Police Arrest Los Angeles Man in Connection With Dismembered Body, Missing Wife, and In-laws

Published on November 13, 2023

LOS ANGELES—Police have arrested a Los Angeles man in connection with the discovery of the torso of a dismembered female body and the disappearance of his wife and her live-in parents. The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed Saturday the arrest of 35-year-old Samuel Haskell. He has been jailed on suspicion of murder while police attempt to identify the torso, which was found within a bag in a dumpster on Wednesday. The arrest was supported by evidence from a search of Mr. Haskell’s home in the Tarzana area where he lived with his wife, in-laws, and three children, police said. Mr. Haskell’s 37-year-old wife, Ms. Mei Li Haskell, has gone missing along with her parents. The children have been located and are being cared for by relatives, police said....

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