i>

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<i>at like 3:00 in the morning
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"I possibly needed
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<i>We both just thought
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<i>because she had just worked
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and she seemed totally fine.

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<i>But on Sunday evening,</i>

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<i>they still hadn't heard
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She was a dependable person.

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If she said
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she was gonna be there.

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<i>I sent a text message
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"Can you let us know
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You're kind of freaking
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<i>But there was nothing.</i>

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<i>Just radio silence.</i>

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[Cheryl]
<i>Everybody came in Monday</i>

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<i>and we kind of kept waiting
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<i>if Sarah was gonna come in.</i>

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And, you know, we gave her
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and she still hadn't showed.

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I decided to call 911.

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[Cheryl speaking]

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[911 operator speaking]

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[Cheryl speaking]

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[Cheryl speaking]

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[Cheryl]<i> My phone rang,</i>
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<i>and I explained
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and he says, "Well,

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how many children
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And I said she has six.

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He asked if I knew
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not feeding her children?

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And that kind of threw me
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and I said I don't...

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I don't know
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We just needed somebody
to go out to her house

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and make sure she's okay.

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<i>And he said that
he didn't need to go up there</i>

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<i>because he had already
been up there once that day</i>

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<i>because of a call from DSHS,</i>

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<i>the Department of Health
and Social Services.</i>

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And he said that
they have packed their stuff

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and split.

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And he says that it appears
that they're on the run.

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[dramatic music playing]

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[Det. Adam] <i>On March 27th, 2018,</i>

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Mendocino County reached out
to Clark County for assistance

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<i>to do a welfare check
at the Hart Family residence.</i>

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[dramatic music playing]

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[It. Shannon]
<i>We had, at that point</i>

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<i>eight known family members.</i>

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Five established and recovered

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in the County of Mendocino

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<i>but I don't know where</i>

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<i>these other three children
might be.</i>

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[Det. Adam]
<i>Upon getting that call,</i>

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the Sheriff's Office
was able to look back

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and see that the day
prior on the 26th

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there had been
two welfare check requests

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<i>at the same house.</i>

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<i>One from a coworker of Sarah's</i>

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<i>concerned that
she had missed work</i>

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<i>and also a call
from a CPS worker</i>

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who had made previous attempts
to go out

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and contact the family.

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[dramatic music playing]

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[911 operator speaking]

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[CPS speaking]

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[911 operator speaking]

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[CPS speaking]

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[911 operator speaking]

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[CPS speaking]

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[It. Shannon]
<i>I talked to a deputy</i>

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and he went out
with one of his sergeants.

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<i>They were able to make entry,</i>

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<i>but...</i>

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there was no sign of trouble,

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nothing out of place.

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They basically said
the house was neat

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and in good order.

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[Det. Adam]<i> There was food</i>
<i>out on the table.</i>

287
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<i>Food in the fridge.</i>

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It all seemed open
and accessible to anybody

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who would've wanted it.

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<i>We did know that the CPS worker</i>

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<i>had left a card
a few days earlier,</i>

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and so, it was unknown
if they were fleeing

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that investigation

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if they was at a short trip

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or if they were leaving
for good,

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<i>we just didn't know.</i>

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There are a lot of families
that have CPS involvement.

298
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<i>It doesn't always amount
to neglect, abuse,</i>

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or any kind of criminal case

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but I talked
to Child Protective Service

301
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and we started to learn
a little bit more

302
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about the Hart background

303
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<i>and it also involved additional</i>

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allegations of abuse
in other areas

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that they had lived in.

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<i>And over the next several days,</i>

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<i>we had started looking at
those kind of things as well.</i>

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[dramatic music playing]

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[It. Shannon] We were able
to track several relatives

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down to the South Dakota area.

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[all] Happy birthday to you.

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[Cynthia]
<i>Jen's aunt relate to us</i>

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<i>that she had seen the children</i>

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<i>within the last couple of years</i>

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and had the most contact
with the children family-wise.

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<i>We ultimately
were able to send her</i>

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<i>some photos via email</i>

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and she was able
to positively identify

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who we had in our possession
at that point.

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<i>Markis was the easiest.</i>

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<i>He had a very distinct jawline.</i>

322
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<i>And you could see that
in all of his photos.</i>

323
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<i>When we were looking
at Jeremiah and Devonte,</i>

324
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<i>their faces
were very, very similar.</i>

325
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<i>And the aunt informed us
of a mole</i>

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<i>that Jeremiah had</i>

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and we made the identification
of it being Jeremiah.

328
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<i>When we got to the female,</i>

329
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<i>we were wavering between
Hannah and Abigail.</i>

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The aunt gave us information

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<i>of Hannah missing
two front teeth.</i>

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We were able to positively
identify

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<i>Jennifer,</i>

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<i>Sarah,</i>

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<i>Jeremiah,</i>

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<i>Markis,</i>

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<i>and Abigail</i>

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<i>as the deceased folks
that we had.</i>

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[ominous music playing]

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[Sheriff Tom]
<i>I'm Sheriff Tom Allman,</i>

341
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<i>Mendocino County Sheriff.</i>

342
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<i>Certainly, this is a tragic day</i>

343
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<i>for Mendocino County
tragic week.</i>

344
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There may be many questions
about what caused the accident

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and no new information
has been developed.

346
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There's a lot of unknowns
on this.

347
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<i>The detective sergeant
and I said</i>

348
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we need to open up
active missing persons report

349
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on the three kids
that weren't found.

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<i>People may wonder why do you do</i>

351
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<i>a missing person case if,
you know,</i>

352
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<i>they were killed
in a traffic accident.</i>

353
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But in this case,
the bodies were missing.

354
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We have every indication
to believe that

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all six kids were in the SUV.

356
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However, only three bodies
have been recovered.

357
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<i>Sierra is still missing,</i>

358
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<i>Hannah is still missing,</i>

359
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<i>and Devonte is still missing.</i>

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When we put out a press release

361
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asking for information,

362
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<i>we wanna know
where they came from,</i>

363
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<i>where they've been.</i>

364
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<i>All we wanna do
is get some media coverage.</i>

365
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We're looking for these kids,
can you tell us anything?

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[dramatic music playing]

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[birds chirping]

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[Jackie]
<i>Wednesday, March 28th, 2018,</i>

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<i>our newsroom received word
from California</i>

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that there was an Oregon SUV
that had gone over

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a steep embankment on the coast.

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[news reporter]
<i>What caused the family</i>

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<i>to drive over a cliff
to their death?</i>

374
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<i>That's the question
multiple agencies</i>

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<i>from California to Washington
are investigating.</i>

376
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[Jackie] <i>Anytime a whole family</i>

377
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<i>is killed in a crash
it's a huge news story.</i>

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But then the photographer
that I worked with

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back in 2016

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ran into the newsroom and said,

381
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"Jackie, we interviewed them
at the Bernie Sanders rally."

382
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They've been standing in line
for hours to Feel the Bern.

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In the crowd,
the boy who started

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the free hug revolution.

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We could not believe it.

386
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They're such
a well-known family,

387
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<i>he's such an adorable boy,
they all were.</i>

388
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Hart and his family
are all smiles

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with what they call Hart Bern.

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He's planting the seeds
of a revolution.

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It's not...
It's not a fake thing.

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It's not just
a young people thing.

393
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A lot of my friends and family,

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this is what
we've been waiting for.

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It was stunning.

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<i>And we knew that this was
going to be a story</i>

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<i>that we'd be following.</i>

398
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<i>So we immediately
started Googling</i>

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<i>where they could've gone off.</i>

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And the more
we zoomed in we're, like,

401
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"How do you go off
the edge like that?

402
00:19:17.623 --> 00:19:19.323
<i>How does that happen?"</i>

403
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[dramatic music playing]

404
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[Jackie]<i> So the newsroom sent</i>
<i>my colleague</i>

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<i>Bob High to the house.</i>

406
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And he immediately saw
the CPS card

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in the door.

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[Bob]<i> A business card from</i>

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<i>a Washington State Child
Protective Services worker</i>

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<i>was still in the front door</i>

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<i>of the Hart family's
home Wednesday.</i>

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[Jackie]<i> So Bob went</i>
<i>to the neighbors</i>

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and they were the ones
who revealed

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that they called CPS.

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[Bob]<i> One of the Hart's</i>
<i>adopted children</i>

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<i>started asking neighbors Dana</i>

417
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<i>and Bruce Dekalb
for food every day.</i>

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[Dana]
Non-perishable food items.

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And was asking
that we not tell his mom

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and to, you know, hide it
and put it by the fence

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so he could get to it

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and that they were withholding
food from him

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as punishment.

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[Jackie] <i>Devonte, he was saying,</i>

425
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<i>"Our moms, they're punishing us.</i>

426
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<i>They're depriving us of food.
We're starving."</i>

427
00:20:15.948 --> 00:20:17.782
Looking at their
social media posts,

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<i>they were living this seemingly</i>

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<i>perfect life online.</i>

430
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<i>They created this persona,</i>

431
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<i>this family living in harmony.</i>

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But it was completely different

433
00:20:29.127 --> 00:20:30.895
from what was actually emerging

434
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and what was happening
behind those closed doors.

435
00:20:34.833 --> 00:20:37.301
<i>We knew that there was just
so much more to the story</i>

436
00:20:37.402 --> 00:20:39.103
<i>and we had really just hit
the tip of the iceberg</i>

437
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<i>at that point.</i>

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[suspenseful music playing]

439
00:21:01.560 --> 00:21:04.462
[Irene] <i>I was driving in my car</i>

440
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<i>on the way to the gym</i>

441
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and my phone rang
and a dear friend of mine

442
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who did not know the Harts

443
00:21:13.639 --> 00:21:16.440
but knew that
I was friends with them.

444
00:21:16.541 --> 00:21:18.175
<i>"She said, "I think
you need to pull over</i>

445
00:21:18.277 --> 00:21:20.745
<i>and look at the news right now."</i>

446
00:21:20.846 --> 00:21:22.179
We just learned from

447
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the Mendocino County
Sheriff's office

448
00:21:23.982 --> 00:21:25.783
<i>that they believe
the entire Hart family,</i>

449
00:21:25.884 --> 00:21:28.419
<i>all eight of them,
were likely in this SUV</i>

450
00:21:28.520 --> 00:21:30.187
<i>when it plunged 100-feet
over a cliff</i>

451
00:21:30.289 --> 00:21:32.890
<i>on the California coast.</i>

452
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[Irene]<i> I went on my phone</i>

453
00:21:34.893 --> 00:21:37.395
<i>and I looked at the news.</i>

454
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And I fell to pieces.

455
00:21:42.000 --> 00:21:44.035
To some, a very vibrant family,

456
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a model of what love looks like.

457
00:21:46.104 --> 00:21:48.339
<i>Others though say
there were signs of trouble</i>

458
00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:50.107
<i>prompting
Child Protective Services</i>

459
00:21:50.175 --> 00:21:51.709
<i>to start an investigation.</i>

460
00:21:51.810 --> 00:21:53.778
As the news continue to develop

461
00:21:53.879 --> 00:21:58.282
<i>and the truth about the story
started to be revealed,</i>

462
00:21:58.383 --> 00:22:01.786
it became so much
more difficult to process.

463
00:22:04.623 --> 00:22:06.824
[Jackie]
<i>The minute the news broke,</i>

464
00:22:06.925 --> 00:22:10.094
<i>the social media mob really,
like, took off.</i>

465
00:22:10.195 --> 00:22:12.363
I was getting bombarded
with messages and they were,

466
00:22:12.464 --> 00:22:14.532
like, "You're not reporting
the full story."

467
00:22:14.633 --> 00:22:17.435
<i>Or, "They probably dropped
the kids off."</i>

468
00:22:17.536 --> 00:22:19.904
Or, "Devonte may be
being human-trafficked."

469
00:22:20.005 --> 00:22:24.008
I mean, it was unbelievable.

470
00:22:24.109 --> 00:22:25.776
<i>Then we'd have the people coming</i>

471
00:22:25.877 --> 00:22:27.945
to their defense,
"These were amazing moms."

472
00:22:28.046 --> 00:22:30.414
We weren't duped,
that love wasn't fake.

473
00:22:30.515 --> 00:22:31.782
They love their children.

474
00:22:31.883 --> 00:22:34.118
They weren't White Supremacist.

475
00:22:34.219 --> 00:22:36.954
They just were isolated.

476
00:22:37.055 --> 00:22:38.189
They were in pain.

477
00:22:38.290 --> 00:22:41.425
I had massive questions.

478
00:22:41.526 --> 00:22:43.861
<i>The biggest one was,</i>

479
00:22:43.962 --> 00:22:45.529
<i>"How do you just drive-off
a cliff</i>

480
00:22:45.630 --> 00:22:48.065
<i>with a whole car
full of people?"</i>

481
00:22:52.204 --> 00:22:54.739
[dramatic music playing]

482
00:22:54.840 --> 00:22:56.173
[Jackie]
<i>Our newsroom was working</i>

483
00:22:56.274 --> 00:22:58.008
<i>to put this timeline together.</i>

484
00:22:58.110 --> 00:23:02.513
<i>We knew CPS had visited
the house on Friday,</i>

485
00:23:02.614 --> 00:23:06.250
the SUV was in the driveway
and no one answered the door.

486
00:23:06.351 --> 00:23:10.154
<i>They go back on Monday,
the SUV was gone.</i>

487
00:23:10.255 --> 00:23:12.690
We knew that the Hart's
clearly had left

488
00:23:12.791 --> 00:23:14.825
and they left in a hurry.

489
00:23:14.926 --> 00:23:16.260
[waves crashing]

490
00:23:16.361 --> 00:23:18.562
[Jackie]
<i>But why did they do that?</i>

491
00:23:18.663 --> 00:23:21.665
<i>When did they leave?
Where did they go?</i>

492
00:23:21.767 --> 00:23:23.734
<i>There's got to be a forensic way</i>

493
00:23:23.835 --> 00:23:25.336
<i>to put this together.</i>

494
00:23:25.437 --> 00:23:28.439
[dramatic music playing]

495
00:23:30.609 --> 00:23:33.411
[suspenseful music playing]

496
00:23:33.512 --> 00:23:37.882
[Shannon]<i> So the actual</i>
<i>accident investigation</i>

497
00:23:37.983 --> 00:23:39.350
falls under the jurisdiction

498
00:23:39.451 --> 00:23:41.652
of the California
Highway Patrol.

499
00:23:43.755 --> 00:23:46.991
<i>They have highly-trained
accident investigators</i>

500
00:23:47.092 --> 00:23:49.093
to kind of piece this
all back together.

501
00:23:51.363 --> 00:23:53.197
[Sheriff Tom]
<i>They can find out the speed</i>

502
00:23:53.298 --> 00:23:54.932
<i>it was going,</i>

503
00:23:55.033 --> 00:23:56.567
<i>they can find out
if bulbs were working,</i>

504
00:23:56.668 --> 00:23:59.069
<i>if brakes were applied.</i>

505
00:23:59.171 --> 00:24:03.707
They will do as much
of a forensic investigation

506
00:24:03.809 --> 00:24:05.743
on that vehicle

507
00:24:05.844 --> 00:24:08.879
<i>as some pathologist</i>

508
00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:11.515
would do a forensic
investigation on a body.

