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Tuesday, March 26th:
*Pretrial Conference/Trial Setting Hearing (@ 8:30am PT) – CA – Mei Li Haskell (37) found dismembered in a parking lot dumpster near Ventura Blvd & Rubio Ave, Nov. 8, 2023 (ID’d Dec. 18, 2023] in Encino; missing Mei’s parents Yanxiang Wang (64) & Gaoshan Li (72) - *Samuel Bond Haskell IV aka Samuel Basshinger (stage name) (35) arrested & charged (11/13/23) & arraigned (1/12/24) with 3 counts of murder. Held with no bond. Plead not guilty. Held at the Valley Jail in Van Nuys.
Judge Kimberley Baker Guillemet presiding. L.A. County Deputy DA Beth Silverman & Defense attorney Joseph Weimoritz.
Case & Court info from 11/8/23 to 12/18/23 reference post #309 here:
[URL='https://www.websleuths.com/fo...embers-missing-8-nov-2023.695475/page-16[/url]
1/12/24 Update: Haskell had an appearance in court Friday in Los Angeles, where he & his lawyers officially entered not guilty pleas to the 3 counts of murder. Haskell remains jailed without bail. He is due back on 2/16/24. A date is expected to be set then for a hearing to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to require him to stand trial.
2/16/24 Update: Next pretrial conference for trial setting on 3/26/24 @ 8:30am.
3/14/24 Update: Mei Li Haskell may have still been alive when she was decapitated, an autopsy released Thursday by the L.A. Medical Examiner found. Her head, arms & legs were noted as absent. The report noted a “sharp force injury at the heck? & the bone margins at the amputation areas described as “remarkably smooth”, suggesting a “a sharp powered tool was likely used” in the amputations. There was no definitive indication that the dismemberment occurred ante-mortem, however, the possibility that the head & neck removal was initiated prior to death cannot be entirely excluded.” While there was no indication the head was removed after death, the autopsy did not rule out that Mei Li was still alive when she was decapitated. There were no other fatal injuries identified on the torso. While the remains did not include the head, the coroner concluded that the most likely mechanisms of death were blunt force, gunshot or sharp force trauma to the head/neck of asphyxia. The coroner also did not rule out the possibility of poisoning.
*Pretrial Conference/Trial Setting Hearing (@ 8:30am PT) – CA – Mei Li Haskell (37) found dismembered in a parking lot dumpster near Ventura Blvd & Rubio Ave, Nov. 8, 2023 (ID’d Dec. 18, 2023] in Encino; missing Mei’s parents Yanxiang Wang (64) & Gaoshan Li (72) - *Samuel Bond Haskell IV aka Samuel Basshinger (stage name) (35) arrested & charged (11/13/23) & arraigned (1/12/24) with 3 counts of murder. Held with no bond. Plead not guilty. Held at the Valley Jail in Van Nuys.
Judge Kimberley Baker Guillemet presiding. L.A. County Deputy DA Beth Silverman & Defense attorney Joseph Weimoritz.
Case & Court info from 11/8/23 to 12/18/23 reference post #309 here:
[URL='https://www.websleuths.com/fo...embers-missing-8-nov-2023.695475/page-16[/url]
1/12/24 Update: Haskell had an appearance in court Friday in Los Angeles, where he & his lawyers officially entered not guilty pleas to the 3 counts of murder. Haskell remains jailed without bail. He is due back on 2/16/24. A date is expected to be set then for a hearing to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to require him to stand trial.
2/16/24 Update: Next pretrial conference for trial setting on 3/26/24 @ 8:30am.
3/14/24 Update: Mei Li Haskell may have still been alive when she was decapitated, an autopsy released Thursday by the L.A. Medical Examiner found. Her head, arms & legs were noted as absent. The report noted a “sharp force injury at the heck? & the bone margins at the amputation areas described as “remarkably smooth”, suggesting a “a sharp powered tool was likely used” in the amputations. There was no definitive indication that the dismemberment occurred ante-mortem, however, the possibility that the head & neck removal was initiated prior to death cannot be entirely excluded.” While there was no indication the head was removed after death, the autopsy did not rule out that Mei Li was still alive when she was decapitated. There were no other fatal injuries identified on the torso. While the remains did not include the head, the coroner concluded that the most likely mechanisms of death were blunt force, gunshot or sharp force trauma to the head/neck of asphyxia. The coroner also did not rule out the possibility of poisoning.
