Investigators in Clark County, Washington, said they searched the home of the Hart family in the days after an SUV containing at least six members of a family plunged off a cliff in northern California, finding the refrigerator stocked, toothbrushes in the bathroom -- but few signs six children lived in the house, according to incident reports obtained Friday by CBS Portland affiliate KOIN.
A later report shows that a search using human-remains detection dogs was conducted on April 12, two weeks after the initial search at the home, KOIN reports. Two of the couple's six children have not been identified, but there was no indication human remains were found on the Harts' two-acre property.
An SUV belonging to the family was found at the bottom of a scenic Mendocino County cliff on March 26. In the days after the crash, officials said the appeared to have left a highway for a dirt turnout, then accelerated on that turnout for about 70 feet until it went off the cliff, authorities said, citing data from the vehicle's software and air bag module.
No skid marks were seen in the area, officials said.
In the days after the crash, police said they had found remains of Jennifer Jean Hart, 38; Sarah Margaret Hart, 38; Markis Hart, 19; Jeremiah Hart, 14; and Abigail Hart, 14. A body later identified as Sierra Hart, 12, who has also been referred to as Ciera, was discovered on April 8.
The bodies of two of their children, 16-year-old Hannah and her 15-year-old Devonte, have not been recovered. Skeletal remains of a human foot in a pair of girls' shoes and wrapped around girls' jeans were found in May, but initial forensic tests conducted at the California Department of Justice's DNA laboratory were inconclusive, KOIN reports.
According to the search warrants released Friday, investigators searched the Hart family home in search of the three children who had not yet been found.
"Upon entering the house, it was found to be extremely clean and organized, giving a perception of being very sterile," wrote Clark County Sheriff's Office Det. Joe Swenson in his report.
According to KOIN, he wrote that the house was "so orderly and nothing seemed out regarding any belongings, toys or entertainment items the children may have owned ... there was very little to show the children had access to any toys or items of entertainment, save for some board games found in the downstairs family room."
Another detective wrote in an incident report that it was difficult to distinguish which rooms belonged to the children.
