The Hart family, including Jennifer and Sarah Hart, killed themselves in a murder-suicide crash eight years ago when their SUV plunged over a cliff in Mendocino, California. The deaths were ruled to be by suicide, while their six children were determined to have died by homicide at the hands of their mothers. The Harts, who presented a picture-perfect family image on social media, had a history of domestic abuse allegations dating back to 2008. In 2011, Sarah Hart was criminally charged with domestic assault and malicious punishment after admitting to hitting her daughter Abigail, then 6, and days before Sarah's conviction, she and Jennifer pulled all six children from school permanently. Whistleblower claims that the children would eat freely when Jennifer was not around, and that they were punished harshly if she was not "trained" by the children.