509
00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:17.455
[Shannon]
<i>Initially, we're thinking</i>

510
00:24:17.589 --> 00:24:20.491
<i>this unsuspecting family
is driving down Highway 1</i>

511
00:24:20.592 --> 00:24:23.060
which is a two-lane
narrow highway

512
00:24:23.161 --> 00:24:25.296
possibly at night

513
00:24:25.397 --> 00:24:28.799
<i>and they accidentally leave
the roadway</i>

514
00:24:28.900 --> 00:24:31.535
<i>and go across
this very large turnout.</i>

515
00:24:36.074 --> 00:24:38.976
<i>Normally,
you would've expected...</i>

516
00:24:40.545 --> 00:24:42.112
skid marks.

517
00:24:42.214 --> 00:24:45.149
You know, where they applied
massive braking

518
00:24:45.250 --> 00:24:48.986
but there were
no skid marks at all.

519
00:24:50.555 --> 00:24:53.224
<i>Also, according
to the Highway Patrol,</i>

520
00:24:53.325 --> 00:24:56.327
there was no indication
of seatbelt use,

521
00:24:56.428 --> 00:24:58.662
which is odd
because some of the friends

522
00:24:58.763 --> 00:25:01.632
of the family indicated
that Jennifer

523
00:25:01.733 --> 00:25:04.969
<i>was adamant about the use
of safety belts</i>

524
00:25:05.070 --> 00:25:06.670
<i>when they're driving.</i>

525
00:25:06.738 --> 00:25:09.473
But the investigation indicated

526
00:25:09.574 --> 00:25:11.375
no safety belts
were worn at all.

527
00:25:15.080 --> 00:25:18.115
<i>Eventually,
the California Highway Patrol</i>

528
00:25:18.216 --> 00:25:19.617
<i>were able to download
some information</i>

529
00:25:19.718 --> 00:25:22.253
from the vehicle's computer

530
00:25:24.222 --> 00:25:28.726
<i>and it was determined that
there was no braking</i>

531
00:25:28.827 --> 00:25:33.898
and the speedometer
was pegged and locked

532
00:25:33.999 --> 00:25:37.635
<i>at around 90 miles an hour.</i>

533
00:25:40.105 --> 00:25:42.039
Those are indications
that the vehicle

534
00:25:42.140 --> 00:25:45.009
was involved
in rapid acceleration.

535
00:25:45.110 --> 00:25:46.844
[news reporter]
<i>Electronic data pulled</i>

536
00:25:46.945 --> 00:25:48.646
<i>from the Hart's SUV indicates
Jennifer Hart</i>

537
00:25:48.747 --> 00:25:50.948
<i>pulled off Highway 1
at a dirt turnaround.</i>

538
00:25:51.049 --> 00:25:53.784
<i>Investigators say
the SUV stopped 70 feet</i>

539
00:25:53.885 --> 00:25:56.387
<i>from the cliff edge
and then accelerated</i>

540
00:25:56.488 --> 00:25:59.456
<i>plunging the entire family
to their death.</i>

541
00:26:02.827 --> 00:26:04.695
[Sheriff Tom]<i> When you start</i>
<i>putting the totality</i>

542
00:26:04.796 --> 00:26:08.165
<i>of everything together
you would be a village idiot</i>

543
00:26:08.266 --> 00:26:10.501
<i>if you didn't think that,</i>

544
00:26:10.602 --> 00:26:13.037
you know,
something was rotten here.

545
00:26:13.138 --> 00:26:16.874
[ominous music playing]

546
00:26:16.975 --> 00:26:18.409
[Sheriff Tom]
<i>If on day one I had said,</i>

547
00:26:18.510 --> 00:26:20.344
<i>"Gosh, this was
an intentional act"</i>

548
00:26:20.445 --> 00:26:22.012
then it was homicide.

549
00:26:22.113 --> 00:26:24.748
Oh, can you imagine?"
People would've said,

550
00:26:24.849 --> 00:26:27.284
<i>"Who are you to make
that determination?"</i>

551
00:26:27.385 --> 00:26:30.721
You know?
Who would kill six kids?

552
00:26:30.822 --> 00:26:34.291
I'm a dad.
Who would kill six kids?

553
00:26:34.392 --> 00:26:36.293
<i>But if this is not an accident,</i>

554
00:26:36.394 --> 00:26:38.195
<i>that means one thing,</i>

555
00:26:38.296 --> 00:26:40.698
<i>it means it was a crime.</i>

556
00:26:40.799 --> 00:26:43.968
If it's a crime, it's murder.

557
00:26:49.341 --> 00:26:50.407
[news reporter]
<i>And we begin tonight</i>

558
00:26:50.508 --> 00:26:51.442
<i>with new information.</i>

559
00:26:51.543 --> 00:26:53.377
<i>Investigators are shedding
new light on why</i>

560
00:26:53.478 --> 00:26:55.279
<i>they believed
a Washington family's</i>

561
00:26:55.380 --> 00:26:57.648
<i>deadly crash off a cliff
in California</i>

562
00:26:57.749 --> 00:27:00.084
<i>was intentional.</i>

563
00:27:00.151 --> 00:27:02.186
[Sheriff Tom]
<i>At the very beginning,</i>

564
00:27:02.287 --> 00:27:04.888
when I said
I have no reason to believe

565
00:27:04.990 --> 00:27:06.557
this was anything
but an accident,

566
00:27:06.658 --> 00:27:07.858
I believed it.

567
00:27:07.959 --> 00:27:09.860
But that changed.

568
00:27:09.961 --> 00:27:12.029
<i>When things started developing,</i>

569
00:27:12.130 --> 00:27:16.667
<i>from a traffic accident
to a homicide investigation,</i>

570
00:27:16.768 --> 00:27:20.037
that's not a baby step,
that's a big leap

571
00:27:20.138 --> 00:27:21.839
but it is what it is.

572
00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:23.273
[news reported]
<i>With me, Shane Cavanaugh,</i>

573
00:27:23.375 --> 00:27:24.942
staff writer for the Oregonian.

574
00:27:25.043 --> 00:27:27.444
Mendocino County Sheriff
Tom Allman.

575
00:27:27.545 --> 00:27:29.380
So right after the accident
I was on CNN

576
00:27:29.481 --> 00:27:30.948
to make that statement.

577
00:27:31.049 --> 00:27:32.516
Sheriff, I wanna begin with you.

578
00:27:32.617 --> 00:27:34.318
We're starting to get
at least a picture

579
00:27:34.419 --> 00:27:37.121
of where this family was
before this horrible accident.

580
00:27:37.222 --> 00:27:39.857
Is that helping you
in any way to figure out

581
00:27:39.958 --> 00:27:41.525
why the accident happened

582
00:27:41.626 --> 00:27:43.694
and where are those
three missing kids are?

583
00:27:43.795 --> 00:27:45.529
Well, it's certainly helping us

584
00:27:45.630 --> 00:27:47.331
determine the route.

585
00:27:47.432 --> 00:27:48.832
I... I'm to the point
where I no longer am calling

586
00:27:48.933 --> 00:27:50.601
this an accident.
I'm calling it a crime.

587
00:27:50.702 --> 00:27:53.704
[ominous music playing]

588
00:28:02.347 --> 00:28:06.350
[Zaron]<i> Every day I go on</i>
<i>Twitter looking for stories.</i>

589
00:28:06.451 --> 00:28:09.119
Because as a journalist,
it is the place

590
00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:10.587
that you can see a story

591
00:28:10.689 --> 00:28:13.557
before it becomes a news story.

592
00:28:13.658 --> 00:28:16.126
<i>And some Black women
that I follow,</i>

593
00:28:16.227 --> 00:28:18.929
they were posting
about Devonte Hart,

594
00:28:19.030 --> 00:28:21.865
this kid who had gone missing
and they said it's the kid

595
00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:25.669
<i>from that viral photo
from the Ferguson protest.</i>

596
00:28:25.770 --> 00:28:29.773
And I said, "Wait,
that's the kid who's missing?"

597
00:28:29.874 --> 00:28:34.178
<i>And it stuck with me because
I'll put it very simple,</i>

598
00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:37.047
when you have two White mothers

599
00:28:37.148 --> 00:28:39.349
who adopted not one, not two,

600
00:28:39.451 --> 00:28:41.518
<i>but multiple Black children,</i>

601
00:28:41.619 --> 00:28:46.223
<i>enough to fill a Suburban
that alone is the curiosity.</i>

602
00:28:46.324 --> 00:28:49.059
<i>But as soon as the story
started developing,</i>

603
00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:50.694
<i>people started to dig into it.</i>

604
00:28:50.795 --> 00:28:52.396
Not only was there
a lot more to it

605
00:28:52.497 --> 00:28:55.933
but the tragedy
was incomprehensible.

606
00:28:56.034 --> 00:28:59.036
[dramatic music playing]

607
00:29:05.543 --> 00:29:09.446
[Dr. Raquel]
<i>In 2004, Markis, Abigail,</i>

608
00:29:09.547 --> 00:29:11.014
<i>and Hannah came to the attention</i>

609
00:29:11.082 --> 00:29:13.517
<i>of Child Welfare in Texas.</i>

610
00:29:13.618 --> 00:29:16.286
The children were very young
at the time

611
00:29:16.387 --> 00:29:18.622
and they came
from poor backgrounds.

612
00:29:18.723 --> 00:29:22.760
[Sharon]<i> Markis was five,</i>
<i>he was in school,</i>

613
00:29:22.861 --> 00:29:26.964
<i>then Hannah was about two,</i>

614
00:29:27.065 --> 00:29:29.900
<i>and then Abi was still a baby,</i>

615
00:29:30.001 --> 00:29:32.603
<i>she was like six months.</i>

616
00:29:32.704 --> 00:29:36.306
<i>The biological mom
had some issues</i>

617
00:29:36.407 --> 00:29:38.475
<i>and the children weren't
getting the medical care</i>

618
00:29:38.576 --> 00:29:40.444
<i>that they needed.</i>

619
00:29:40.545 --> 00:29:43.413
<i>And he decided that
it would be best for the kids</i>

620
00:29:43.515 --> 00:29:47.017
<i>if she went ahead
and relinquished her rights</i>

621
00:29:47.118 --> 00:29:51.655
<i>and let them get adopted.</i>

622
00:29:51.756 --> 00:29:53.857
[Dr. Raquel]
<i>Jen and Sarah worked through</i>

623
00:29:53.958 --> 00:29:56.693
<i>the Permanent Family
Resource Center</i>

624
00:29:56.795 --> 00:29:59.963
which was
an adoption service agency

625
00:30:00.064 --> 00:30:02.666
in Minnesota

626
00:30:02.767 --> 00:30:07.771
<i>and adopted Markis
and his two siblings</i>

627
00:30:07.872 --> 00:30:12.409
Abigail and Hannah in 2006.

628
00:30:12.510 --> 00:30:14.812
[Sharon]<i> Jen and Sarah</i>
<i>were a same-sex couple</i>

629
00:30:14.913 --> 00:30:17.848
<i>and instead of trying
to have a baby through,</i>

630
00:30:17.949 --> 00:30:20.350
<i>you know, artificial means,
they felt that adopting</i>

631
00:30:20.451 --> 00:30:24.288
<i>a sibling group
was a better alternative.</i>

632
00:30:24.389 --> 00:30:27.291
<i>I met them on the phone
the first time</i>

633
00:30:27.392 --> 00:30:30.294
<i>and there was just something
about them.</i>

634
00:30:30.395 --> 00:30:32.996
<i>They were open to any therapies</i>

635
00:30:33.097 --> 00:30:35.265
<i>that the kids needed
to go through.</i>

636
00:30:35.366 --> 00:30:37.401
<i>They were very supportive
of the fact</i>

637
00:30:37.502 --> 00:30:40.938
<i>that they were siblings
and needed to stay together.</i>

638
00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:42.673
<i>I don't know.
It was just the things</i>

639
00:30:42.774 --> 00:30:44.775
<i>that they said
were all the right things.</i>

640
00:30:47.178 --> 00:30:48.979
[dramatic music playing]

641
00:30:49.080 --> 00:30:50.480
[Dr. Raquel]<i> The adoption</i>
<i>worker found the home</i>

642
00:30:50.582 --> 00:30:52.182
<i>was suitable.</i>

643
00:30:52.283 --> 00:30:56.753
<i>They were making adequate
sleeping arrangements.</i>

644
00:30:56.855 --> 00:30:59.289
They took them
for speech therapy

645
00:30:59.390 --> 00:31:02.259
and kept up with their
medication regiment.

646
00:31:02.360 --> 00:31:05.095
Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta.

647
00:31:05.196 --> 00:31:07.998
[Sharon]
<i>Approximately a year later</i>

648
00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:11.401
<i>I had to take three more kids
to Minnesota.</i>

649
00:31:11.502 --> 00:31:15.005
<i>So, I checked in on Markis,
and Hannah, and Abi.</i>

650
00:31:15.106 --> 00:31:18.008
<i>And the difference was amazing.</i>

651
00:31:20.111 --> 00:31:22.379
[Diane]<i> I met Jen and Sarah</i>
<i>in our store</i>

652
00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:25.249
<i>in Alexandria, Minnesota.</i>

653
00:31:25.350 --> 00:31:27.818
<i>Markis, Hannah, and Abigail,</i>

654
00:31:27.919 --> 00:31:30.554
<i>they came into the store
quite a bit.</i>

655
00:31:30.655 --> 00:31:32.322
<i>Sarah and Jen
were very proud of them</i>

656
00:31:32.423 --> 00:31:35.492
<i>and introduced them
to all of us.</i>

657
00:31:35.593 --> 00:31:38.362
<i>As soon as they saw you,
you'd always get a hug.</i>

658
00:31:38.463 --> 00:31:40.597
<i>They'd always talk to you.</i>

659
00:31:40.698 --> 00:31:44.334
<i>They just seem like
a happy family.</i>

660
00:31:44.435 --> 00:31:47.437
[ominous music playing]

661
00:31:54.012 --> 00:31:58.081
[Dr. Raquel] In 2008,
Sarah and Jen were approved

662
00:31:58.182 --> 00:32:01.318
to adopt Devonte,

663
00:32:01.419 --> 00:32:04.488
<i>Jeremiah, and Sierra.</i>

664
00:32:04.589 --> 00:32:06.823
But while they're
in that process,

665
00:32:06.925 --> 00:32:10.928
there is an allegation
about a physical disciplining

666
00:32:11.029 --> 00:32:14.197
in the home that
may have been inappropriate.

