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Demovictory9

(33,968 posts) Fri Nov 10, 2023, 05:28 AM Nov 2023

Son of former celebrity agent/miss America CEO...wife and inlaws missing from Encino

35-YEAR-OLD SON OF FORMER CELEBRITY AGENT IDENTIFIED AS SUSPECT LINKED TO ENCINO TORSO DISCOVERY
Samuel Haskell, 35, was arrested after a woman's torso was found near a dumpster in Encino. Police say it may be his wife.

ENCINO, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The son of a prominent Hollywood executive has been arrested after the dismembered torso of a woman was found in a plastic bag near a dumpster in Encino, and while investigators have not identified the person, they say it may be his wife who is currently missing.

Samuel Haskell of Los Angeles, 35, was taken into custody Wednesday and has since been charged with murder. He's being held in the Van Nuys Jail on $2 million bail.

Eyewitness News has learned he's the son of Sam Haskell Sr., who resigned as CEO of the Miss America organization after a 2017 email scandal. He's was once a celebrity agent and also founded Magnolia Hill Productions, which has produced various Dolly Parton specials.

Police say Samuel Haskell's wife, Mei Haskell, and her parents, Yanxiang Wang and Gaoshen Li, are currently missing. They all lived together at a home in the 4100 block of Coldstream Terrace in Tarzana with Haskell, police said.

https://abc7.com/encino-death-investigation-womans-torso-found-tarzana-arrest-samuel-haskell/14034187/

Cops search home of Samuel Haskell Jr. - whose father is a top Hollywood agent - after woman's torso was found inside plastic bag tossed into a parking lot dumpster behind a family restaurant: Wife and in-laws remain missing
Samuel Haskell Jr., 35, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with murder after a dismembered female torso was found in a bag in a dumpster
Haskell Jr.'s wife and her parents, who all lived with him at their $2.5 million home in Tarzana, are all missing: their three children are safe
Haskell Jr.'s mother was a former Miss Mississippi, and her father, Sam Haskell Sr., was a top Hollywood agent, representing George Clooney and Dolly Parton

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12732241/samuel-haskell-jr-murder-wife-mei-father-hollywood-agent.html

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Son of former celebrity agent/miss America CEO...wife and inlaws missing from Encino (Original Post) Demovictory9 Nov 2023 OP

What a horror. viva la Nov 2023 #1

This 23 yr old recently decapitated his 64 yr old grandmother in the North Bay JoseBalow Nov 2023 #4

This is right out of the psychopath's handbook Farmer-Rick Nov 2023 #2

a witness reported seeing what seemed like body parts in bags outside Haskell's Tarzana home IcyPeas Nov 2023 #3

I lived very near there until a few years ago..know the area well Demovictory9 Nov 2023 #5

viva la

(3,860 posts)

1. What a horror.

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Fri Nov 10, 2023, 06:26 AM

Nov 2023

I listen to too many true crime podcasts. I don't understand the dismemberment angle. I mean? I really don't understand murdering, but this additional horror o his children's mother and grandparents... it's scary to think people like this live among us.

JoseBalow

(5,647 posts)

4. This 23 yr old recently decapitated his 64 yr old grandmother in the North Bay

Reply to viva la (Reply #1)

Fri Nov 10, 2023, 06:54 PM

Nov 2023

I mean, drugs, right? It's horrible!

On Saturday, a San Francisco police officer spotted the grandson at the Transbay Transit Center and detained him without incident, police said. He was later transported to the Sonoma County Main Adult Detention Facility, where he was booked on murder and violation of postrelease community supervision charges.

He was not granted bail and remains in custody, police said.

Authorities on Saturday also found the grandmother's head on the south bank of Santa Rosa Creek near downtown, police said.

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/north-bay/severed-head-woman-allegedly-killed-grandson-santa-rosa/3363151/

Farmer-Rick

(11,538 posts)

2. This is right out of the psychopath's handbook

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Fri Nov 10, 2023, 10:13 AM

Nov 2023

Well, at least the psychopaths who have blood lust. There are psychopaths and sociopaths that just want to destroy society like Trump, Koch bros and Harlan Crow. Both sociopaths and psychopaths are antisocial personality disorders.

Psychopaths with blood lust are really deadly. It's not surprising that it's frequently seen among the filthy-rich because it takes a lack of a conscience to acquire huge amounts of wealth. And researchers think genetics plays a big role in the development of antisocial personality disorders.

I hope his victims didn't suffer. I got to wonder who else he has murdered throughout his lifetime.

IcyPeas

(22,751 posts)

3. a witness reported seeing what seemed like body parts in bags outside Haskell's Tarzana home

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Fri Nov 10, 2023, 05:44 PM

Nov 2023

This witness saw this and reported it before the torso was found in the dumpster. So the police knew exactly where to look. How gruesome. If the witness hadn't seen this it may have gone unsolved for some time. The wife's parents are still missing. I live a few miles from here. This has been a huge local story of course.

While the dumpster discovery prompted public attention, police first learned of allegations against Haskell on Tuesday night, when “a witness reported seeing what seemed like body parts in bags outside Haskell’s Tarzana home,” the Times reported.

The bags were gone by the time police arrived, though investigators returned after the torso was found in the dumpster and “discovered blood and other evidence consistent with a killing and dismemberment” inside the home, police told the Times.

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/police-found-evidence-of-dismemberment-at-home-of-missing-tarzana-family-lat/

Demovictory9

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5. I lived very near there until a few years ago..know the area well

Reply to IcyPeas (Reply #3)

Fri Nov 10, 2023, 07:00 PM

Nov 2023

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