Vehicle carrying family of 8 plunges off cliff in North CA; 5 dead, 3 missing

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Police are trying to learn why an SUV they believe was carrying a family of eight plunged off a cliff in Northern California. Jennifer and Sarah Hart from Washington state and three of their kids were found dead at the scene but the other three children are still missing. Police found the family's vehicle Monday after a passerby spotted it at the bottom of the cliff. Authorities don't know what caused the crash but they believe all six kids, who were adopted, were inside the car and none were wearing seat belts, reports CBS News' Anne-Marie Green. 
Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman said there were no skid or brake marks where the Hart family's car plunged 100 feet off a cliff. According to police, the SUV pulled off on a dirt turnout and then traveled about 75 feet before going over the cliff's edge, and into the Pacific Ocean. 
Police say they are still searching for 16-year-old Hannah, 12-year-old Sierra, and 15-year-old Devonte Hart. Devonte gained national attention in 2014 when he was photographed with tears in his eyes hugging a Portland police officer at a protest.
(CBS)

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The family, who lived in Woodland, Washington, was recently visited by Child Protective Services, a spokeswoman for the state's Department of Social and Health Services told AP.
The family is believed to have left their home for a short trip, but neighbours say they disappeared after Child Protective Services came to their home, according to CBS News.
Neighbours Bruce and Dana Dekalb reported the family to authorities on Friday and noticed their car was gone on Saturday morning.
"They portrayed this happy little family," Ms Dekalb told CBS News, "yet their daughter is telling us please, please, please, begging us not to go back they're abusing her".
They also claimed Devonte said he was being starved to death and asked them to leave food by the fence.
"He was asking that we not tell his mom, to hide it and put it by the fence so he could get to it," Mrs DeKalb told local television outlet KOIN.

Sarah Hart was convicted in 2011 of domestic assault after one of the children had bruises on her arm that were noticed at school, according to local media.
Hart pleaded guilty and admitted to spanking her adopted daughter.

 Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman said there was "no evidence and no reason to believe this was an intentional act" and appealed for anyone with knowledge of the family's whereabouts before Monday to come forward.
(BBC)
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[BuffaloBill]

[quote]Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman said there were no skid or brake marks where the Hart family's car plunged 100 feet off a cliff[quote]

That's pretty telling....

Huge tragedy, RIP.

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that and apparently the cliff was at the end of 75 ft of dirt road

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i don't understand how the sheriff can say there is no motive, disappearing shortly after CPS shows up regarding abuse allegations only to be found at the bottom of a cliff with no signs of stopping creates a pretty clear picture of what happened to me. the only thing i can think of is that they were trying to run away from CPS but legitimately accidentally drove off a cliff at the end of a 75ft dirt road, which seems like more of a stretch than either one or both of the couple snapping and committing a multi-murder suicide.