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SUV carrying family might have been intentionally driven off California cliff

The crash that killed a married couple and at least three of their adopted children after their vehicle plunged off a California cliff last week may not have been an accident, according to media reports.

buy canada goose jacket Greg Baarts, acting assistant chief of the California Highway Patrol northern division, told NBC affiliate KGW8 that investigators have to believe… that the crash was intentional. Baarts, who was not immediately available for comment Sunday evening, told KGW8 that the finding was based on preliminary information. Fox affiliate KPTV in Oregon reported that this indicates the vehicle remained in motion after it fell and just before it hit the rocks 30 metres below. buy canada goose jacket

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Killed are the two mothers, Jennifer Jean Hart who was driving and Sarah Margaret Hart, both 38, and at least three of their adopted children. The other three are missing and are feared to be dead.

The death of a family that had once captured the world attention has left troubling questions about what may have preceded the Monday afternoon crash at the ocean overlook near Westport, California, a small community about 290 kilometres north of San Francisco. Child services officials in Washington state, where the canada goose outlet in usa family lived, have confirmed that they began investigating the Harts over abuse or neglect shortly before the accident.

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The Washington Department of canada goose outlet vancouver Social and Health Services said it tried unsuccessfully to contact the family on three occasions, first on March 23, three days before the crash, according to a statement. The agency tried again Monday, the day of the crash, and Tuesday.

cheap Canada Goose have not made any findings in this investigation and we had no prior history with this family, the agency said. are working with all involved law enforcement agencies on their respective investigations. are looking into the possibility of suicide, although police had said earlier that they have no reason to suspect that the crash was intentional. KPTV reported that investigators have secured a warrant to search the family home, including documents such as bank and cellphone records, credit card statements, journals and suicide notes. cheap Canada Goose

A spokesman for the California Highway Patrol did not respond to a request for comment Sunday.

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The family had canada goose factory outlet toronto location previously lived in a suburb of Portland, Oregon, before they moved north across the Columbia River to Woodland, Wash. The demonstration was prompted by a grand jury decision not to charge police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting of 18 year old Michael Brown in Ferguson.

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The family mixed races have fuelled suspicion and anger about the crash, reflected in hundreds of comments left on Facebook postings mourning the family. Many of the comments questioned the motives of white women who adopted black canada goose outlet eu children.

This photo taken March 20, 2016, shows Devonte Hart at then Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders visiting Hudson’s Bay High School in Vancouver, Wash.

Meanwhile, those who knew the Harts described them as inspiring and devoted parents who had been unfairly subjected to criticisms and assumptions about their motives for adopting the children. Friends also said that the couple tried to keep their children insulated from death threats and hateful emails prompted by Devonte viral picture.

But their neighbours in Washington said previous incidents involving the Harts children have concerned them.

Bruce DeKalb said Devonte regularly came to his home to ask for food 2014parka and said his parents weren feeding him. The teen also asked him and his wife to call Child Protective Services, DeKalb said.

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