On or about Nov. 6, 2023, Haskell murdered and dismembered his 37-year-old wife, Mei Li Haskell, her mother, Yanxiang Wang, 64, and her stepfather Gaoshan Li, 71, in the Tarzana home they all shared.

Sam Haskell Jr., the son of a prominent television producer, died by suicide just days before his preliminary hearing to determine whether he should stand trial for allegedly dismembering his wife and killing her parents,

According to police, Haskell tossed the dismembered bodies by placing them in a trash bin in Encino, where his wife's remains were eventually found.