A Tarzana man due in court on Monday, July 14, in connection with the 2023 killings of his wife and her parents was found dead in custody, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. A spokesman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said Samuel Haskell, 37, committed suicide.

A 37-year-old California man accused of murdering and dismembering his wife and her parents has died by suicide while in police custody, according to state prosecutors and authorities.

A Los Angeles man accused of killing and dismembering his wife, her mother and her stepfather has died in jail while awaiting trial, authorities said Monday.