
Los Angeles man dies in jail while awaiting trial for killing and dismemberment of wife, her parents
Authorities say a Los Angeles man accused of killing and dismembering his wife, her mother and her stepfather has died in jail while awaiting trial. The LA County district attorney says in a statement Monday that 37-year-old Samuel Bond Haskell was found dead Saturday in his cell in a downtown Los Angeles jail and died by suicide. Haskell is the son of Sam Haskell, a prominent television producer. He had pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder. Prosecutors say he killed the three family members in a house they all shared with his three children. They say Haskell dismembered the bodies and disposed of them in trash bags.