667
00:32:18.503 --> 00:32:20.737
<i>Hannah made a report in school</i>

668
00:32:20.838 --> 00:32:25.409
<i>that she was hit by her parent.</i>

669
00:32:25.510 --> 00:32:30.147
Jen and Sarah both denied
having any knowledge

670
00:32:30.248 --> 00:32:34.251
<i>of how or why Hannah
had bruises.</i>

671
00:32:34.352 --> 00:32:36.320
<i>Child Welfare did investigate,</i>

672
00:32:36.421 --> 00:32:40.557
but by all accounts
there was not enough evidence

673
00:32:40.658 --> 00:32:43.927
<i>to indicate that
that had actually happened.</i>

674
00:32:46.864 --> 00:32:51.101
<i>But on November 15th, 2010,</i>

675
00:32:51.202 --> 00:32:53.070
<i>Abigail was in school</i>

676
00:32:53.171 --> 00:32:55.639
and she mentioned to her teacher

677
00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:59.009
that her mom gave her an owie,

678
00:33:01.045 --> 00:33:03.380
<i>and she pulled up her shirt</i>

679
00:33:03.481 --> 00:33:07.117
and her teacher saw bruises
on her stomach.

680
00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:10.454
[Zaron]
<i>Based on the CPS reports,</i>

681
00:33:10.555 --> 00:33:12.622
<i>there are bruises indeed
by her belly button</i>

682
00:33:12.724 --> 00:33:15.993
<i>but then also on her back,
and up by her sternum.</i>

683
00:33:16.094 --> 00:33:19.696
This is not some child
who is clumsy or fallen.

684
00:33:19.797 --> 00:33:22.165
<i>The cops find out that
the parents felt the child</i>

685
00:33:22.266 --> 00:33:23.834
<i>needed to be disciplined
because the child</i>

686
00:33:23.935 --> 00:33:26.636
<i>had a penny in her pocket.</i>

687
00:33:26.738 --> 00:33:28.638
So the parents, Sarah and Jen,

688
00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:33.043
gets so upset that one of them
beat the child.

689
00:33:33.144 --> 00:33:37.647
The child said it was Jen
but the cops eventually

690
00:33:37.749 --> 00:33:41.251
arrested Sarah and she pleads
to domestic assault.

691
00:33:46.991 --> 00:33:49.292
[Diane]<i> I got</i>
<i>a telephone call at home</i>

692
00:33:49.394 --> 00:33:51.161
<i>one evening from Sarah.</i>

693
00:33:51.262 --> 00:33:52.796
<i>She had some serious matter</i>

694
00:33:52.897 --> 00:33:54.231
<i>that she needed to take care of</i>

695
00:33:54.332 --> 00:33:56.933
<i>so she wanted to change shifts</i>

696
00:33:57.035 --> 00:33:59.536
<i>with me at the store.</i>

697
00:33:59.637 --> 00:34:05.075
<i>She told me that she had
spanked Abigail too hard</i>

698
00:34:05.176 --> 00:34:10.947
<i>and there were bruises
and the police were involved.</i>

699
00:34:11.049 --> 00:34:14.518
<i>I was surprised, disappointed,</i>

700
00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:17.521
<i>but when she told me
the situation,</i>

701
00:34:17.622 --> 00:34:19.556
<i>there was something
I guess that I felt</i>

702
00:34:19.657 --> 00:34:22.459
<i>just seemed a little bit off.</i>

703
00:34:22.527 --> 00:34:25.896
<i>And my gut instinct right away</i>

704
00:34:25.997 --> 00:34:29.166
<i>was that she was covering
for Jen.</i>

705
00:34:36.107 --> 00:34:37.908
[Jackie]<i> "Sarah immediately</i>
<i>took responsibility</i>"

706
00:34:38.009 --> 00:34:41.178
<i>for the spanking that
occurred the previous day.</i>

707
00:34:41.279 --> 00:34:43.080
The defendant explained
that she and her partner

708
00:34:43.181 --> 00:34:45.782
Jennifer do not ordinarily
use spanking

709
00:34:45.883 --> 00:34:47.918
as a disciplinary measure.

710
00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:50.020
<i>However,
they had recently resorted</i>

711
00:34:50.121 --> 00:34:53.023
<i>to spanking to deal
with AH's behavior.</i>

712
00:34:53.124 --> 00:34:55.225
The defendant admitted
that she let her anger

713
00:34:55.293 --> 00:34:57.060
get out of control
the previous day

714
00:34:57.161 --> 00:35:00.397
while dealing with AH.

715
00:35:00.498 --> 00:35:02.833
<i>The defendant explained
that she took AH</i>

716
00:35:02.934 --> 00:35:04.501
<i>into the bathroom</i>

717
00:35:04.602 --> 00:35:07.704
and bent AH over the edge
of the tub.

718
00:35:11.342 --> 00:35:12.776
The defendant admitted
that she hit

719
00:35:12.877 --> 00:35:15.078
AH on the back side

720
00:35:15.179 --> 00:35:17.447
<i>and acknowledged that
the marks on AH's stomach</i>

721
00:35:17.548 --> 00:35:20.851
<i>"probably came from AH
being bent over the tub."</i>

722
00:35:23.421 --> 00:35:25.956
It's just hard to read.

723
00:35:26.057 --> 00:35:29.059
[dramatic music playing]

724
00:35:44.108 --> 00:35:46.076
[Dr. Raquel]
<i>Between November 2010</i>

725
00:35:46.177 --> 00:35:47.744
<i>and January 2011,</i>

726
00:35:47.845 --> 00:35:50.247
<i>there were six allegations
of abuse</i>

727
00:35:50.348 --> 00:35:51.948
<i>against Jen and Sarah</i>

728
00:35:52.049 --> 00:35:54.017
<i>called into
Child Protective Services.</i>

729
00:35:55.753 --> 00:36:00.023
<i>But even after Sarah
was convicted,</i>

730
00:36:00.124 --> 00:36:02.159
Child Welfare did not feel

731
00:36:02.260 --> 00:36:05.028
that there was enough
information or evidence

732
00:36:05.129 --> 00:36:07.898
in this case to suggest
that these children

733
00:36:07.999 --> 00:36:11.268
were being neglected
and/or abused.

734
00:36:13.137 --> 00:36:14.504
[Zaron]<i> Eventually,</i>

735
00:36:14.605 --> 00:36:16.173
<i>Jen and Sarah seemed to notice</i>

736
00:36:16.274 --> 00:36:19.176
that if they can minimize
the children's contact

737
00:36:19.277 --> 00:36:22.546
with other adults
then nobody would be able

738
00:36:22.647 --> 00:36:24.681
to file reports with CPS,

739
00:36:24.782 --> 00:36:27.017
nobody would be able
to involve police officers

740
00:36:27.118 --> 00:36:28.518
coming to the house unannounced

741
00:36:28.619 --> 00:36:30.754
to check on their children.

742
00:36:30.855 --> 00:36:33.690
<i>So they learned
the obvious lesson,</i>

743
00:36:33.791 --> 00:36:36.560
remove the children from school.

744
00:36:36.661 --> 00:36:38.495
So you no longer
have school nurses,

745
00:36:38.596 --> 00:36:40.397
and cops,
and social workers noticing

746
00:36:40.498 --> 00:36:42.933
<i>the children had now fallen
through the cracks.</i>

747
00:36:50.408 --> 00:36:51.875
[dramatic music playing]

748
00:36:51.976 --> 00:36:53.977
[news reporter] Authorities
say they have recovered

749
00:36:54.078 --> 00:36:55.512
a body they believe belongs
to one

750
00:36:55.613 --> 00:36:57.347
of the three children
who went missing

751
00:36:57.448 --> 00:37:01.284
<i>along the Northern
California coastline.</i>

752
00:37:01.385 --> 00:37:03.420
[Cynthia]<i> On April 7th</i>
<i>I was notified</i>

753
00:37:03.521 --> 00:37:06.089
that we were able
to locate remains

754
00:37:06.190 --> 00:37:07.958
of another young juvenile.

755
00:37:08.059 --> 00:37:10.126
[waves crashing]

756
00:37:10.228 --> 00:37:11.895
[Cynthia]<i> She was</i>
<i>in the general vicinity</i>

757
00:37:11.996 --> 00:37:14.231
<i>of where the crash was.</i>

758
00:37:16.334 --> 00:37:19.736
<i>We were pretty positive
we had one of the two females</i>

759
00:37:19.837 --> 00:37:22.305
<i>that we were missing.</i>

760
00:37:22.406 --> 00:37:25.275
And when we were able
to gain DNA samples

761
00:37:25.376 --> 00:37:27.611
is when we were able
to identify her

762
00:37:27.712 --> 00:37:30.480
as Sierra Hart.

763
00:37:32.149 --> 00:37:34.417
<i>Finding her, it just solidified</i>

764
00:37:34.518 --> 00:37:37.387
that we were now looking
into a recovery process

765
00:37:37.488 --> 00:37:39.923
for the last two children.

766
00:37:40.024 --> 00:37:43.026
[ominous music playing]

767
00:37:45.997 --> 00:37:47.397
[Dan] <i>Some new details tonight</i>

768
00:37:47.498 --> 00:37:49.032
about the Washington family

769
00:37:49.133 --> 00:37:50.867
<i>who drove off a cliff
in California.</i>

770
00:37:50.968 --> 00:37:52.636
Tonight we're learning
information now

771
00:37:52.737 --> 00:37:56.139
about the biological mother
of three of those kids

772
00:37:56.240 --> 00:37:58.675
and their aunt's fight
to keep them in Texas.

773
00:37:58.743 --> 00:38:00.510
[news reporter]
<i>This attorney, Shonda Jones,</i>

774
00:38:00.611 --> 00:38:02.345
<i>represented the aunt.</i>

775
00:38:02.446 --> 00:38:04.014
<i>She said she held
onto these case documents</i>

776
00:38:04.115 --> 00:38:05.882
<i>for seven years longer
than is normal</i>

777
00:38:05.983 --> 00:38:07.450
<i>because she felt this decision</i>

778
00:38:07.551 --> 00:38:09.486
<i>was such an injustice.</i>

779
00:38:09.587 --> 00:38:11.354
[Shonda]<i> I remember</i>
<i>I was at my office</i>

780
00:38:11.455 --> 00:38:13.356
<i>and I kept hearing about it.</i>

781
00:38:13.457 --> 00:38:15.959
And then they said Devonte,

782
00:38:16.060 --> 00:38:18.461
they said Harris County,
and they said Minneapolis.

783
00:38:18.562 --> 00:38:21.798
And I know I said,
"That's my case."

784
00:38:23.434 --> 00:38:25.935
<i>I was representing
Priscilla Celestine</i>

785
00:38:26.037 --> 00:38:29.105
who was a paternal aunt
of Devonte,

786
00:38:29.206 --> 00:38:31.141
Jeremiah, and Sarah.

787
00:38:31.242 --> 00:38:34.444
<i>I'm not gonna lie,
I became furious.</i>

788
00:38:34.545 --> 00:38:35.945
<i>I wanted people to know,
you know,</i>

789
00:38:36.047 --> 00:38:38.014
there's another backstory
to this

790
00:38:38.115 --> 00:38:40.717
than besides what the media
is presenting.

791
00:38:43.254 --> 00:38:46.623
<i>The mother of the children,
she had a drug problem</i>

792
00:38:46.724 --> 00:38:48.792
and the state of Texas
was seeking

793
00:38:48.893 --> 00:38:50.960
to terminate
her parental rights,

794
00:38:51.062 --> 00:38:52.495
<i>as well as the father</i>

795
00:38:52.596 --> 00:38:54.164
<i>of the children's
parental rights.</i>

796
00:38:54.265 --> 00:38:56.166
<i>And the father of the children,</i>

797
00:38:56.267 --> 00:38:59.436
<i>his sister
was Ms. Priscilla Celestine.</i>

798
00:38:59.537 --> 00:39:01.504
She stepped in because
she wanted the children

799
00:39:01.605 --> 00:39:03.907
to remain with a family member

800
00:39:04.008 --> 00:39:06.443
<i>instead of being placed
into foster care</i>

801
00:39:06.544 --> 00:39:08.211
<i>with the state of Texas.</i>

802
00:39:08.312 --> 00:39:10.213
Ms. Celestine always had
a special place in my heart.

803
00:39:10.314 --> 00:39:15.852
She is a wonderful person,
honest, loyal, reliable.

804
00:39:18.823 --> 00:39:21.358
[Dr. Raquel] Ms. Celestine
kept a clean home.

805
00:39:21.459 --> 00:39:25.562
She took really good care
of the children.

806
00:39:25.663 --> 00:39:28.565
<i>One day while Celestine
was at work,</i>

807
00:39:28.666 --> 00:39:31.768
<i>the daughter allowed
their biological mother</i>

808
00:39:31.869 --> 00:39:34.871
<i>to come in
and visit with the children,</i>

809
00:39:34.972 --> 00:39:39.509
and the Child Welfare worker
showed up.

810
00:39:39.610 --> 00:39:41.678
<i>They felt like
this was a violation.</i>

811
00:39:41.779 --> 00:39:45.281
It put the children at risk

812
00:39:45.383 --> 00:39:48.585
<i>and that it was such
a safety issue</i>

813
00:39:48.686 --> 00:39:50.253
<i>that they had to remove
the children</i>

814
00:39:50.354 --> 00:39:53.356
<i>from that home immediately.</i>

815
00:39:53.457 --> 00:39:56.459
[dramatic music playing]

816
00:39:59.163 --> 00:40:01.064
[Mia]<i> My name is Mia Williams</i>

817
00:40:01.165 --> 00:40:02.932
and in 2006 I was a supervisor

818
00:40:03.033 --> 00:40:07.737
with Child Protective Services
in Houston, Texas.

819
00:40:07.838 --> 00:40:11.408
<i>Within the state of Texas,
if there is an immediate risk</i>

820
00:40:11.509 --> 00:40:14.210
<i>or harm with the child
in that placement,</i>

821
00:40:14.311 --> 00:40:17.213
the state has the authority

822
00:40:17.314 --> 00:40:20.183
to remove that child
from the home.

823
00:40:20.284 --> 00:40:22.118
<i>And in this case,</i>

824
00:40:22.219 --> 00:40:25.121
<i>according to the family opinion,</i>

825
00:40:25.222 --> 00:40:27.056
the case worker
went to the home,

826
00:40:27.158 --> 00:40:30.627
saw the biological mother there,

827
00:40:30.728 --> 00:40:33.263
<i>probably received
the necessary approvals,</i>

828
00:40:33.364 --> 00:40:35.198
and the children
were ultimately removed

829
00:40:35.299 --> 00:40:37.333
from the home and I'm sure
they probably placed them

830
00:40:37.435 --> 00:40:40.670
in an emergency shelter.

831
00:40:40.771 --> 00:40:43.406
[Dr. Raquel]<i> Ms. Celestine,</i>
<i>by all accounts,</i>

832
00:40:43.507 --> 00:40:46.009
she was providing
a good home for them.

833
00:40:46.110 --> 00:40:48.378
<i>And one simple slip-up</i>

834
00:40:48.479 --> 00:40:50.547
<i>letting the mother
come see them,</i>

835
00:40:50.681 --> 00:40:54.384
they just removed them
automatically.

836
00:40:54.485 --> 00:40:56.286
[Zaron]
<i>Priscilla Celestine fought</i>

837
00:40:56.387 --> 00:40:59.622
for those children and said
I want these children home

838
00:40:59.723 --> 00:41:01.925
in my house
because they are my family.

