On March 26, 2018, an SUV carrying a family plunged more than 100 feet off a cliff on California’s Highway 1 in Mendocino County and came to rest upside down on the beach below. Among the victims were two 38‑year‑old women and six adopted children. One of the children, 12‑year‑old African‑American Ciera Hart, was not recovered at the crash site; a body washed ashore near the scene on April 7 and was identified by DNA on April 17 as Ciera Hart. Authorities confirmed her legal name is spelled Ciera and that she was 12 at the time of death.

A forensic pathologist testified Ciera’s remains were too decomposed to determine a precise cause of death. Toxicology showed the driver, Jennifer Hart, had a blood‑alcohol level of .102, and Sarah Hart and several children had high levels of diphenhydramine, though that was not found to be the direct cause of death. A 2019 coroner’s inquest ruled the deaths of the two adults suicides and the deaths of all six adopted children, including Ciera Hart, homicides. No arrests were made in connection with Ciera’s death.

Does anyone have information about Ciera, the family’s movements that day, or the period before the crash?