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Broken Harts, Episode 8: 'There Were Good Times'

In April 2019, a little more than a year after the crash that killed the Hart family, there will be a formal coroner’s inquest, after which the jury’s decision on whether the tragedy of last year was a murder by one person, a conspiracy to murder by more than one person, or an accident will…

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Broken Harts, Episode 4: 'My God, There's Six of Them'

On Facebook, Jen Hart frequently wrote about her children, discussing what all six of them were up to in lengthy, paragraphs-long posts. But according to Bruce and Dana DeKalb, the Harts’ neighbors in Woodland, Washington, those posts provide a stark contrast to their own interactions with the six Hart children. At first the DeKalbs rarely…

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*Broken Harts*, Episode 2: 'If Not Us, Who?'

Online, the Hart family seemed perfect. From lengthy, paragraphs-long Facebook posts to intimate YouTube videos, Jen Hart consistently painted the idyllic picture of a family of eight—”The Hart Tribe,” as many called them—exploring, laughing, dancing, and singing together. They were the quintessential happy family—or so it consistently seemed. In one particular YouTube video Jen posted…

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Broken Harts, Episode 1: Fear

On March 26, 2018, a German tourist spots a flipped 2003 GMC Yukon XL at the foot of a steep cliff, off U.S. Highway 101 near Mendocino, California. In what appears to be a horrific accident, the vehicle had driven off the cliff and plummeted more than 100 feet to the rocks below. The car’s…

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