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Remains ID'd as Girl in SUV That Went Over California Cliff

Authorities have positively identified human remains found on a Northern California beach as one of six children from a family killed when their SUV plunged off a cliff.

The Mendocino County sheriff's department said Wednesday that the partial foot inside a shoe found on the beach belonged to 16-year-old Hannah Hart.

Police say the six children and their parents died when 38-year-old Jennifer Hart drove the SUV off the Pacific Coast Highway and over a 60-foot cliff into the ocean on March 26. Investigators say Hart was drunk and the crash was intentional. They haven't determined a motive.

Hart was married to 38-year-old Sarah Hart and the Oregon couple adopted six children who ranged from age 12 to 19.

Remains of all but one of the bodies have been found.

Copyright AP - Associated Press
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