California Woman’s Remains Found in Dumpster ID’d, Husband Faces Murder Charges

Published on December 18, 2023

LOS ANGELES—Dismembered body parts found in November in an Encino trash bin were positively identified Dec. 18 as the remains of a woman whose husband has been charged with killing her and her parents. Samuel Bond Haskell, 35, of Tarzana, has been charged with the killings of his wife Mei Haskell, 37, and her parents, 64-year-old Yanxiang Wang and 72-year-old Gaoshen Li, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Mr. Haskell appeared in a downtown courtroom on Dec. 8 to answer to three counts of murder in connection with the disappearance of his wife and in-laws, but his arraignment was postponed until Jan. 12. Haskell was ordered to remain jailed without bail....