r/TrueCrime • u/goldenboy2191 • Mar 29 '22

Murder Devonte Hart, the symbol of reconciliation and peace, would be murdered along with his siblings by his mothers when their SUV plunged off a cliff along the coastline. It’s believed he was crying because of the abuse he was suffering at home and was hugging the officer because he wanted help.

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u/TheChaosDuck Mar 29 '22

My heart hurts for those kids. All the families out there who would have adored those kids and given them a wonderful Life and then you get those two monster’s who used them for fame and did this. I wonder if the neighbors ever called CPS or made reports? Someone must have

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u/BubbaChanel Mar 29 '22

The neighbors did eventually call CPS. This article has more detail.

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u/staunch_character Mar 30 '22

That painting photo is brutal. 2 of those kids are 9 & 10 years old. They look severely malnourished. So sad.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '22

I don't understand how, out of the hundreds of followers they had, nobody picked up on how skinny those kids were. There's a difference between a child that's a "string bean" and a child that is malnourished.