What a really ugly Hollywood crime story…
It all began Wednesday when a girl’s physique elements have been present in a plastic bag by a dumpster in Encino, California. A homeless man was searching for recyclables within the trash space of a strip mall close to Ventura Blvd when he got here throughout human stays. It turned out to be a girl’s torso, dismembered.
Police reviewed surveillance footage of the realm and rapidly tracked down each a sufferer and a suspect.
The suspect was a person named Sam Haskell. Sam is linked to some actual Hollywood energy — or no less than he was. His father, Sam Haskell, Sr., was a HUGELY highly effective agent in his day, representing A-listers like George Clooney, Whoopi Goldberg, Ray Romano, Kathie Lee Gifford, and Dolly Parton. He additionally based Magnolia Hill Productions. He was a reasonably large deal, however he’s retired now — he was pushed out in 2017 after some offensive emails got here to mild during which, amongst different issues, like mocking the burden of 2013’s Miss America winner. So we don’t count on any weight to be thrown round to defend his son.
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Sam Jr. was arrested on the Westfield Topanga mall Wednesday morning round 11:30 am — on suspicion of the homicide of his spouse, Mei Haskell. As of this writing, he’s being held within the Van Nuys Jail on $2 million bail. LAPD investigators then entered his residence and located extra:
“Here in the house, once officers made entry, what was discovered was evidence of a crime, including some blood evidence and other items that I’m not going to provide at this point.”
But it will get worse. We know, worse than murdering and chopping up his spouse? Well… yeah. See, it’s greater than Mei lacking. Police can also’t discover her mom and father, Yanxiang Wang and Gaoshen Li, who additionally stay with the couple. LAPD Detective Efren Gutierrez defined in a press convention Wednesday night:
“The reason we’re concerned with their whereabouts is they would normally be home during these hours… Attempts have been made to contact them by cell phone … no answers. Same with Mei, she is unaccounted for … attempts have been made to call her phone [and] still no answer.”
Police are looking out for 2 lacking automobiles as properly, a white Volkswagen Tiguan with license plate 9ANC890 and a white 2014 Nissan Pathfinder with license plate 7FRM190.
In addition to dwelling together with her mother and father, the Haskells additionally share three younger kids — who’ve now been positioned in Department of Children and Family Services custody as none of their shut relations may be discovered.
Could Sam Haskell probably have killed and scattered all of them?? His spouse and in-legal guidelines? Just horrifying if true.
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