839
00:41:02.026 --> 00:41:04.761
And the law said, "No."

840
00:41:04.862 --> 00:41:08.198
<i>Priscilla Celestine,
she tries to get custody</i>

841
00:41:08.299 --> 00:41:09.966
<i>of the children again.</i>

842
00:41:10.067 --> 00:41:12.435
Her petition for custody
is denied.

843
00:41:12.536 --> 00:41:14.304
<i>The children are then put
into the system</i>

844
00:41:14.405 --> 00:41:17.073
and are eventually allowed
to be adopted by the Harts.

845
00:41:17.174 --> 00:41:20.176
[dramatic music playing]

846
00:41:32.690 --> 00:41:34.357
[Shonda]<i> It was just</i>
<i>very baffling to me</i>

847
00:41:34.458 --> 00:41:37.093
<i>because it seemed like
it was all a sham,</i>

848
00:41:37.194 --> 00:41:39.662
<i>like, everything
was already planned</i>

849
00:41:39.763 --> 00:41:41.164
and no matter what I said
or did,

850
00:41:41.265 --> 00:41:43.600
their mind was already made up.

851
00:41:43.701 --> 00:41:45.602
<i>And I couldn't understand,
like, why are they trying</i>

852
00:41:45.703 --> 00:41:48.905
<i>to get these children
out of Texas to Minnesota.</i>

853
00:41:49.006 --> 00:41:50.673
<i>Come to find out,</i>

854
00:41:50.774 --> 00:41:52.609
<i>the people that
they were placing them with</i>

855
00:41:52.710 --> 00:41:56.412
were the ones who were
actually abusing children.

856
00:41:56.514 --> 00:42:00.850
[Mia]<i> The Texas Department of Family
and Protective Services policy states</i>

857
00:42:00.951 --> 00:42:03.253
that throughout
the life of the case

858
00:42:03.354 --> 00:42:08.057
you should be looking
for relatives or fictive kin,

859
00:42:08.158 --> 00:42:11.261
<i>meaning folks that have
a relationship</i>

860
00:42:11.362 --> 00:42:14.364
<i>with the child.</i>

861
00:42:14.465 --> 00:42:16.633
[Zaron]<i> Their aunt lost</i>
<i>custody because she allowed</i>

862
00:42:16.734 --> 00:42:18.501
<i>the children to have
an unsupervised visit</i>

863
00:42:18.602 --> 00:42:20.370
<i>with their own mother.</i>

864
00:42:20.471 --> 00:42:22.405
Should that be the penalty
that these children

865
00:42:22.506 --> 00:42:24.674
are now gonna be consigned
to whatever fates

866
00:42:24.775 --> 00:42:27.010
the winds allow them?

867
00:42:27.111 --> 00:42:28.912
<i>The White mothers,
after they adopt them,</i>

868
00:42:29.013 --> 00:42:30.880
get busted
for physically abusing them.

869
00:42:30.981 --> 00:42:34.484
<i>There's almost no consequences.</i>

870
00:42:34.585 --> 00:42:37.153
<i>The punishment is nothing,</i>

871
00:42:37.254 --> 00:42:39.122
just think about that
for a second.

872
00:42:41.525 --> 00:42:43.159
[Bruce] So, good afternoon.

873
00:42:43.260 --> 00:42:44.394
I'm Bruce Carpenter.

874
00:42:44.495 --> 00:42:46.796
I'm the commander
of the Ukiah area.

875
00:42:48.098 --> 00:42:51.768
<i>We got some preliminary
toxicology results back.</i>

876
00:42:52.603 --> 00:42:54.904
<i>We have determined that</i>

877
00:42:55.005 --> 00:42:57.173
Jennifer Hart's
blood alcohol level was

878
00:42:57.274 --> 00:43:00.877
above the legal limit
based on preliminary results.

879
00:43:02.379 --> 00:43:05.281
[Cynthia]<i> Jen had alcohol</i>
<i>in her system</i>

880
00:43:05.382 --> 00:43:06.983
which, according to family,

881
00:43:07.084 --> 00:43:09.152
was a very
unusual thing for her.

882
00:43:09.253 --> 00:43:12.221
The preliminary
blood alcohol content

883
00:43:12.323 --> 00:43:15.558
<i>was at 0.102.</i>

884
00:43:15.659 --> 00:43:18.294
[Cynthia]<i> We were told that</i>
<i>she very rarely drank alcohol.</i>

885
00:43:18.395 --> 00:43:20.763
So it was a shock to her family

886
00:43:20.864 --> 00:43:22.732
that she had alcohol
in her system.

887
00:43:24.068 --> 00:43:26.436
And the other preliminary
results as well

888
00:43:26.537 --> 00:43:28.471
that have come to light

889
00:43:28.572 --> 00:43:30.773
is that Sarah Hart

890
00:43:30.874 --> 00:43:34.510
<i>had a significant amount
of benadryl in her system.</i>

891
00:43:36.313 --> 00:43:38.648
The children, also,
were determined

892
00:43:38.749 --> 00:43:42.285
to have had
benadryl-type of substances

893
00:43:42.386 --> 00:43:44.020
in their system.

894
00:43:58.535 --> 00:44:00.637
[Cynthia]<i> Looking</i>
<i>at the three children,</i>

895
00:44:00.738 --> 00:44:02.772
<i>their levels of diphenhydramine</i>

896
00:44:02.873 --> 00:44:04.107
was actually very high.

897
00:44:06.944 --> 00:44:08.811
[It. Shannon]
<i>At those high levels,</i>

898
00:44:08.912 --> 00:44:12.682
<i>it was fairly indicative
that Sarah and Jennifer Hart</i>

899
00:44:12.783 --> 00:44:15.385
drugged their children
before this incident.

900
00:44:17.054 --> 00:44:18.755
[camera shutter clicks]

901
00:44:21.058 --> 00:44:22.125
[Cynthia]<i> That was</i>
<i>a huge shock to me</i>

902
00:44:22.226 --> 00:44:23.159
<i>and to all of us</i>

903
00:44:24.161 --> 00:44:26.729
that they took the time
to actually give

904
00:44:26.830 --> 00:44:29.432
this amount of benadryl
to the children.

905
00:44:31.568 --> 00:44:36.439
<i>And it had to have been done
an hour, two hours beforehand</i>

906
00:44:36.540 --> 00:44:39.475
<i>in order for the children
to be sound asleep</i>

907
00:44:41.078 --> 00:44:43.212
<i>when they drove
that car off of the cliff.</i>

908
00:44:55.392 --> 00:44:57.393
[Dr. Joni]<i> What we know</i>
<i>as forensic psychologists is</i>

909
00:44:57.494 --> 00:45:01.097
<i>that people wind up
doing bad things</i>

910
00:45:01.198 --> 00:45:02.665
<i>for a lot of different reasons.</i>

911
00:45:03.934 --> 00:45:08.938
The term "family annihilation"
refers to someone who kills

912
00:45:09.039 --> 00:45:11.340
several close family members

913
00:45:11.442 --> 00:45:12.975
in a relatively short amount
of time.

914
00:45:14.678 --> 00:45:16.679
<i>For people on the outside,</i>

915
00:45:16.780 --> 00:45:20.183
family annihilation is
always a sudden event

916
00:45:20.284 --> 00:45:22.585
and a complete shock.

917
00:45:22.686 --> 00:45:26.889
<i>But, this was not
an example of two individuals</i>

918
00:45:26.990 --> 00:45:29.225
who just, on the spur
of the moment,

919
00:45:29.326 --> 00:45:30.693
were so desperate and despondent

920
00:45:30.794 --> 00:45:32.161
that they drove off a cliff.

921
00:45:33.163 --> 00:45:35.531
<i>They had taken
some very specific steps</i>

922
00:45:35.632 --> 00:45:38.868
to plan out this murder-suicide.

923
00:45:40.170 --> 00:45:43.106
<i>In this case, there was
something that happens</i>

924
00:45:43.207 --> 00:45:45.775
<i>that sets the wheel in motion.</i>

925
00:45:45.876 --> 00:45:47.443
<i>We don't have
a clear understanding</i>

926
00:45:47.544 --> 00:45:49.178
<i>of what that stress was,</i>

927
00:45:49.279 --> 00:45:51.347
but it's the end result

928
00:45:51.448 --> 00:45:53.583
of all these things
that have been going on

929
00:45:53.684 --> 00:45:54.984
for a long period of time.

930
00:45:58.856 --> 00:46:00.523
[reporter]<i> Tonight,</i>
<i>a call for change,</i>

931
00:46:00.624 --> 00:46:03.493
<i>critics are calling out
Oregon DHS</i>

932
00:46:03.594 --> 00:46:05.762
<i>after recently-released
documents reveal</i>

933
00:46:05.863 --> 00:46:08.097
<i>officials here had
reports of abuse</i>

934
00:46:08.198 --> 00:46:10.166
<i>involving the Hart family</i>

935
00:46:10.234 --> 00:46:12.268
<i>long before their SUV crashed</i>

936
00:46:12.369 --> 00:46:14.670
<i>on the California coast
last month.</i>

937
00:46:14.772 --> 00:46:16.773
[Dr. Raquel]<i> This was</i>
<i>a report that was called in</i>

938
00:46:16.874 --> 00:46:19.375
<i>from one of Jennifer's friends.</i>

939
00:46:21.044 --> 00:46:23.846
And what prompted this call
was an incident

940
00:46:23.947 --> 00:46:27.416
that happened on 06/28 in 2013.

941
00:46:30.687 --> 00:46:34.323
<i>Jen and the kids
had been staying with friends.</i>

942
00:46:34.424 --> 00:46:37.593
<i>They had ordered
pizza one night.</i>

943
00:46:37.694 --> 00:46:40.429
<i>The friend thought
that it was a little strange</i>

944
00:46:40.531 --> 00:46:43.065
<i>Jen only gave the children,</i>

945
00:46:43.167 --> 00:46:45.735
each of them,
a very small slice of pizza.

946
00:46:47.504 --> 00:46:49.572
<i>In the middle of the night,</i>

947
00:46:49.673 --> 00:46:52.742
<i>one of the children came down
and they ate the pizza.</i>

948
00:46:54.444 --> 00:46:57.246
<i>And in the morning
when it was discovered,</i>

949
00:46:57.347 --> 00:46:58.948
<i>Jen got very upset.</i>

950
00:47:00.884 --> 00:47:04.787
The friend reported that
she dragged one of the kids,

951
00:47:06.089 --> 00:47:11.027
<i>and then she stated that
Jen had all six kids lay down</i>

952
00:47:11.128 --> 00:47:13.663
<i>on an inflated air-mattress</i>

953
00:47:13.764 --> 00:47:16.232
with sleep masks on their faces

954
00:47:16.333 --> 00:47:19.902
and their arms by their side
for five hours.

955
00:47:21.405 --> 00:47:24.040
<i>And when the friend spoke
to her about this,</i>

956
00:47:24.141 --> 00:47:27.743
<i>told her that she was
concerned about the situation,</i>

957
00:47:28.178 --> 00:47:29.679
<i>Jen did not see</i>

958
00:47:29.780 --> 00:47:32.114
<i>that what she was
doing was extreme.</i>

959
00:47:38.488 --> 00:47:40.756
[suspenseful music playing]

960
00:47:44.127 --> 00:47:46.395
[Dr. Joni]<i> There were</i>
<i>a lot of indications</i>

961
00:47:46.496 --> 00:47:49.732
<i>that these kids were
not being treated well,</i>

962
00:47:49.833 --> 00:47:52.568
and that these kids were,
at the very least,

963
00:47:52.636 --> 00:47:54.303
in psychological danger.

964
00:47:55.639 --> 00:47:58.741
<i>Withholding food, particularly
on a regular basis,</i>

965
00:47:58.842 --> 00:48:00.643
<i>it's so damaging to kids,</i>

966
00:48:00.744 --> 00:48:03.613
physically, in terms
of their development,

967
00:48:03.714 --> 00:48:05.915
but also psychologically.

968
00:48:07.217 --> 00:48:08.551
[Dr. Raquel]<i> According</i>
<i>to the report,</i>

969
00:48:08.652 --> 00:48:11.320
<i>Jen would kinda turn on and off.</i>

970
00:48:11.421 --> 00:48:13.389
She would
only show them affection

971
00:48:13.490 --> 00:48:16.058
when she wanted
to capture certain pictures.

972
00:48:16.159 --> 00:48:17.894
And then as soon
as that was done,

973
00:48:17.995 --> 00:48:18.995
she would go back to,

974
00:48:19.096 --> 00:48:20.730
pretty much, ignoring the kids.

975
00:48:22.432 --> 00:48:24.467
<i>The friends said
that the kids were</i>

976
00:48:24.568 --> 00:48:27.069
<i>like trained robots,
and if questioned, would</i>

977
00:48:27.170 --> 00:48:29.538
<i>likely not say anything.</i>

978
00:48:30.841 --> 00:48:33.876
<i>But if one can get Markis alone,</i>

979
00:48:33.977 --> 00:48:37.146
<i>he might honestly say
what is happening in the home.</i>

980
00:48:44.388 --> 00:48:47.523
<i>CPS did do an interview
with the children.</i>

981
00:48:48.558 --> 00:48:50.826
They separated them
from the parents,

982
00:48:50.928 --> 00:48:51.894
but in-home,

983
00:48:51.995 --> 00:48:56.065
<i>and asked them about
how they're disciplined.</i>

984
00:48:56.166 --> 00:48:59.835
<i>All of the children denied
that they were being abused.</i>

985
00:49:00.704 --> 00:49:03.673
<i>But this is not
necessarily unusual</i>

986
00:49:03.774 --> 00:49:06.776
for a child not to say anything,

987
00:49:06.877 --> 00:49:09.979
especially if they're
being interviewed

988
00:49:10.080 --> 00:49:12.715
<i>in the presence of,
or within the vicinity</i>

989
00:49:12.816 --> 00:49:14.116
<i>of their parent.</i>

990
00:49:25.896 --> 00:49:29.832
<i>The child welfare workers
sit down with Jen and Sarah</i>

991
00:49:29.933 --> 00:49:33.970
<i>to speak
about these allegations.</i>

992
00:49:34.071 --> 00:49:37.039
<i>Jen just passed it off
as, you know,</i>

993
00:49:37.140 --> 00:49:40.176
they had food issues,
and that these children came

994
00:49:40.277 --> 00:49:43.212
from a home where they were
abused and neglected,

995
00:49:43.313 --> 00:49:44.814
and now they're
in a loving home.

996
00:49:44.915 --> 00:49:47.783
<i>And sometimes they act out.</i>

997
00:49:47.884 --> 00:49:50.653
[Zaron]<i> They present this,</i>
<i>like, feral child model.</i>

998
00:49:50.754 --> 00:49:53.155
This is the power that Jen,
as a white woman, has is

999
00:49:53.256 --> 00:49:55.624
that if she says something,
people believe it.

