Jennifer Hart from a video taken at Safeway in Fort Bragg on the night of March 24, 2018. (California Highway Patrol via the Mendocino Voice)
Jennifer Hart from a video taken at Safeway in Fort Bragg, Calif. on the night of Saturday, March 24, 2018. (California Highway Patrol via Bay City News)

MENDOCINO CO., 4/3/18 — The California Highway Patrol and other agencies have released new details about the tragic car accident that claimed the lives of the at least five members of the Hart family, and which has captured the attention of the nation. According to the CHP new evidence from the crash makes it appear likely that the crash was intentional — something that has been feared since reports started coming out of Washington State, that the children may have suffered child abuse, that the family took off from their home without warning, after a visit from a social services agent.

The CHP has also released new information concerning the whereabouts of the family in the days prior to the accident, and released a photograph of one of the parents, Jennifer Hart, taken at the Safeway supermarket in Fort Bragg on the evening of Saturday, March 24.

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Adrian Fernandez Baumann is the managing editor of The Mendocino Voice and a founder. He lives in the Willits area and has a dog named Bravo.