A scenario of how the Hart's vehicle plummted over a cliff near Westport. (Mendocino County Sheriff's Office via Bay City News)

UPDATE 8:55 p.m. — (The MCSO has issued a press release with some specific details, see below.)

In a press conference Mendocino County Tom Allman elaborated that the death certificates of the Hart children will state that they died by homicide, and those of their adopted parents will read “suicide.”

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