1000
00:49:57.160 --> 00:49:59.061
[Dr. Joni]<i> Jen, I think,</i>
<i>tended to cope</i>

1001
00:49:59.162 --> 00:50:00.396
<i>by blaming other people,</i>

1002
00:50:00.497 --> 00:50:02.832
<i>by blaming the situation.</i>

1003
00:50:02.933 --> 00:50:05.034
"It's the kids who had
the food issues.

1004
00:50:05.135 --> 00:50:07.303
It's not that we're not
feeding them"

1005
00:50:25.956 --> 00:50:28.891
[Dr. Raquel]<i> When the doctor</i>
<i>did the evaluation,</i>

1006
00:50:28.992 --> 00:50:31.027
<i>it was stated that each
and every one</i>

1007
00:50:31.128 --> 00:50:33.329
of the children,
except for Jeremiah,

1008
00:50:33.430 --> 00:50:35.998
was below the weight and height

1009
00:50:36.066 --> 00:50:37.867
where they should be
for their age.

1010
00:50:39.436 --> 00:50:41.137
<i>But yet, he said that they were</i>

1011
00:50:41.238 --> 00:50:43.372
<i>still normal
and healthy children.</i>

1012
00:50:45.275 --> 00:50:47.476
[Zaron]<i> You have</i>
<i>two sets of children,</i>

1013
00:50:47.577 --> 00:50:49.478
the two groups are
not biologically related,

1014
00:50:49.579 --> 00:50:51.280
and yet they all have
the same conditions

1015
00:50:51.381 --> 00:50:53.115
of not being
on the growth charts,

1016
00:50:53.216 --> 00:50:55.084
not tracking in terms
of normal development.

1017
00:50:56.720 --> 00:50:58.721
<i>Why do they all have
the same condition?</i>

1018
00:51:04.194 --> 00:51:06.862
<i>The CPS worker takes
six months to complete</i>

1019
00:51:06.963 --> 00:51:09.198
the report, and by the day
after Christmas,

1020
00:51:09.299 --> 00:51:10.599
they receive a report that...

1021
00:51:11.368 --> 00:51:12.735
<i>there was reason to believe</i>

1022
00:51:12.836 --> 00:51:14.737
<i>that there may be
something going on</i>

1023
00:51:14.838 --> 00:51:16.072
<i>in the house.</i>

1024
00:51:16.173 --> 00:51:17.840
They just say
that it is inconclusive

1025
00:51:17.941 --> 00:51:19.775
and that they lacked
the evidence to act.

1026
00:51:23.380 --> 00:51:27.349
The message to the parents is
"We're getting away with it."

1027
00:51:28.552 --> 00:51:32.054
<i>And the message to the kids is,</i>

1028
00:51:32.155 --> 00:51:33.622
"Nothing is gonna be done.

1029
00:51:34.624 --> 00:51:36.358
<i>Nobody's got your back",</i>

1030
00:51:36.460 --> 00:51:38.961
<i>and makes it less
and less likely</i>

1031
00:51:39.062 --> 00:51:40.296
<i>that there would be
an opportunity</i>

1032
00:51:40.397 --> 00:51:42.498
<i>for anyone to intervene.</i>

1033
00:51:49.039 --> 00:51:51.574
- [soft clapping]
- [indistinct chatter]

1034
00:51:51.675 --> 00:51:55.111
[people chanting "Om"]

1035
00:52:10.260 --> 00:52:12.661
[Irene]<i> I met the Harts in 2013</i>

1036
00:52:12.762 --> 00:52:16.365
<i>at the Mystic Festival
in Oregon.</i>

1037
00:52:16.466 --> 00:52:19.668
The kids were there. They were
really small at that point.

1038
00:52:19.769 --> 00:52:21.737
I remember...

1039
00:52:21.838 --> 00:52:23.072
thinking to myself,
"They must be

1040
00:52:23.173 --> 00:52:24.773
like, three or four years old."

1041
00:52:26.409 --> 00:52:28.911
<i>I was most drawn towards Devonte</i>

1042
00:52:29.012 --> 00:52:30.579
with his "Free Hugs" sign on,

1043
00:52:30.680 --> 00:52:32.381
because it felt
like an invitation.

1044
00:52:33.416 --> 00:52:36.018
<i>He had so much charm,</i>

1045
00:52:36.119 --> 00:52:38.754
<i>just charms the pants
off of everybody.</i>

1046
00:52:40.624 --> 00:52:46.662
Devonte was bright, joyful,
but also timid.

1047
00:52:46.763 --> 00:52:49.298
[indistinct singing]

1048
00:52:49.399 --> 00:52:51.800
[Niema]<i> He would often wear</i>
<i>these, like, body suits,</i>

1049
00:52:51.902 --> 00:52:54.670
<i>or little bits
of colorful costume pieces.</i>

1050
00:52:54.771 --> 00:52:57.940
<i>But whatever
larger-than-life-ness</i>

1051
00:52:58.041 --> 00:53:00.142
he might have had
in the pictures,

1052
00:53:00.243 --> 00:53:01.911
[audience member]
Woo! Beautiful.

1053
00:53:03.246 --> 00:53:04.480
[Niema]<i> ...when</i>
<i>you touched him, he was</i>

1054
00:53:04.581 --> 00:53:07.082
<i>just this thin boy.</i>

1055
00:53:07.751 --> 00:53:09.585
[all cheering]

1056
00:53:10.487 --> 00:53:11.854
<i>Jen looked like</i>

1057
00:53:11.955 --> 00:53:13.822
<i>the commanding officer in a way.</i>

1058
00:53:13.924 --> 00:53:16.192
<i>She was just like, "Okay.
You go here, you do this."</i>

1059
00:53:17.327 --> 00:53:19.495
She was definitely
always organizing the kids,

1060
00:53:19.596 --> 00:53:22.965
<i>or taking the photos
or staging things.</i>

1061
00:53:25.168 --> 00:53:27.236
[Irene]<i> Everyone was</i>
<i>just celebrating them</i>

1062
00:53:27.337 --> 00:53:28.904
and they were just like,
leading the way.

1063
00:53:29.005 --> 00:53:30.239
Like, "This is how you live."

1064
00:53:31.141 --> 00:53:33.242
<i>This is
the picture of happiness.</i>

1065
00:53:34.678 --> 00:53:35.711
<i>I remember being like,</i>

1066
00:53:35.812 --> 00:53:37.513
"I want to be like Sarah
and Jennifer one day.

1067
00:53:37.647 --> 00:53:40.282
I want to have that much love
to offer my child."

1068
00:53:42.519 --> 00:53:43.752
[Niema]<i> I don't think</i>
<i>they were really close</i>

1069
00:53:43.853 --> 00:53:45.254
<i>to a lot of people
in terms of like,</i>

1070
00:53:45.355 --> 00:53:46.822
<i>having people over.</i>

1071
00:53:46.923 --> 00:53:50.392
And, so Facebook was
how most people knew

1072
00:53:50.493 --> 00:53:52.261
what was happening
in their lives.

1073
00:53:52.362 --> 00:53:54.163
<i>And Jen was
pretty active and posting,</i>

1074
00:53:54.264 --> 00:53:56.098
<i>and, so it seemed like</i>

1075
00:53:56.199 --> 00:53:59.068
they were happy, you know,
from what she would post.

1076
00:53:59.169 --> 00:54:02.738
Very well-curated display
of life.

1077
00:54:04.140 --> 00:54:05.941
[Dr. Joni]<i> We can learn a lot</i>

1078
00:54:06.042 --> 00:54:08.410
about a family or about a person

1079
00:54:08.511 --> 00:54:10.980
by how they use social media.

1080
00:54:11.081 --> 00:54:13.916
<i>How often they use it to get
their emotional needs met,</i>

1081
00:54:14.017 --> 00:54:15.718
<i>how often do they interact
with other people,</i>

1082
00:54:15.819 --> 00:54:18.487
<i>what kind of pictures
do they post,</i>

1083
00:54:18.622 --> 00:54:21.056
it tells us a lot
about their values,

1084
00:54:21.157 --> 00:54:22.591
and the things that are
important to them.

1085
00:54:23.827 --> 00:54:27.763
<i>But when I look at Jen's post,</i>

1086
00:54:27.864 --> 00:54:30.232
I see, based
on my professional experience,

1087
00:54:30.333 --> 00:54:32.368
based on my knowledge as a mom,

1088
00:54:32.469 --> 00:54:34.470
something doesn't seem right

1089
00:54:34.571 --> 00:54:38.073
in terms of how this person
is presenting this image.

1090
00:54:40.176 --> 00:54:42.645
[Irene]<i> Devonte was</i>
<i>definitely the focus</i>

1091
00:54:42.746 --> 00:54:44.813
<i>of her Facebook page.</i>

1092
00:54:45.915 --> 00:54:50.552
You never really saw
her post about... Markis.

1093
00:54:50.654 --> 00:54:55.391
<i>Or Jeremiah, or Hannah or Ciera.</i>

1094
00:54:55.525 --> 00:54:58.093
She may have mentioned
some interaction

1095
00:54:58.194 --> 00:55:02.164
<i>that had to do with Devonte.</i>

1096
00:55:02.265 --> 00:55:06.935
<i>But the focus was very much
her talking about her son,</i>

1097
00:55:07.037 --> 00:55:10.039
and how she saved him, you know?

1098
00:55:20.317 --> 00:55:22.051
[Dr. Joni]<i> So, this is a post</i>
<i>that Jennifer made</i>

1099
00:55:22.152 --> 00:55:26.155
on November the 8th, 2014.

1100
00:55:26.256 --> 00:55:28.624
<i>"We were standing
in the grocery checkout line.</i>

1101
00:55:28.725 --> 00:55:29.958
<i>An elderly man was standing</i>

1102
00:55:30.060 --> 00:55:31.827
<i>at the end of the bagging area.</i>

1103
00:55:31.928 --> 00:55:34.630
He spots our son,
looks him up and down."

1104
00:55:34.731 --> 00:55:36.365
"Man: I can tell you're going

1105
00:55:36.466 --> 00:55:38.367
to be a baseball player
when you grow up.

1106
00:55:38.468 --> 00:55:42.471
Son: Pauses, tilts his head
and gives a closed mouth grin.

1107
00:55:42.572 --> 00:55:45.941
<i>"Actually, no. Baseball isn't
really my thing."</i>

1108
00:55:46.042 --> 00:55:48.410
[Joni] "<i> Man: Well, I can tell
you're gonna be a ball player.</i>"

1109
00:55:49.145 --> 00:55:50.379
As his mom, I can tell

1110
00:55:50.480 --> 00:55:52.848
there was a slight frustration
inside of him.

1111
00:55:52.916 --> 00:55:55.351
<i>Checkout lady: Oh, I bet
you're gonna be a basketball</i>

1112
00:55:55.452 --> 00:55:56.618
<i>or soccer player then.</i>

1113
00:55:57.420 --> 00:55:59.555
Son: No, I don't
play any sports.

1114
00:55:59.656 --> 00:56:02.191
It's just not my thing.
I just have other interests.

1115
00:56:03.293 --> 00:56:05.027
"Checkout lady, in a befuddled,

1116
00:56:05.161 --> 00:56:06.929
<i>nearly astonished voice:</i>

1117
00:56:07.030 --> 00:56:09.965
What? I have never met a kid

1118
00:56:10.033 --> 00:56:12.901
<i>"that looks like you
that doesn't play sports."</i>

1119
00:56:13.002 --> 00:56:15.604
We all know what she means
by "Looks like you."

1120
00:56:15.705 --> 00:56:19.441
"Man chuckling: Right?
Never. They all do!"

1121
00:56:21.378 --> 00:56:24.012
"It was so obviously clear
what was happening."

1122
00:56:24.114 --> 00:56:26.782
While I wanted so badly
to step in and protect my son

1123
00:56:26.883 --> 00:56:29.952
<i>from the ongoing
racial stereotyping, I didn't.</i>

1124
00:56:30.053 --> 00:56:31.954
[Zaron]<i> I let him step</i>
<i>into his own power</i>

1125
00:56:32.055 --> 00:56:34.390
<i>and he handled it brilliantly.</i>

1126
00:56:34.491 --> 00:56:36.625
The statement, "I let him step
into his own power" is

1127
00:56:36.726 --> 00:56:39.762
just gaggingly offensive.
Anyway.

1128
00:56:39.863 --> 00:56:42.931
"Man: Well, what do you wanna
be when you grow up?

1129
00:56:43.032 --> 00:56:44.767
"Son: <i>I'm here to help people.</i>"

1130
00:56:44.868 --> 00:56:47.236
<i>I'm here to inspire. Now.</i>

1131
00:56:47.337 --> 00:56:49.071
"Man said, " What are
you gonna do

1132
00:56:49.172 --> 00:56:50.706
to help and inspire people?"

1133
00:56:50.807 --> 00:56:53.041
[Zaron] "<i> Son: I'm going to be myself.</i>"

1134
00:56:53.143 --> 00:56:56.078
<i>No matter how much people try
to make me something I'm not."</i>

1135
00:56:56.179 --> 00:56:57.279
[in unison] "Have
a great night."

1136
00:56:57.380 --> 00:56:59.448
"Flashes ginormous smile."

1137
00:56:59.549 --> 00:57:01.016
<i>I think this kid will
be all right.</i>

1138
00:57:01.117 --> 00:57:02.584
<i>No matter what is tossed at him.</i>

1139
00:57:03.887 --> 00:57:05.788
The irony is
that he will not be all right

1140
00:57:05.889 --> 00:57:07.222
because you were tossed at him.

1141
00:57:16.266 --> 00:57:20.235
Here's a post from Jen,
dated November 13th, 2014.

1142
00:57:20.904 --> 00:57:22.237
<i>"I share stories, photos,"</i>

1143
00:57:22.338 --> 00:57:24.339
<i>and experiences
of our family often.</i>

1144
00:57:24.441 --> 00:57:25.641
I would never have expected

1145
00:57:25.742 --> 00:57:27.276
that one
of my most recent posts would

1146
00:57:27.377 --> 00:57:29.011
impact people the way it has

1147
00:57:29.112 --> 00:57:32.080
and find its way
to the<i> Huffington Post.</i>

1148
00:57:32.182 --> 00:57:35.217
Meet Devonte: The little boy
with a big heart.

1149
00:57:35.285 --> 00:57:37.453
<i>A young boy who was
born into a life of drugs,</i>

1150
00:57:37.554 --> 00:57:39.688
<i>extreme poverty, danger,</i>

1151
00:57:39.789 --> 00:57:41.623
<i>and destined for a bleak future,</i>

1152
00:57:41.724 --> 00:57:44.193
is defying stereotypes
in the most remarkable way.

1153
00:57:54.904 --> 00:57:57.406
<i>"Devonte Hart entered
the world 12 years ago"</i>

1154
00:57:57.507 --> 00:58:00.843
<i>with drugs pumping through
his tiny newborn body.</i>

1155
00:58:00.944 --> 00:58:02.911
By the time
he was four years old,

1156
00:58:03.012 --> 00:58:05.347
he had smoked, consumed alcohol,

1157
00:58:05.448 --> 00:58:07.850
handled guns, been shot at,

1158
00:58:07.984 --> 00:58:10.152
<i>"and suffered
severe abuse and neglect."</i>

1159
00:58:11.120 --> 00:58:13.655
[Shonda]<i> I remember</i>
<i>reading an article</i>

1160
00:58:13.756 --> 00:58:16.658
with the adopted mom saying
that she remembered

1161
00:58:16.759 --> 00:58:19.094
Devonte being shot at,
and that was a complete lie.

