14-07-2025
Son of Ex-Hollywood Agent, Jailed in 3 Murders, Dies by Suicide, D.A. Says
Two days before his next court appearance in the dismemberment of his wife and his in-laws, the son of a once prominent Hollywood producer was found dead on Saturday at a Los Angeles jail, according to the authorities, who ruled the death a suicide.
The inmate, Samuel Haskell, 37, had been scheduled to return to court in Los Angeles on Monday morning for a preliminary hearing to determine if he should stand trial in the 2023 murders.
According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, detectives from its homicide bureau were called on Saturday to the Twin Towers Correctional Facility to investigate the death of an inmate whom the agency identified as Mr. Haskell.
The Sheriff's Department did not say how or when Mr. Haskell, the son of Sam Haskell III, an Emmy-winning film producer and veteran talent agent, had died.
But the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office confirmed on Monday that Mr. Haskell, who could have faced life in prison if convicted, had killed himself.
'Instead of standing before a judge and answering for the crimes he's been charged with, the defendant managed to escape justice,' Nathan J. Hochman, the district attorney, 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.'
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