After a two-day Coroner’s Inquest held at the Willits Justice Center on Wednesday, April 3 and Thursday, April 4, a 14-person jury rendered their verdicts on the manner of death of each member of the Hart Family. Jennifer and Sarah Hart were determined to have died by suicide and all six of their adopted children died by homicide at the hands of their parents when they were drugged and driven off a cliff near the town of Westport on the Mendocino Coast.

On Wednesday, April 10 the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) shared a link – https://filer.mendocinocounty.org/ssf/s/readFile/share/456/-6114601432869026280/publicLink/Hart%20Inquest.zip – which includes all of the public records they plan to release regarding the Hart case. In the press release, MCSO said, “There has been limited redaction to protect the identify of some individuals connected to this case.” MCSO warned that the zip file is large, approximately 96MB, and may take some time to download depending on the internet connection. Once it is downloaded and saved to a computer’s hard drive, a third party software may be necessary to unzip the file.

All exhibits employed during the Coroner’s Inquest have been made available in the zip file as well, however no other law enforcement agency reports will be released by MCSO. To obtain other reports from agencies involved in the case, such as the California Highway Patrol and the Clark County Washington Sheriff’s Office, the public is advised to contact the agency directly.