On March 26, 2018, at approximately 4:15 p.m., the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office and the California Highway Patrol responded to a fatal traffic accident off Highway 1, north of Westport, California.
The bodies of a Washington couple and three of their six children were found in a vehicle that had crashed over a cliff and landed along the surf line. Three of the couple’s children are currently unaccounted for and their whereabouts remain unknown.
The missing children could currently be traveling together and may have last been seen with their family members traveling in a brown 2003 Yukon XL SUV with tinted windows, which is the same vehicle that crashed.
The names of the missing children are:
- Devonte Jordan Hart, a 15-year-old African-American male
- Hannah Jean Hart, a 16-year-old African American female
- Sierra Maija Hart, a 12-year-old African-American female
The FBI, Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office, and California Highway Patrol are asking for assistance from anyone who has any knowledge of the whereabouts of these children, including sightings prior to the traffic accident.
The family may have traveled to, or visited, the following locations or campgrounds prior to the accident:
- Ten Mile Beach in Westport, California, near Fort Bragg, California
- Russian Gulch south of Fort Bragg, California
- MacKerricher State Park in Mendocino County, California
- Surfwood Campground in Mendocino County, California
- Pinewood Campground in Mendocino County, California
- Cleone Campground in Mendocino County, California
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact the FBI’s Toll-Free Tip-line at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324), your local FBI office, or the nearest American Embassy or Consulate.
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Unfortunately, these children probably were taken out of sea by the riptides in that area.
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