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Dumped body parts, a missing couple, abandoned kids: Mystery, horror surround Los Angeles case

LOS ANGELES — Yanqing Wang had a bad feeling. He had not heard from his sister in days, and his calls were going unanswered. Then, he went to her WeChat social media profile and discovered that all her friends and photos, dating back 10 years, had been deleted. Where was she? What was going on? Wang got the grim news a day later, on Nov. 8. His sister, Yanxiang Wang, 64, and her husband, Li ...

LOS ANGELES — Yanqing Wang had a bad feeling.

He had not heard from his sister in days, and his calls were going unanswered. Then, he went to her WeChat social media profile and discovered that all her friends and photos, dating back 10 years, had been deleted.

Where was she? What was going on?

Wang got the grim news a day later, on Nov. 8. His sister, Yanxiang Wang, 64, and her husband, Li Gaoshan, 72, were missing. Their daughter, Mei Haskell, 37, was presumed dead after authorities said her torso was found in a dumpster. And the daughter’s husband, , 35,

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