Coroner's inquest set in family plunge off California cliff
WILLITS, Calif. (AP) - Authorities in Northern California will hold a coroner's inquest to determine the manner of death for eight members of a family whose SUV plunged off a coastal cliff last year.Mendocino County sheriff's Capt. Greg Van Patten says that during the two-day inquest starting Wednesday a jury will hear from officials and experts, and decide whether the deaths of Jen and Sarah Hart and their six adopted children were accidental, a murder-suicide or undetermined.
