Spoiled Hollywood Brat Suspect in 3 Murders After Female Torso Found in Dumpster

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 14 November 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

A group of day laborers is hired by Sam Haskell IV to remove three bags of what they are told, are rocks from his garage

The men described the bags as "soft and soggy," with each weighing about 50 pounds. A block away from Haskell's house, the workers opened up the bags and said they saw body parts. The men returned the bag to Haskell and returned his money. Haskell played it off, telling the workers what they actually saw were Halloween props. The men drove immediately to the police.

The men try to report what they have seen to police but they are turned away. The men went to the Highway Patrol station first but were told to go to the Los Angeles Police Department.

The LAPD Topanga Station tells the men to go back outside and call 911 from the courtyard. In the meantime, police receive another call about human remains, A homeless man, digging through the dumpster looking for recyclables, finds human remains.

Inside the dumpster, LAPD found a torso in a bag. The investigation provided detectives with enough information to lead them to Samuel Haskell IV's residence.

Joining Nancy Grace Today:

Elle Benami - -Friend and neighbor of Mei & Samuel Haskell
Troy Slaten – Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney, Slaten Lawyers, APC; Twitter @TroySlaten
Dr. Gary Brucato – Clinical Psychologist and Author: “The New Evil: Understanding the Emergence of Modern Violent Crime”
Chris McDonough – Director At the Cold Case Foundation, Former Homicide Detective; Host of YouTube channel: “The Interview Room”
Dr. Michelle Dupre – Forensic Pathologist and former Medical Examiner, Author: “Homicide Investigation Field Guide” & “Investigating Child Abuse Field Guide”, Ret. Police Detective Lexington County Sheriff’s Department
Dr. Trace Sargent- Search, Rescue & Recovery Expert, (Ph.D. in Psychology with a focus on victimology – criminal profiling – predator behaviors – crime scene analysis); Podcast: “The Seeker’s Quest;” Facebook: The Seeker’s Quest
Alexis Tereszcuk – CrimeOnline Investigative Reporter, Writer/Fact Checker for Lead Stories; Twitter: @swimmie2009

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0:00.0	Crime stories with Nancy Grace.
0:07.0	Why are people in Hollywood with so much money and so many incredible blessings.
0:23.2	Why are they all miserable?
0:25.7	And why do we get the most gruesome crimes originating in one of the costiest zip codes in the country.
0:37.0	Right now we're trying to get to the bottom of three missing people and one woman's torso in a dumpster.
0:47.0	I'm Nancy Grace. This is crime stories. Thank you for being with us here at
0:51.8	Crime Stories and on Serious for being with us here at Crime Stories and on
0:52.8	Sirius XM 111. Take a listen to this. Police say they got a call from one of
0:57.8	Sam Haskell's neighbors who reported seeing suspicious bags outside the
1:01.3	Tarzana home and the bags appear to have body parts in them. suspicious bags outside the
1:04.8	appear to have body parts in them LAPD Detective E from Gutierrez.
1:07.2	The reading call on November 7th at about 5.30 p.m.
1:10.7	Involve the suspicious bag that possibly contained a human remains when the
1:18.5	officers responded nothing was located even though nothing was
1:22.0	located an investigation was launched.
1:24.6	This is what we know.
1:25.9	The original call to police we first thought was from neighbors, but now it appears to be from some construction workers in the area.
1:37.6	What a twisted story.
1:40.1	Listen.
1:41.1	The men try to report what they've seen to the police, but are turned away.
1:45.0	Twice. The men went to the highway patrol station first, but were told they had to go to the Los Angeles Police Department.
1:52.0	The LAPANG station tells the men to go back outside and call 911 from the courtyard.
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