Hart Family, Before Driving Off Cliff, Hid Dark Home Life From View

And the tragedy gets worse. two women abused their adopted children and were shielded, given a pass, by Social Services because they were a "protected class." I'll bet money, had the couple been not been in a "protected class," those children would be alive today. Another failure of big government.

"The documents released this week show that child-welfare officials in Minnesota, Oregon and Washington State — three states where the Harts lived during the past seven years — knew of reported abuse, but, in one case, apparently stepped aside after completing their assessment; could not gather enough evidence to corroborate the claims of neglect in another; and, in a third case, learned of the allegations too late."