Los Angeles Man Pleads Not Guilty to Killing Wife and Her Parents, Putting Body Parts in Trash

Published on January 13, 2024

LOS ANGELES—A Los Angeles man accused of killing his wife and her parents and then stuffing their dismembered body parts into trash bags pleaded not guilty Friday to murder. Samuel Bond Haskell IV, 35, entered pleas to three counts of murder with special circumstances of committing multiple murders. If convicted, he could face life in prison without the possibility of parole. An email seeking comment from his attorney, Joseph Weimortz, wasn’t immediately returned. Mr. Haskell is the son of Emmy-winning producer Sam Haskell, a former executive at the powerful William Morris talent agency. The younger Haskell lived in the Tarzana neighborhood of the San Fernando Valley with his wife, their three young children, and her parents....

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