Final Summary of Hart Investigation
2011 Several Child Protection Services(CPS) complaints in Minnesota. Sarah Hart arrested and sentenced to probation. Accusations of physical abuse and withholding food.
2013 Oregon Child Protection Services opens investigation into family. Accusations of withholding food from children. Doctor’s evaluation determines kids are below average but acceptable. Case is closed in 2013.
2017 May ‐ Hart Family purchases house in Woodland, WA. Neighbors report seeing white sedan and gold Yukon going to and from house but never see kids or parents outside. Neighbors say little to no contact with family.
2017 Summer ‐ Neighbors say Hannah came to their house in middle of night in panic asking for help. Jennifer, Sarah and other kids show up looking for Hannah. Jennifer talks Hannah into coming home. Entire family returns at 6:00 am the next morning to apologize. Explains that kids come from traumatic families and have mental health issues.
3/15/18 Devonte approaches neighbor in driveway asking for food. After getting food, he returns several times asking for more. Says parents punish kids by withholding food, sometimes days at a time. Asks neighbor to go to store to get list of food and leave it in a box near the shared driveway on Friday (3/23/18). Asks neighbor to not call Law Enforcement (LE) because doesn’t want family split up. (Similar fears of family split in prior CPS investigator notes).
3/23/18 Morning ‐ Devonte returns to neighbors asking for food. They decide to call CPS. CPS arrives at house and sees gold Yukon SUV pull up to house. Does not see any people. CPS knocks on front and back doors with no answer. CPS Leaves a card on door and leaves.
3/23/18 Sarah works a normal shift at Kohl’s from morning to early evening. Last time any witnesses report seeing her. Kohl’s security video shows Sarah leave work at 5:26 pm in her white sedan.
3/24/18 2:53 am (early morning), Sarah Hart’s Co‐worker at Kohl’s gets text saying Sarah is too sick to work that day as scheduled. Co‐work describes text as out of character for Sarah.
3/24/18 Morning ‐ Neighbors report noticing the gold Yukon is not at house. They also notice bricks from wall are tipped over. Say unlike family to leave, have never been gone in past.
3/25/18 8:05 am – A female believed to be Jennifer Hart seen on video purchasing food at Safeway in Fort Bragg, California.
3/26/18 10:00 am – CPS returns to Woodland house. Notices business card is missing from front door. Gold Yukon is also gone. Puts another card in the door and calls Clark County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) for a welfare check. Sheriff Deputy arrives, no answer at door.
3/26/18 1:00 pm – Sarah’s co‐worker calls CCSO for a welfare check, concerned she did not show up for work all weekend.
3/26/18 3:30 pm – LE is alerted to vehicle crash in Mendocino County. Recovery efforts begin.
3/27/18 Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office requests welfare check at the Woodland home after determining who crash victims were and children were still missing. CCSO checks house, finds residence empty. Animals left behind. (3 dogs missing).
3/29/18 CCSO serves search warrant on house attempting to locate missing children. House appears sterile. Little indication children lived in the home. Laptop and I‐pad are collected. Some financial information found. CCSO also interview’s neighbors and co‐workers.
3/30/18 Financial leads show no recent activity or anything over the weekend. No large cash withdrawals or unusual transactions.
4/12/18 CCSO does additional K‐9 search of Hart Family property in Woodland, WA
Subject: Hart Family Murders Public/Police Records (link in description) 
Tue Apr 16, 2019 10:36 pm