Shocking new details from an autopsy report showed that California mother Mei Li Haskell could have been shot in the head, suffocated and suffered trauma before her dismembered body was thrown into a dumpster.
Coroners have detailed the violent and gruesome ways the 37-year-old mother of three suffered before her decapitated and armless torso was found in a plastic garbage bag near her home in Tarzana, California on November 8, 2023.
“The bone edges at the amputation sites were remarkably smooth,” said the report obtained by DailyMail.com. “This suggests that a sharp power tool was likely used to perform these amputations.”
Coroners said Mei Li had been dismembered with a “single sharp force” at the base of her neck, and half of her thighs were still intact and connected to the torso.
‘There was no definitive indication that the mutilation took place antemortem, but the possibility that the removal of the head and neck had begun before death cannot be completely excluded.’
The LA County Department of Medical Examiner’s report found that Mei Li Haskell, 37, was dismembered with a ‘single sharp force’
The 37-year-old mother’s remains were wrapped in a plastic bag and found by a passerby digging through a dumpster not far from where the Haskells lived.
The bag containing Mei Li’s headless torso was found in a duffel bag and thrown into a dumpster behind Ventura Boulevard and Rubio Avenue, near a family-style restaurant, hair salon and two banks.
Although toxicology reports showed there was no evidence of drugs in the remains tested, officials with the LA County Department of Medical Examiners said they also cannot rule out whether or not the 37-year-old mother was poisoned with an unidentified substance.
The coroner ruled the death a homicide and the probable cause was blunt force trauma to the head/neck, possible gunshot wound(s) to the head/neck, or sharp force injury.
They also said Mei Li could have been suffocated.
“Given the circumstances of the case, including the deliberate concealment of the body through mutilation and destruction, the cause of death is homicidal violence,” coroners wrote in the report.
Mei Li’s husband, Samuel Haskell IV, has been charged with murder in the deaths of her parents, mother Yanxiang Wang, 64, and father Gaoshan Li, 72.
LA police sources told DailyMail.com that the parents’ remains have still not been found.
Samuel Haskell IV, the son of a famous Hollywood super agent, appears in a court in downtown Los Angeles
Samuel Haskell IV has been charged with murder in the deaths of her parents, mother Yanxiang Wang, 64, and father Gaoshan Li, 72
Samuel Haskell – the son of a Hollywood super agent who has represented stars like George Clooney, Dolly Parton and Whoopi Goldberg – remains in a Downtown LA jail without bail.
The heavily tattooed Haskell, who was on the jail’s suicide watch, appeared shirtless during a hearing on Dec. 8 after the Velcro straps on a special dress he was wearing came loose.
Prosecutors allege that a day after the murders, Haskell hired four day laborers and paid the $500 to remove black trash bags from his home.
Power agent Samuel Haskell III, the defendant’s father, touts himself on his website as “the nice guy of Hollywood,” but several former Miss America contestants came forward in an A&E docuseries accusing him of “playing for God to play’ while cultivating a poisonous substance. culture of hatred towards women in the organization
Mei Li Haskell dabbled in modeling but coached foreign students with their college applications at top universities in America. Her friends said she was a “devoted mother” to her three young sons.
One employee said Haskell told them the bags were filled with rocks before later saying the body parts were “Halloween props,” according to local NBC4 News.
“When we picked up the bags, we could see they weren’t rocks,” the worker said, noting that the bags were “soft and moist.”
The man added that he and his colleagues looked in the bags and saw “body parts, a belly button.” The men said they then returned the bags and money to Haskell’s home.
They quickly went to LA police to report what they found, but were initially turned away, according to the LA Times.
Neighbors said Sam Haskell was ‘weird’ and had a fascination with swords
Haskell then allegedly loaded the plastic bags into his white Tesla and drove to a dumpster in Encino, where he was caught on camera disposing of the remains.
Haskell is scheduled to appear in court on March 26 for a pre-trial hearing.
Mei Li, who sometimes modeled, had her own company called Haskell Consulting Group, according to records obtained by DailyMail.com.
Through her small business, the mother coached and helped foreign students with their college applications to Ivy League and other top universities in the US.
Her husband, who has gone by the stage name “Samuel Bassinger” since at least 2013, worked as an editor for stars including rappers Tyga and Machine Gun Kelly three years ago, according to his X account, formerly known as Twitteren.
Neighbors said Samuel was “weird” and had a fascination with martial arts and samurai swords.
The couple’s three young children are staying with relatives, but their home in Tarzana remains untouched, a friend of Mei Li told DailyMail.com.