Jury: Hart mothers drugged, killed all six children by driving SUV over California cliff into Pacific Ocean
Jennifer and Sarah Hart gave their six children as many as 19 doses each of Benadryl before driving their SUV over a steep cliff and into the Pacific Ocean in the middle of the night last year, a jury determined on Thursday.
planned the crash that killed their entire family." data-reactid="6">The children and their mothers all died in the crash in California’s Mendocino County. The verdict was the first confirmation that the married couple had
planned the crash that killed their entire family.
The case has generated much interest, in part because the two white mothers and their six adopted children had been portrayed on social media as a happy, multi-racial family. Devonte Hart, 15, who was black, gained national attention when he was photographed in tears while hugging a white police officer during a 2014 protest in Portland, Oregon.
The family’s story began to unravel in March of last year, when they fled their Woodland, Washington, home after a visit from social workers investigating charges they were neglecting the children. A neighbor had filed a complaint with the state saying the children were being deprived of food as punishment.