1162
00:58:20.129 --> 00:58:21.730
<i>Show me the paperwork
here in Houston</i>

1163
00:58:21.831 --> 00:58:23.232
<i>where someone said that.</i>

1164
00:58:23.967 --> 00:58:25.200
"It was a life of little hope

1165
00:58:25.301 --> 00:58:27.569
and a future that seemed over
before it began."

1166
00:58:29.939 --> 00:58:36.745
[reading]

1167
00:58:38.481 --> 00:58:41.083
[Zaron]<i> So,</i>
<i>the</i> Huffington Post<i> story,</i>

1168
00:58:41.184 --> 00:58:42.551
<i>all this stuff that's presented</i>

1169
00:58:42.652 --> 00:58:44.853
as if it were documented fact,

1170
00:58:44.921 --> 00:58:47.322
these are all things
that Jen reported.

1171
00:58:48.324 --> 00:58:50.259
<i>She says, "When we adopted him,</i>

1172
00:58:50.360 --> 00:58:52.160
<i>he only knew [bleep] and [bleep]</i>

1173
00:58:52.262 --> 00:58:54.696
<i>And he struggled to identify
with the names of foods,</i>

1174
00:58:54.797 --> 00:58:56.098
body parts
and everyday objects."

1175
00:58:56.199 --> 00:59:00.702
Those are literally quotes
from Jen from the CPS report.

1176
00:59:01.804 --> 00:59:03.805
[Shonda]<i> Again, she tells</i>
<i>this story.</i>

1177
00:59:03.907 --> 00:59:06.074
Miss Celestine never
told me that about Devonte.

1178
00:59:06.743 --> 00:59:08.443
<i>So he must have digressed</i>

1179
00:59:08.545 --> 00:59:10.512
<i>from the time that he left her.</i>

1180
00:59:11.180 --> 00:59:14.182
I mean... that's ridiculous.

1181
00:59:15.885 --> 00:59:18.387
[Zaron]<i> Jen figured out that</i>
<i>if she puts forth a narrative,</i>

1182
00:59:18.488 --> 00:59:20.055
somebody else will pick it up
and repeat it,

1183
00:59:20.156 --> 00:59:21.123
and if someone else repeats it,

1184
00:59:21.224 --> 00:59:23.225
then she can say,
"You know what they said."

1185
00:59:24.827 --> 00:59:26.628
[Dr. Joni]<i> On the surface</i>
<i>it looks like,</i>

1186
00:59:26.729 --> 00:59:28.697
<i>"Oh, it's all about my kid."</i>

1187
00:59:29.265 --> 00:59:30.699
But, between the lines,

1188
00:59:30.800 --> 00:59:32.634
there is
just this constant theme,

1189
00:59:32.735 --> 00:59:34.937
that "If it wasn't for us,

1190
00:59:35.038 --> 00:59:37.940
this kid would've ended up
who knows where."

1191
00:59:38.041 --> 00:59:41.777
<i>So what seems to be a story
about Devonte</i>

1192
00:59:41.878 --> 00:59:43.812
<i>is really a story about Jen.</i>

1193
00:59:46.349 --> 00:59:48.450
[Niema]<i> In hindsight,</i>
<i>it definitely looks like</i>

1194
00:59:48.551 --> 00:59:50.619
they were painting this picture

1195
00:59:50.720 --> 00:59:52.421
of themselves as heroes,

1196
00:59:52.522 --> 00:59:55.857
and these children
as very sad victims...

1197
00:59:57.093 --> 00:59:58.927
<i>that needed to be rescued.</i>

1198
01:00:00.897 --> 01:00:02.230
[Zaron]<i> She's using Facebook</i>

1199
01:00:02.332 --> 01:00:04.299
<i>just like an advertiser
or a marketer,</i>

1200
01:00:05.735 --> 01:00:08.470
and she's selling
white saviorhood.

1201
01:00:09.505 --> 01:00:11.807
<i>But she doesn't
care about the kids.</i>

1202
01:00:11.908 --> 01:00:14.142
She just wants the likes
and the dopamine hit.

1203
01:00:15.645 --> 01:00:17.813
<i>She's hurting
all of these people for that.</i>

1204
01:00:26.055 --> 01:00:29.992
[Dr. Joni]<i> Family annihilation</i>
<i>is the most common form</i>

1205
01:00:30.093 --> 01:00:31.660
<i>of mass murder.</i>

1206
01:00:31.761 --> 01:00:35.330
But it is
an incredibly difficult event

1207
01:00:35.431 --> 01:00:37.666
to predict,
because it is so rare.

1208
01:00:39.636 --> 01:00:41.603
<i>I've been asked before,
"Is there a personality</i>

1209
01:00:41.704 --> 01:00:43.205
<i>of the family annihilator?"
And we know the answer</i>

1210
01:00:43.306 --> 01:00:45.040
<i>to that question is "No."</i>

1211
01:00:46.309 --> 01:00:48.377
But there are some commonalities

1212
01:00:48.478 --> 01:00:50.012
that we sometimes find.

1213
01:00:51.247 --> 01:00:53.048
<i>There's, often times, a history</i>

1214
01:00:53.149 --> 01:00:55.317
<i>of undiagnosed depression.</i>

1215
01:00:55.418 --> 01:00:57.953
People who commit
family annihilation,

1216
01:00:58.054 --> 01:01:02.891
often times have
a strong need for status,

1217
01:01:03.593 --> 01:01:05.961
<i>and for attention.</i>

1218
01:01:06.062 --> 01:01:09.064
<i>Then sometimes you have
this black-and-white thinking,</i>

1219
01:01:09.165 --> 01:01:13.535
<i>"meaning "If you're not
my friend, you're my enemy.</i>

1220
01:01:13.636 --> 01:01:16.638
<i>If things aren't good,
they're horrible."</i>

1221
01:01:16.739 --> 01:01:19.641
And then,
almost always, you have

1222
01:01:19.742 --> 01:01:21.276
an environmental trigger.

1223
01:01:22.812 --> 01:01:26.515
<i>Something happens that isn't
responsible at all</i>

1224
01:01:26.616 --> 01:01:27.849
<i>for what happens,</i>

1225
01:01:27.950 --> 01:01:30.252
<i>but it becomes a precipitant.</i>

1226
01:01:35.558 --> 01:01:38.060
[reporter]<i> A few minutes ago,</i>
<i>the grand jury deliberating</i>

1227
01:01:38.161 --> 01:01:40.395
<i>the death of Michael Brown
issued its decision.</i>

1228
01:01:40.496 --> 01:01:43.665
[newsreader]<i> The Grand Jury</i>
<i>will not indict Darren Wilson.</i>

1229
01:01:43.766 --> 01:01:46.034
<i>He's the white police officer
who shot and killed</i>

1230
01:01:46.135 --> 01:01:48.870
<i>the young, unarmed black man
Michael Brown in August.</i>

1231
01:01:48.971 --> 01:01:51.540
[newsreader 2]<i> The Grand Jury</i>
<i>decision set off outrage</i>

1232
01:01:51.641 --> 01:01:55.110
<i>in communities not only
throughout St. Louis,</i>

1233
01:01:55.211 --> 01:01:56.778
<i>but across the country.</i>

1234
01:02:02.185 --> 01:02:05.087
[Niema]<i> I remember when</i>
<i>that hug image first appeared</i>

1235
01:02:05.188 --> 01:02:07.889
on media, and how quickly
it became viral,

1236
01:02:07.990 --> 01:02:11.293
and learned that it'd become
kind of national news.

1237
01:02:11.394 --> 01:02:13.862
<i>That was an iconic
and beautiful image</i>

1238
01:02:13.963 --> 01:02:15.931
<i>and spoke to a hope</i>

1239
01:02:16.032 --> 01:02:18.767
<i>that we were feeling
at that time.</i>

1240
01:02:18.868 --> 01:02:20.335
As someone around here
said today,

1241
01:02:20.436 --> 01:02:21.603
what the world needs now might

1242
01:02:21.704 --> 01:02:23.371
just be what we see
in this photo.

1243
01:02:24.540 --> 01:02:28.577
I originally saw Devonte
in that picture

1244
01:02:28.678 --> 01:02:30.512
with that cop on the news.

1245
01:02:30.613 --> 01:02:32.347
And I couldn't believe my eyes.

1246
01:02:32.448 --> 01:02:34.382
It was Devonte on the TV.

1247
01:02:35.718 --> 01:02:37.853
<i>And he's hugging a cop
in this picture,</i>

1248
01:02:37.954 --> 01:02:39.755
<i>and I'm like, thinking,</i>

1249
01:02:39.856 --> 01:02:41.289
"Oh, my Gosh, maybe he'll

1250
01:02:41.390 --> 01:02:43.425
be a part
of something really profound,

1251
01:02:43.526 --> 01:02:46.428
with everything that's
happening with the protests."

1252
01:02:46.529 --> 01:02:49.397
I could tell it was
meant to be like,

1253
01:02:49.499 --> 01:02:52.267
"Oh, this is this black boy

1254
01:02:52.368 --> 01:02:55.270
hugging this white cop
in this moment of solidarity."

1255
01:02:56.672 --> 01:03:00.175
<i>But the look
on Devonte's face was mixed.</i>

1256
01:03:00.276 --> 01:03:02.477
<i>I don't know if he was sad</i>

1257
01:03:02.578 --> 01:03:06.114
because of
all that had happened,

1258
01:03:06.215 --> 01:03:08.517
or the interaction he just
had with the police.

1259
01:03:09.752 --> 01:03:12.420
<i>I remember, at the time,
seeing that photo</i>

1260
01:03:12.522 --> 01:03:14.790
and not fully understanding

1261
01:03:14.891 --> 01:03:17.192
that there was a lot more
to this story than I knew.

1262
01:03:21.097 --> 01:03:22.864
[Zaron]<i> When the photo was</i>
<i>taken of him hugging the cop,</i>

1263
01:03:22.965 --> 01:03:25.400
<i>there were two photographers,
both people of color,</i>

1264
01:03:25.501 --> 01:03:27.969
who both noticed
the same exact scene,

1265
01:03:28.070 --> 01:03:30.338
and they commented on it saying,

1266
01:03:30.439 --> 01:03:32.908
one said that it was
clearly trauma.

1267
01:03:33.009 --> 01:03:35.243
Another said, "I don't know
what's going on in this photo,

1268
01:03:35.344 --> 01:03:36.845
but I'm gonna leave it
up to y'all to say

1269
01:03:36.946 --> 01:03:39.514
because this, to me,
looks like this ain't right."

1270
01:03:41.083 --> 01:03:43.351
[Niema]<i> Understanding how much</i>
<i>of those children's lives were</i>

1271
01:03:43.419 --> 01:03:46.421
<i>staged and made into photo-ops,</i>

1272
01:03:46.522 --> 01:03:48.790
<i>I don't know that
that moment was</i>

1273
01:03:48.891 --> 01:03:51.092
actually consensual for Devonte.

1274
01:03:51.194 --> 01:03:54.129
I don't know if he actually
wanted to hug that cop.

1275
01:03:56.299 --> 01:03:58.834
[Zaron]<i> From what I've seen,</i>
<i>a lot of the friends were</i>

1276
01:03:58.935 --> 01:03:59.835
very proud of the moment

1277
01:03:59.936 --> 01:04:01.636
because it went
so massively viral.

1278
01:04:01.737 --> 01:04:04.973
It was as if they were
friends with somebody

1279
01:04:05.074 --> 01:04:07.309
who was on the cutting edge
of protest culture,

1280
01:04:07.410 --> 01:04:08.977
<i>which is what Jen wanted
it to be</i>

1281
01:04:09.078 --> 01:04:10.679
<i>and present herself as.</i>

1282
01:04:12.014 --> 01:04:15.750
<i>A leading non-political figure
of this hope and change idea</i>

1283
01:04:15.852 --> 01:04:18.320
<i>that America can move towards.</i>

1284
01:04:18.421 --> 01:04:21.423
She takes all of that
and uses it for her,

1285
01:04:21.524 --> 01:04:24.359
and in doing so is rightfully
called out for it.

1286
01:04:30.967 --> 01:04:33.134
[Vanryckeghem] <i>I was
just going on Facebook.</i>

1287
01:04:33.236 --> 01:04:37.038
I looked,
and I found Jennifer's post,

1288
01:04:37.139 --> 01:04:43.311
<i>and I remember being confused
and disappointed.</i>

1289
01:04:43.412 --> 01:04:46.314
Even reading it now, I'm like,

1290
01:04:47.016 --> 01:04:49.217
"Who wrote this?"

1291
01:04:49.318 --> 01:04:51.486
<i>"I understand many of you
have stumbled upon"</i>

1292
01:04:51.587 --> 01:04:54.322
<i>the darker side of media
as of late.</i>

1293
01:04:54.423 --> 01:04:57.759
<i>Things have been twisted
and used for various reasons.</i>

1294
01:04:58.694 --> 01:04:59.861
<i>I can't control that,</i>

1295
01:04:59.962 --> 01:05:02.330
<i>and I cannot allow that
to control me.</i>

1296
01:05:03.666 --> 01:05:06.134
<i>What other people think
is none of my business.</i>

1297
01:05:06.235 --> 01:05:07.569
<i>I know what really happened,</i>

1298
01:05:07.670 --> 01:05:10.805
<i>and how Devonte truly feels
about that encounter.</i>

1299
01:05:11.908 --> 01:05:14.509
<i>"And that's all
that matters to us."</i>

1300
01:05:18.247 --> 01:05:21.650
She dismisses claims that
she is basically hijacking

1301
01:05:21.717 --> 01:05:22.951
the Black Lives Matter movement,

1302
01:05:23.052 --> 01:05:25.987
that she is hijacking the
Ferguson protest and the energy

1303
01:05:26.088 --> 01:05:29.291
<i>that going into calling
attention to systemic racism</i>

1304
01:05:29.392 --> 01:05:30.992
<i>and abuse in America.</i>

1305
01:05:32.495 --> 01:05:36.398
People then, as they start
to, in her words, attack her,

1306
01:05:36.499 --> 01:05:40.936
she defends herself by
presenting it as their wrong,

1307
01:05:41.037 --> 01:05:42.437
they don't understand.

1308
01:05:42.538 --> 01:05:44.139
<i>These are haters
that are coming after me</i>

1309
01:05:44.240 --> 01:05:45.540
<i>because we're lesbian moms</i>

1310
01:05:45.641 --> 01:05:47.943
<i>with our adopted black children.</i>

1311
01:05:48.044 --> 01:05:51.413
She's both, dismissed
the claims that are rightful

1312
01:05:51.514 --> 01:05:54.349
and made herself sympathetic
by playing the victim.

