Hart family crash: Police say SUV may have been intentionally driven off cliff - The Washington Post

I hesitate to include this as there appears to be no religious motivation for the occurance. Regardless, it is still noteworthy in regards to heinousness.

The crash that killed a married couple and at least three of their children after their SUV plunged off a California cliff last week was intentional and not the result of an accident, investigators said.

Greg Baarts, acting assistant chief of the California Highway Patrol’s northern division, said preliminary data obtained from the SUV’s air bag module suggested the vehicle likely came to a stop at a gravel pullout roughly 70 feet away from the cliff before it accelerated and plunged over the edge. That information, as well as the lack of any physical evidence of an accident, such as tire marks, led investigators to believe the crash may have been intentional, Baarts said during a telephone conference call with reporters Sunday evening.

The death of a family that had once captured the world’s attention has left troubling questions about what may have preceded the March 26 crash along the Pacific Coast Highway near Westport, Calif., a small community about 180 miles north of San Francisco. Officials said they have searched the Harts’ home in Washington state, as well as the couple’s bank and credit card statements and phone records, for any signs of what may have led to their deaths. Baarts said investigators did not find any suicide notes.

Hart family crash: Police say SUV may have been intentionally driven off cliff - The Washington Post