Programs designed to protect children ushered six siblings to their deaths — and no one has been held accountable since their adoptive mother drove them off a cliff
The Hart family, then living in Woodland, Wash., attends a March 2016 rally in nearby Vancouver for Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign. From left are 14-year-old Hannah, 12-year-old Abigail, 10-year-old Ciera, 12-year-old Jeremiah, Jennifer Hart, 13-year-old Devonte, 17-year-old Markis and Sarah Hart. (Tristan Fortsch/KATU News/Associated Press)
One day, she thought, the three kids would come back and find her. They would return to Houston and reunite with the woman who fought to keep their family together.
Priscilla Celestine held on to that dream for years, long after the state of Texas took the children — all...