1313
01:05:56.352 --> 01:05:59.888
[Vanryckeghem]<i> It does really seem like
she was just protecting her own agenda,</i>

1314
01:05:59.989 --> 01:06:02.691
<i>and no one or anything else
but that.</i>

1315
01:06:02.792 --> 01:06:06.628
It must have been a trigger
for her to get so much attention,

1316
01:06:06.729 --> 01:06:09.698
when she knew that she
was living a double life,

1317
01:06:09.799 --> 01:06:12.534
<i>and that it couldn't be
something that she could maintain</i>

1318
01:06:12.635 --> 01:06:15.036
<i>if people really started
peering into their lives</i>

1319
01:06:15.137 --> 01:06:17.205
<i>and wanting to know a lot more.</i>

1320
01:06:17.306 --> 01:06:21.977
So she probably had
no other choice

1321
01:06:22.078 --> 01:06:25.313
but to shut everything down
and withdraw.

1322
01:06:25.414 --> 01:06:28.984
[Burnett]<i> The virality that she
was chasing after ruined the thing.</i>

1323
01:06:29.085 --> 01:06:33.621
<i>It, basically, compromised Jen's
ability to control the narrative.</i>

1324
01:06:33.723 --> 01:06:35.557
So, once the narrative
escaped her clutches,

1325
01:06:35.658 --> 01:06:37.292
she left
and created a new narrative.

1326
01:06:55.244 --> 01:06:58.446
[Bunch] <i>In 2016, I met Jen</i>

1327
01:06:58.547 --> 01:07:01.783
in the highly competitive
gaming community.

1328
01:07:03.386 --> 01:07:06.388
<i>We were part
of this team of players</i>

1329
01:07:06.489 --> 01:07:08.523
dedicated to a specific game.

1330
01:07:08.624 --> 01:07:14.062
<i>And you're all working
to destroy every other team</i>

1331
01:07:14.163 --> 01:07:16.131
<i>and move up the rankings.</i>

1332
01:07:16.232 --> 01:07:19.768
And we were
the second-ranked team,

1333
01:07:19.869 --> 01:07:21.603
and this is worldwide.

1334
01:07:24.206 --> 01:07:28.610
<i>Jen was the co-leader
of that 50-member team,</i>

1335
01:07:28.711 --> 01:07:33.114
<i>so she's keeping track
of scores for 50 players.</i>

1336
01:07:33.182 --> 01:07:37.118
<i>She is checking to see if people
are maintaining those scores.</i>

1337
01:07:38.521 --> 01:07:41.456
<i>In the team chat,
she kept it lively.</i>

1338
01:07:41.557 --> 01:07:44.793
<i>Anything to, like,
keep everyone motivated.</i>

1339
01:07:44.894 --> 01:07:46.861
<i>For her,
it was clearly a passion</i>

1340
01:07:46.962 --> 01:07:48.763
to maintain that sense of unity,

1341
01:07:48.864 --> 01:07:50.565
and she did
a great job out of it.

1342
01:07:52.334 --> 01:07:54.769
[Johnston]
<i>After this picture goes viral,</i>

1343
01:07:54.870 --> 01:07:58.339
we find Jen going
to the gaming community,

1344
01:07:58.441 --> 01:08:01.176
which really does
provide her a forum,

1345
01:08:01.277 --> 01:08:04.679
<i>where she can again share
pictures and posts of her family.</i>

1346
01:08:04.780 --> 01:08:07.749
<i>She can also get a ton of status</i>

1347
01:08:07.850 --> 01:08:09.551
and a ton of affirmation.

1348
01:08:10.553 --> 01:08:12.087
[Bunch]
<i>You're spending many hours</i>

1349
01:08:12.188 --> 01:08:14.289
<i>with the team members every day,</i>

1350
01:08:14.390 --> 01:08:17.759
<i>exchanging photos and
talking about your careers,</i>

1351
01:08:17.860 --> 01:08:22.263
and so it really does become
a family in a sense.

1352
01:08:26.502 --> 01:08:31.239
<i>Jen moved to Washington
early summer, in 2017.</i>

1353
01:08:32.274 --> 01:08:35.110
<i>I remember, she shared
photos of the house,</i>

1354
01:08:35.211 --> 01:08:38.246
<i>pictures of the kids in the
new house with chickens,</i>

1355
01:08:39.048 --> 01:08:41.749
<i>painting the new living room.</i>

1356
01:08:41.851 --> 01:08:44.119
<i>The kids are all happy,
she's happy.</i>

1357
01:08:46.689 --> 01:08:49.591
I never saw a sign ever, ever

1358
01:08:49.692 --> 01:08:53.628
that they were
anything but great.

1359
01:08:57.833 --> 01:08:59.167
[911 operator speaking]

1360
01:08:59.235 --> 01:09:04.506
[man speaking]

1361
01:09:04.607 --> 01:09:07.341
[man speaking]

1362
01:09:07.409 --> 01:09:09.010
[911 operator speaking]

1363
01:09:09.812 --> 01:09:16.084
[man speaking]

1364
01:09:16.185 --> 01:09:19.420
[man speaking]

1365
01:09:19.522 --> 01:09:21.990
[man speaking]

1366
01:09:22.091 --> 01:09:24.025
[911 operator speaking]

1367
01:09:24.126 --> 01:09:28.997
[man speaking]

1368
01:09:42.111 --> 01:09:45.880
[Beck] <i>Dana DeKalb's
father called 911,</i>

1369
01:09:45.981 --> 01:09:49.050
<i>and he told a shocking story</i>

1370
01:09:49.151 --> 01:09:52.153
about a child coming to their
house in the middle of the night

1371
01:09:52.254 --> 01:09:54.155
and asking to be hidden
in the house.

1372
01:09:54.957 --> 01:09:57.258
[doorbell ringing]

1373
01:09:57.359 --> 01:10:00.662
[Bruce]<i> It was 1:30 in the
morning, and I went to the front door,</i>

1374
01:10:00.763 --> 01:10:03.064
<i>and here's this girl
standing there,</i>

1375
01:10:03.165 --> 01:10:05.800
<i>and she comes
bolting in the house.</i>

1376
01:10:05.901 --> 01:10:07.835
<i>Ran upstairs,
and went into the bedroom,</i>

1377
01:10:07.937 --> 01:10:09.837
<i>and started shaking Dana.</i>

1378
01:10:09.939 --> 01:10:13.174
[Dana] <i>She pounced on me
frantic and begging, you know.</i>

1379
01:10:13.275 --> 01:10:16.511
<i>"Take me to Seattle.
Don't make me go back there.</i>

1380
01:10:16.612 --> 01:10:18.880
<i>They are racist,
they are abusive,"</i>

1381
01:10:18.981 --> 01:10:20.748
<i>and we're just like going,
"Whoa!"</i>

1382
01:10:22.918 --> 01:10:25.353
[Beck]<i> A short while later,
they heard the rest of the family,</i>

1383
01:10:25.454 --> 01:10:28.323
Jen and Sarah and the rest of the
children, outside calling for Hannah.

1384
01:10:29.425 --> 01:10:31.492
<i>Eventually,
they went into the house</i>

1385
01:10:31.594 --> 01:10:34.295
and gave an explanation
for Hannah's behavior.

1386
01:10:35.931 --> 01:10:39.567
[Dana]<i> Sarah never spoke.</i>
<i>Jennifer did all the talking.</i>

1387
01:10:39.668 --> 01:10:44.038
<i>And she said that, you know,
Hannah struggles, she has some issues.</i>

1388
01:10:44.139 --> 01:10:49.043
<i>It's been a rough week, and she's
going through all kinds of turmoil.</i>

1389
01:10:49.144 --> 01:10:51.079
<i>And they were drug babies,</i>

1390
01:10:51.180 --> 01:10:52.814
<i>and so the kids struggle.</i>

1391
01:10:55.184 --> 01:10:57.719
<i>I was all prepared
to call the cops,</i>

1392
01:10:58.520 --> 01:11:02.090
<i>but she, she sold it well.</i>

1393
01:11:05.928 --> 01:11:09.998
<i>They ended up
back at our doorbell at 6:30.</i>

1394
01:11:10.099 --> 01:11:13.434
<i>Hannah handed us a note
saying how sorry she was</i>

1395
01:11:13.535 --> 01:11:16.804
<i>that she had told us some
things that weren't really true.</i>

1396
01:11:16.905 --> 01:11:18.406
<i>It's just that she had
a really bad week,</i>

1397
01:11:18.507 --> 01:11:20.675
<i>and she wanted to apologize
for bothering us.</i>

1398
01:11:22.344 --> 01:11:24.712
<i>Before they left, I asked if I could
have a word with just Hannah,</i>

1399
01:11:24.813 --> 01:11:27.081
<i>and they said, "No. We
do everything as a family."</i>

1400
01:11:40.863 --> 01:11:44.432
[Bunch]<i> Jen was</i>
<i>the most fun-loving person</i>

1401
01:11:44.533 --> 01:11:49.837
until you violated
one of her rules.

1402
01:11:50.906 --> 01:11:53.441
<i>Oftentimes, these rules
weren't spoken rules,</i>

1403
01:11:53.542 --> 01:11:57.245
<i>these were just the way
she wanted things to be done.</i>

1404
01:12:00.649 --> 01:12:04.619
[Hart] <i>There was an
occasion that I was at the store,</i>

1405
01:12:05.220 --> 01:12:07.855
<i>and we get a call.</i>

1406
01:12:07.956 --> 01:12:10.958
I answered the phone, and there
was a woman on the other end,

1407
01:12:11.060 --> 01:12:13.494
<i>and she asked
to speak with Sarah Hart.</i>

1408
01:12:14.596 --> 01:12:17.799
So I told her, "One moment."
I put her on hold.

1409
01:12:18.600 --> 01:12:20.635
<i>"Sarah," I said, "It's for you."</i>

1410
01:12:20.736 --> 01:12:24.639
And she got
a panicked look on her face,

1411
01:12:24.740 --> 01:12:26.774
and she looked at her watch,

1412
01:12:26.875 --> 01:12:29.243
and she went, "Oh, [bleep]."

1413
01:12:30.979 --> 01:12:34.816
<i>And she ran into an office
and slammed the door.</i>

1414
01:12:36.418 --> 01:12:40.388
<i>About ten minutes later,
she came out of the office,</i>

1415
01:12:40.489 --> 01:12:43.491
and I had jokingly said,
you know, "What did you do?"

1416
01:12:45.060 --> 01:12:49.964
And she told me that she did not

1417
01:12:50.766 --> 01:12:53.801
play her part in a game.

1418
01:12:55.771 --> 01:13:00.441
<i>She said that Jen
was very upset with her,</i>

1419
01:13:00.542 --> 01:13:02.210
to the point that Jen had said

1420
01:13:02.311 --> 01:13:04.212
if Sarah wasn't going
to support her,

1421
01:13:04.313 --> 01:13:05.813
she might as well
just kill herself.

1422
01:13:07.282 --> 01:13:10.818
<i>Because it was all she had to
look forward to, was this game.</i>

1423
01:13:14.156 --> 01:13:18.693
<i>Sarah was very worried
about Jen,</i>

1424
01:13:18.794 --> 01:13:22.797
<i>because Jen was depressed
and withdrawn.</i>

1425
01:13:22.898 --> 01:13:26.868
Sarah would constantly have to
be, you know, calming her down.

1426
01:13:28.203 --> 01:13:32.540
<i>I think Sarah was the buffer
between the kids and Jen,</i>

1427
01:13:33.475 --> 01:13:35.943
like the battered
spouse would, you know.

1428
01:13:39.181 --> 01:13:43.551
In this family, there was
a tremendous amount of stress

1429
01:13:43.652 --> 01:13:44.986
going on at home.

1430
01:13:46.622 --> 01:13:48.856
<i>I don't know
what that stress was,</i>

1431
01:13:48.957 --> 01:13:51.793
but we do know that
things were getting worse.

1432
01:13:52.995 --> 01:13:56.631
<i>The only evidence we have
are these kids,</i>

1433
01:13:56.732 --> 01:13:59.167
<i>who are desperately
trying to get help.</i>

1434
01:14:13.449 --> 01:14:16.651
<i>So, the very first night
was on Thursday night.</i>

1435
01:14:16.752 --> 01:14:19.854
<i>The next morning, he was
here again at 9:00 am, asking,</i>

1436
01:14:19.955 --> 01:14:21.556
<i>"Do you have any bread?"</i>

1437
01:14:22.591 --> 01:14:26.027
<i>So I said, "No.
But I have those tortillas."</i>

1438
01:14:26.128 --> 01:14:28.563
<i>That's when he started saying
could we put it by the fence.</i>

1439
01:14:30.232 --> 01:14:31.933
[Beck]<i> While speaking</i>
<i>with Dana and Bruce,</i>

1440
01:14:32.034 --> 01:14:35.803
they mentioned that Devonte had
provided them a list of food items,

1441
01:14:35.904 --> 01:14:39.740
and had mentioned that his parents
were withholding food from them.

1442
01:14:39.842 --> 01:14:42.610
<i>And he was asking
Dana and Bruce to get food,</i>

1443
01:14:42.711 --> 01:14:44.712
<i>so that he could share it
with his brothers and sisters.</i>

1444
01:14:47.616 --> 01:14:50.284
[Dana]<i> The first night,</i>
<i>I didn't think anything.</i>

1445
01:14:50.385 --> 01:14:52.119
<i>But then, when he
came back Friday night,</i>

1446
01:14:52.221 --> 01:14:55.189
<i>it's like, "Wait a minute. I just
gave you, like, thirty tortillas."</i>

1447
01:14:55.290 --> 01:14:57.925
<i>One time, he asked us for
six jars of peanut butter.</i>

1448
01:14:58.026 --> 01:15:00.194
- [Bruce]<i> Yeah, peanut butter.</i>
- [Dena]<i> When he asked for peanut butter,</i>

1449
01:15:00.295 --> 01:15:04.031
<i>I was like,
"This is, like, staples.</i>

1450
01:15:04.132 --> 01:15:06.734
<i>They're not getting
enough to eat."</i>

1451
01:15:06.835 --> 01:15:10.137
<i>Every time he came, he
did divulge more information</i>

1452
01:15:10.239 --> 01:15:12.406
<i>as he became more comfortable.</i>

1453
01:15:12.508 --> 01:15:15.576
<i>And that's when we learned
that they had been abusing them,</i>

1454
01:15:15.677 --> 01:15:18.513
<i>and they were withholding food
for days at a time.</i>

1455
01:15:18.614 --> 01:15:21.148
<i>And he said Sarah used
to not go along with it,</i>

1456
01:15:21.250 --> 01:15:22.683
<i>but she is now.</i>

1457
01:15:24.686 --> 01:15:27.221
At the exact moment that
Devonte was going to spend

1458
01:15:27.322 --> 01:15:31.192
the next eight, nine days
asking repeatedly for food,

1459
01:15:31.293 --> 01:15:34.395
<i>she's on Facebook celebrating.</i>

1460
01:15:34.496 --> 01:15:38.299
<i>"I am a better human in every
possible way for knowing these children.</i>

1461
01:15:38.400 --> 01:15:40.535
<i>They have been
my greatest teachers.</i>

1462
01:15:40.602 --> 01:15:42.303
<i>I couldn't be more in awe
of all the people</i>

1463
01:15:42.404 --> 01:15:45.373
<i>that chose to celebrate
this life with us.</i>

1464
01:15:45.474 --> 01:15:47.141
<i>Thousands of people
that have shared a hug,</i>

1465
01:15:47.242 --> 01:15:50.378
<i>a dance, a story, a laugh, a meal,
a cry, a word of encouragement,</i>

1466
01:15:50.479 --> 01:15:51.913
a smile, a song,

1467
01:15:53.282 --> 01:15:57.485
<i>"thank your for exemplifying
the true meaning of family."</i>

1468
01:15:57.586 --> 01:15:59.387
She's arranging a collage
of their love

1469
01:15:59.488 --> 01:16:01.255
while denying them
food, actively,

1470
01:16:01.356 --> 01:16:03.558
to the point that they are
begging strangers for food.

