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Dec 2023
44m 53s

Mei Li Haskell // 364

Dark West Productions
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In November of 2023, partial human remains were found in a Los Angeles dumpster, and it was quickly connected to the recent disappearance of a 37-year-old woman and her parents. Within the same day, an arrest was made, and hauntingly disturbing details from neighbors and friends were given to the media. This is the story of Mei Li Haskell, and her parents, Yanxiang Wang and Gaoshan Li.

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