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Hollywood heir accused of beheading wife, in-laws dies in custody days before release of key evidence

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Sam Haskell IV, the Hollywood scion accused of chopping up his wife and in-laws before tossing a disembodied torso into a dumpster, has died in a Los Angeles jail while awaiting trial, according to authorities.

Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman revealed in a statement that prosecutors had damning new evidence against him that was going to be made public at an upcoming preliminary hearing — including that he was having an affair with a 27-year-old woman and had been arrested with a bloodsoaked knife containing the DNA of all three victims.

Corrections officers found the 37-year-old dead in his cell Saturday, days before the hearing, where prosecutors were expected to outline the case against him. He previously pleaded not guilty.

LAWYER FOR HOLLYWOOD HEADLESS TORSO SUSPECT SAYS HIS CLIENT IS BEING FORCED TO SHOW UP SHIRTLESS IN COURT

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Sam Haskell, charged with three counts of murder in the killings of his wife, Mei Haskell, and her parents, appears for arraignment in Dept. 30 Criminal Courts on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023 in Los Angeles, CA. (Irfan Khan/Pool via Los Angeles Times)

“Instead of standing before a judge and answering for the crimes he’s been charged with, the defendant managed to escape justice,” Hochman said in a statement. “This is one last cruel act by someone who did the most horrific things for reasons we will never entirely know. A family that has been dealing with unimaginable loss now has been robbed of their chance to face him, hold him accountable for his barbaric actions, and openly share their grief and their cherished memories of their loved ones.”

Haskell’s attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment. He previously told Fox News Digital that the court’s assertion his client was at risk of self-harm was “wild speculation” and condemned a judge’s decision that forced him to appear shirtless or wear a protective vest at prior hearings.

HOLLYWOOD HEIR SAM HASKELL’S TIKTOK RANTS EMERGE AS SUSPECT IN HEADLESS TORSO CASE HEADS TO COURT

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Mei Haskell poses for an October 2014 portrait. Her husband, Sam Haskell, was arrested in connection with her disappearance and murder after police found a headless woman’s torso in a dumpster near their home. (Sam Haskell/Instagram)

Haskell, who opted to face the court without a shirt, was facing three counts of murder for the Nov. 6, 2023 slayings of his wife Mei Haskell, 37, her mother Yanxiang Wang, 64, and her stepfather Gaoshan Li, 71, as well as additional special circumstance allegations. He would have faced life in prison without parole if convicted.

“He was obviously an unhinged individual,” said Joshua Ritter, a former Los Angeles deputy district attorney and a Fox News contributor. “The crime itself speaks to his mental unrest. It’s not so uncommon that we see people commit murders based on financial or marital difficulties, but the idea of going as far as killing your in-laws and chopping their body parts up is very extreme.”

HOLLYWOOD HEADLESS TORSO SUSPECT SAM HASKELL ‘PARANOID’ WEEKS BEFORE BODY FOUND IN DUMPSTER, FRIEND SAYS

Hochman’s office released a summary of the evidence prosecutors planned to unseal at the hearing.

After killing and dismembering all three victims, he allegedly paid $500 to a group of day laborers he asked to remove a series of heavy black trash bags from the home, where they all lived together, according to prosecutors. After picking up the bags, one of the workers looked inside and saw human remains. The day laborers gave the money and the bags back to Haskell and called police.

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Sam Haskell on a trip abroad in August 2013.  (Sam Haskell/Instagram)

Investigators previously said that by the time officers arrived at his house, Haskell and the bags were gone. Fox News Digital also reported that surveillance cameras at a gym in Encino showed him placing a heavy bag in the dumpster outside. A homeless man looking through the trash made the gruesome discovery and called 911.

Police found his wife’s car, which had her stepfather’s blood inside, Hochman’s office revealed Monday. They tracked Haskell to an Airbnb nearby, which investigators allege he had rented for himself and the children he shared with Mei Haskell after the murders.

Exterior of the home where Mei Haskell lived with her parents and Samuel Haskell

A general view of the home in Tarzana, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023, where Sam Haskell Jr. lived with his wife, Mei Haskell, and her parents Yanxiang Wang and Gaoshen Li. (Fox News Digital)

When police arrested Haskell, he was carrying a pocket knife and a Home Depot receipt from a few days earlier listing plywood, a moisture barrier, coveralls and diamond saw blades, Hochman’s office said Monday.

In his rented SUV, he had a loaded .357 revolver, 32 rounds, a blood-covered knife, the family’s passports and a one-way ticket to Japan, according to authorities. They separately seized $67,000 cash during a search on his office.

DNA testing on the knife matched blood to all three victims, according to prosecutors.

“You do have to take into account the timing of all of this,” Ritter told Fox News Digital. “He’s been in prison for some time. I imagine he had opportunities for this kind of action before now. But it does seem interesting that it would come on the eve of a date that would expose all of the horrible things that he’d been up to.”

a car park and dumpster area where Mei Haskell's body was dumped

A general view of the dumpster area off of Ventura Boulvard in Encino California, Friday, Nov.10, 2023, where Sam Haskell Jr. is alleged to have dumped his wife, Mei Haskell’s torso. (Fox News Digital)

Police later recovered eight more bags containing bloody evidence, but not the remains of his in-laws — and they said that “large amounts of blood” had been cleaned up at the family home.

As for Haskell’s alleged 27-year-old mistress, authorities say she told them Haskell told her in October 2023, shortly before the murders, that his parents would be taking over care for his children. Then he invited her on a trip to Japan. In addition to the one-way ticket he had, prosecutors say he bought her a round-trip ticket.

Sam Haskell appears in court for a preliminary hearing

Sam Haskell appears in court for a preliminary hearing at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, California on Friday, Feb.16, 2024. Haskell took his own life before facing trial on three counts of murder in the deaths of wife Mei Haskell and parents Goashan Li and Yanxiang Wang. (Splash News for Fox News Digital)

“It’s interesting to me that, here’s a guy looking at life in prison without parole, multiple murders, it’s as bad as it’s going to get,” Ritter said. “There’s a strong likelihood that he will never see the outside of the prison again, but he is such a narcissist that he is more concerned with the embarrassment of perhaps his extramarital affair becoming exposed than he is with life in prison — if that is what motivated this.”

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The remains of Mei Haskell’s parents have not been found.

Haskell’s parents, Hollywood producer Sam Haskell III and beauty queen and actress Mary Donnelly Haskell, are known for a series of Christmas movies. His father was also a former talent agent who represented George Clooney and Dolly Parton, among other A-list stars. He declined to comment. 

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