1471
01:16:13.969 --> 01:16:17.405
[Dana]<i> That Thursday</i>
<i>is when he had told us</i>

1472
01:16:17.472 --> 01:16:20.541
<i>that everything
Hannah told you was true.</i>

1473
01:16:20.642 --> 01:16:23.778
<i>And I said, "Okay. So, why
did she run away that night?"</i>

1474
01:16:23.879 --> 01:16:26.180
<i>And he said, "'Cause my
mom was abusing her."</i>

1475
01:16:27.816 --> 01:16:32.019
<i>I just felt like, "Okay, now I have
enough to get somebody's attention."</i>

1476
01:16:46.635 --> 01:16:48.035
[reporter]
<i>Worried for the children,</i>

1477
01:16:48.136 --> 01:16:50.104
<i>the DeKalbs called
state CPS officials,</i>

1478
01:16:50.205 --> 01:16:52.406
<i>who visited
the home again on Friday,</i>

1479
01:16:52.507 --> 01:16:54.775
<i>but, apparently,
no one answered the door.</i>

1480
01:16:54.876 --> 01:16:58.245
The next morning, when we
saw that the vehicle was gone,

1481
01:16:58.347 --> 01:17:02.149
<i>and then, Sunday morning,
when it still wasn't there,</i>

1482
01:17:02.250 --> 01:17:04.452
we figured there was something.

1483
01:17:04.553 --> 01:17:06.487
[reporter]<i> Then, on Monday,</i>
<i>the DeKalbs heard about</i>

1484
01:17:06.588 --> 01:17:09.223
<i>the horrific crash
in California.</i>

1485
01:17:11.326 --> 01:17:14.295
[Allman] <i>I think the
moms were on a mission.</i>

1486
01:17:14.396 --> 01:17:18.265
And whether or not their mission
originally was Mendocino County,

1487
01:17:18.367 --> 01:17:19.400
I don't know the answer to that.

1488
01:17:21.570 --> 01:17:25.439
But, in my heart, I believe
their mission was death.

1489
01:17:28.276 --> 01:17:30.778
<i>This was a one-way journey
as soon as they left.</i>

1490
01:17:42.724 --> 01:17:45.393
New details tonight.
Human remains have been found

1491
01:17:45.494 --> 01:17:47.194
near a cliff
in Mendocino County,

1492
01:17:47.295 --> 01:17:49.830
<i>the site of a horrible
family tragedy.</i>

1493
01:17:54.770 --> 01:17:57.638
[Bartley]
<i>May 9th, I come to work.</i>

1494
01:17:57.739 --> 01:18:01.509
There's buzz about the fact
that there was, uh, some

1495
01:18:02.511 --> 01:18:04.445
<i>remains recovered on the beach.</i>

1496
01:18:06.048 --> 01:18:08.249
<i>A pair of blue jeans,</i>

1497
01:18:08.350 --> 01:18:10.918
and a hiking boot style shoe,

1498
01:18:11.019 --> 01:18:13.287
and then, inside,
there was a sock.

1499
01:18:13.388 --> 01:18:16.123
[reporter]<i> Hannah Hart and
her 15-year-old brother Devonte</i>

1500
01:18:16.224 --> 01:18:19.427
<i>are still listed as missing
after that crash.</i>

1501
01:18:19.528 --> 01:18:21.062
I was told
at the coroner's office

1502
01:18:21.163 --> 01:18:25.700
<i>that they could see
some bones within the sock.</i>

1503
01:18:25.801 --> 01:18:29.303
And upon really looking
at the jeans,

1504
01:18:30.372 --> 01:18:32.106
<i>we located the letter "H"</i>

1505
01:18:33.108 --> 01:18:36.744
written in ink on the label.

1506
01:18:36.845 --> 01:18:40.781
<i>So we were pretty confident that we
had recovered something of Hannah.</i>

1507
01:18:52.294 --> 01:18:56.097
<i>As the days rolled on,
we realized that</i>

1508
01:18:56.198 --> 01:18:59.200
the ocean
had... had claimed Devonte,

1509
01:19:01.737 --> 01:19:04.805
<i>and that we weren't
going to get him back.</i>

1510
01:19:04.906 --> 01:19:08.809
<i>And there wasn't going to be
any amount of searchin'</i>

1511
01:19:08.910 --> 01:19:10.878
<i>that we could do to change that.</i>

1512
01:19:16.918 --> 01:19:20.287
[Allman]<i> In California, in
the vast majority of counties,</i>

1513
01:19:20.388 --> 01:19:23.324
<i>the Sheriff is also the coroner.</i>

1514
01:19:23.425 --> 01:19:26.260
Our responsibilities
are very legal,

1515
01:19:26.361 --> 01:19:28.429
in black and white,

1516
01:19:28.530 --> 01:19:31.966
<i>to determine the cause of
death and the manner of death.</i>

1517
01:19:32.067 --> 01:19:36.237
The cause of death could
be asphyxiation, drowning,

1518
01:19:36.338 --> 01:19:38.139
<i>and the manner of death
is going to be</i>

1519
01:19:38.240 --> 01:19:41.575
<i>what actually caused that death.</i>

1520
01:19:41.676 --> 01:19:44.545
Suicide, homicide,
accidental, natural.

1521
01:19:45.714 --> 01:19:48.249
<i>Certainly,
I could have determined</i>

1522
01:19:48.350 --> 01:19:50.151
<i>that this was
a driving accident.</i>

1523
01:19:50.252 --> 01:19:52.319
And we could have filed
the death certificates,

1524
01:19:52.420 --> 01:19:53.287
and that would've been it.

1525
01:19:54.289 --> 01:19:56.357
<i>But I didn't want to do that.</i>

1526
01:19:56.458 --> 01:19:58.659
<i>I wanted the facts to be known.</i>

1527
01:19:58.760 --> 01:20:03.430
I didn't want history to judge
this as an accident if it wasn't,

1528
01:20:03.532 --> 01:20:06.500
<i>and I didn't want history to
judge this as a crime if it wasn't.</i>

1529
01:20:07.669 --> 01:20:11.372
So I decided to have
the coroner's inquest.

1530
01:20:12.908 --> 01:20:15.276
- [man 1]<i> We're set.</i>
- [man 2]<i> Thank you.</i>

1531
01:20:15.377 --> 01:20:17.378
<i>Good morning.
We are on the record.</i>

1532
01:20:20.282 --> 01:20:23.350
[Guichard]<i> This matter</i>
<i>is a formal coroner's inquest,</i>

1533
01:20:23.451 --> 01:20:26.453
and it is an inquiry
into the death

1534
01:20:26.555 --> 01:20:28.889
and deaths of eight individuals.

1535
01:20:32.260 --> 01:20:36.463
It's... like a criminal jury,
you have citizen jurors

1536
01:20:36.565 --> 01:20:38.566
that listen to all the evidence,

1537
01:20:38.667 --> 01:20:43.771
<i>and they make a determination
about the manner of death.</i>

1538
01:20:43.872 --> 01:20:45.606
As I've indicated,

1539
01:20:45.707 --> 01:20:49.677
a coroner's inquest is
designed to put out into the open

1540
01:20:49.778 --> 01:20:52.446
the circumstance
of a death or deaths.

1541
01:20:53.949 --> 01:20:54.982
[Allman] <i>If the jury comes back</i>

1542
01:20:55.083 --> 01:20:57.184
<i>that it's a traffic accident,
no worries.</i>

1543
01:20:57.919 --> 01:21:00.287
All I wanted was the truth.

1544
01:21:00.388 --> 01:21:03.724
<i>And if the law says that
a jury can determine truth,</i>

1545
01:21:04.426 --> 01:21:05.759
I'll hang my head on that.

1546
01:21:07.596 --> 01:21:13.334
<i>April 3rd, of 2019, a year
and a week after the incident,</i>

1547
01:21:14.269 --> 01:21:17.171
<i>the initial presentation
started.</i>

1548
01:21:17.272 --> 01:21:21.809
By mid-afternoon on the 4th,
final arguments were given.

1549
01:21:22.811 --> 01:21:26.680
<i>The jury went out,
and they came back</i>

1550
01:21:26.781 --> 01:21:29.183
with a verdict
that wasn't a surprise to me.

1551
01:21:29.284 --> 01:21:36.156
<i>And with respect
to Abigail Hart, Markis Hart,</i>

1552
01:21:36.258 --> 01:21:39.393
<i>Jeremiah Hart, Sierra Hart,</i>

1553
01:21:39.494 --> 01:21:43.330
<i>Hannah Hart, Devonte Hart,</i>

1554
01:21:43.431 --> 01:21:47.501
<i>the finding is, at the hands of
another other than by accident.</i>

1555
01:21:50.805 --> 01:21:54.475
<i>Sarah Hart,
the finding is, suicide.</i>

1556
01:21:54.576 --> 01:21:58.279
<i>Jennifer Hart,
the finding is, suicide.</i>

1557
01:22:01.850 --> 01:22:05.519
[Allman]<i> They list the cause of
death for six of them as homicide,</i>

1558
01:22:06.588 --> 01:22:08.222
<i>and two of them, suicide.</i>

1559
01:22:08.757 --> 01:22:11.825
And I...

1560
01:22:11.927 --> 01:22:15.529
In my heart, I believe
that's the absolute truth.

1561
01:22:25.473 --> 01:22:27.541
<i>The question
that bothered me most,</i>

1562
01:22:28.977 --> 01:22:31.478
how did we allow this to happen?

1563
01:22:31.579 --> 01:22:33.047
And I'm talking about
"we" as society.

1564
01:22:35.350 --> 01:22:38.719
You have a parent
that went above and beyond

1565
01:22:38.820 --> 01:22:41.422
what was reasonable
in disciplining a child,

1566
01:22:41.523 --> 01:22:43.991
and you even charge them.

1567
01:22:44.092 --> 01:22:46.994
<i>And you get to the end
of every one of these reports,</i>

1568
01:22:47.095 --> 01:22:50.130
<i>and they say the same thing,
"insufficient evidence."</i>

1569
01:22:50.231 --> 01:22:52.032
What evidence did you need?

1570
01:22:52.133 --> 01:22:54.234
<i>What did you need to see</i>

1571
01:22:54.336 --> 01:22:58.172
<i>to know that these kids
needed some protection?</i>

1572
01:22:59.574 --> 01:23:02.042
[Williams]
<i>This case is not unique.</i>

1573
01:23:02.143 --> 01:23:05.646
I'm sure that there are hundreds
of cases around this country

1574
01:23:05.747 --> 01:23:08.182
that are being handled
in the same manner.

1575
01:23:08.283 --> 01:23:10.684
<i>And what I would like to see</i>

1576
01:23:10.752 --> 01:23:13.654
<i>is more accountability</i>

1577
01:23:13.755 --> 01:23:16.156
to ensure that
these children are placed

1578
01:23:16.257 --> 01:23:20.928
in a safe, nurturing,
home environment.

1579
01:23:24.766 --> 01:23:29.770
[Allman] <i>We have a national
database that reports mental illness,</i>

1580
01:23:29.871 --> 01:23:33.040
we have a national database
for criminal histories,

1581
01:23:33.141 --> 01:23:36.043
we also have a national
database for gun registration,

1582
01:23:36.144 --> 01:23:39.546
we do not have a national
database for child abuse allegations.

1583
01:23:41.049 --> 01:23:43.984
I'm not going to say that if
we had a national database,

1584
01:23:44.085 --> 01:23:45.819
<i>that the Hart family
would still be alive.</i>

1585
01:23:45.920 --> 01:23:49.023
But, certainly, there would have
been more of an investigation

1586
01:23:49.124 --> 01:23:52.326
to find out if the adoptions
had been appropriate,

1587
01:23:52.427 --> 01:23:54.962
or if CPS should be a little bit
more involved than what they are.

1588
01:23:59.901 --> 01:24:02.770
[Jones] <i>It honestly was
just tragic all the way around,</i>

1589
01:24:02.871 --> 01:24:05.105
<i>from the beginning to the end.</i>

1590
01:24:05.206 --> 01:24:08.275
And it's just unimaginable
that somebody

1591
01:24:08.376 --> 01:24:10.544
in those short years
on the planet,

1592
01:24:10.645 --> 01:24:12.346
that their lives
would just be filled

1593
01:24:12.447 --> 01:24:14.114
with so much chaos and tragedy.

1594
01:24:16.051 --> 01:24:19.286
[Vanryckeghem]<i> My hope</i>
<i>if there's even one person</i>

1595
01:24:19.387 --> 01:24:22.556
<i>who sees a child in any sort of</i>

1596
01:24:22.657 --> 01:24:24.958
potentially
compromising position...

1597
01:24:25.060 --> 01:24:26.527
[sniffles]

1598
01:24:27.562 --> 01:24:29.696
Will remember what happened
to the Hart kids

1599
01:24:29.798 --> 01:24:31.131
and not overlook it.

1600
01:24:36.604 --> 01:24:39.740
[Burnett]<i> Most people would
never have heard of the Hart children</i>

1601
01:24:39.841 --> 01:24:41.909
if it didn't have
the wild, dramatic ending

1602
01:24:42.010 --> 01:24:44.945
of them driving off the edge of
America and crashing into the Pacific.

1603
01:24:47.215 --> 01:24:49.917
<i>Right now, there are kids being
abused in situations like this</i>

1604
01:24:50.018 --> 01:24:51.085
that we may never hear about,

1605
01:24:51.186 --> 01:24:53.387
because no one will take
an interest in their story.

1606
01:24:55.857 --> 01:24:57.724
<i>And not just in a passing way,</i>

1607
01:24:57.826 --> 01:24:59.259
<i>but actually engage
with this person.</i>

1608
01:24:59.360 --> 01:25:00.861
Let me see them
as a human being,

1609
01:25:00.962 --> 01:25:02.796
a fully complex person
in front of me,

1610
01:25:02.897 --> 01:25:05.132
as opposed to
a quickly understood symbol,

1611
01:25:05.233 --> 01:25:07.000
a black boy with
"free hugs" on his chest.