Tuesday, July 15, 2025 - A Hollywood producer’s son who was jailed for allegedly dismembering his wife and her parents has reportedly committed su!cide in his cell two days before a hearing that would have determined whether his case would go to trial.
Sam Haskell Jr., whose father, Sam Haskell, represented
numerous stars at the William Morris Talent Agency, k!lled himself on
Saturday, TMZ reported.
According to the publication, Sam Haskell Jr. d!ed
after slitting his wrists at Twin Towers Correctional Facility in L.A. He was
also found hanging in his jail cell.
The younger Haskell was charged in November 2023
with murdering and dismembering his wife, 37-year-old Mei Haskell, and
k!lling her parents.
The bodies of her father, Gaoshan Li, 72, and mother
YanXiang Wang, 64, have never been found.
The four adults and the Haskells’ three children all lived
together in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley
when Mei Haskell and her parents went missing, police said at the time. The
children were found safe at school.
It later emerged that, after killing them, Haskell had
crammed their bodies into trash bags and hired day laborers to take them
away, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney. Haskell told the
workers they were hauling rocks, but the four became suspicious when the
contents proved to be “squishy,” TMZ reported.
After peeking inside and discovering body parts, they
hightailed it back to Haskell’s house, reimbursed him for a job not done, and
called 911.
When police got to the home, the bags were nowhere to be
found. But later that day Haskell was spotted by witnesses and caught on
surveillance video discarding one of the bags into a dumpster at an Encino
strip mall five miles away. The next day, a homeless man rummaging for
recyclables found a human torso in the same dumpster and called 911. The
remains were later identified as those of Mei Haskell.
Police searched Haskell’s home, found evidence “that
indicated he dismembered the bodies,” according to Deputy District Attorney
Beth Silverman, and arrested Haskell.
Haskell pleaded not guilty to three counts of
murder in January 2024 and was being held without bail.
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