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Hollywood Executive's Son Dies by Suicide in Jail Ahead of Murder Hearing
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, JUL 14 – Sam Haskell Jr. died in custody two days before his preliminary hearing on triple murder charges involving his wife and her parents amid reported financial troubles.
- Samuel Bond Haskell, 37, died by apparent suicide in jail on July 12, 2025, while facing murder charges in Los Angeles County.
- In November 2023, authorities took Haskell into custody after dismembered remains of his wife, Mei Li Haskell, were discovered in a dumpster in Encino.
- Authorities confirmed the remains belonged to Mei Li, the 37-year-old wife of Haskell, but the bodies of her father, aged 72, and her mother, aged 64, have yet to be found.
- Video footage showed Haskell placing trash bags containing body parts into a dumpster, and his attorney stated that Haskell feared the media attention would negatively impact his children.
- Haskell's death ends his preliminary hearing scheduled for July 14 and highlights the unresolved status of the murders and care of their three children.
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