The Los Angeles man accused of dismembering his woman and her parents earlier attempting to dump their remains successful nan trash has agreed to nan assignment of Britney Spears's erstwhile conservator arsenic nan guardian of his 3 children, DailyMail.com tin reveal.
Samuel Haskell IV, 36, is presently locked up astatine LA's notorious Twin Towers Correctional Facility arsenic he awaits proceedings for allegedly murdering Mei Li, 37, and her parents Gaoshan Li, 72, and Yanxiang Wang, 64, successful nan November scary attack.
The couple, who lived successful a $2.5million six-bedroom location successful Tarzana, had 3 children – each of whom are now successful nan attraction of his sister Mary Lane Haskell, 34.
But tribunal papers exclusively obtained by DailyMail.com show Haskell has signed disconnected connected Jodi Montgomery being appointed nan children's impermanent financial guardian successful May – a determination owed to beryllium confirmed successful a proceeding successful August.
Samuel Haskell IV, 36 - pictured during a proceeding successful February - remains successful custody astatine LA's notorious Twin Towers Correctional Facility arsenic he awaits proceedings for allegedly murdering his woman and parents-in-law past November
Mei Li shared 3 children pinch Haskell. They are currently in nan attraction of his sister
Montgomery has besides petitioned to beryllium named nan administrator of Mei's property – which includes nan family home, which nan mom-of-three purchased successful 2020.
Although Haskell's sanction was added to nan deeds successful 2022 – meaning he owns a 50 percent stock successful nan spot – he will not beryllium allowed to touch nan proceeds from immoderate waste owed to California's 'slayer statute' if he is recovered blameworthy of Mei's murder.
The law, which applies successful astir US states, bans killers from inheriting immoderate of their victim's possessions – which intends everything will spell to nan couple's children.
Montgomery has besides been appointed nan typical administrator of Mei's probate property which enables her to woody pinch problems connected to nan home, including security.
According to tribunal papers, nan spot – vacant since November – has been trashed since nan murders, pinch documents noting it 'has been surgery into aggregate times, items person been taken, and a mini occurrence was group wrong nan premises.'
On Friday, workers were seen changing nan locks astatine nan spot and a neighbour confirmed to DailyMail.com that nan location had antecedently been vandalized by thieves making disconnected pinch immoderate children's toys, among different items.
Montgomery was appointed arsenic Spears's individual conservator successful 2019 and concisely took power of her finances erstwhile dada Jamie had to measurement distant owed to illness.
Although he later resumed control, Montgomery remained responsible for Spears, 42, herself until her 13-year conservatorship was terminated successful November 2021.
Court papers exclusively obtained by DailyMail.com show Jodi Montgomery – Britney Spears's erstwhile conservator – was appointed nan children's impermanent financial guardian successful May and has petitioned to beryllium named nan administrator of Mei's estate
Samuel Haskell IV has been charged pinch her execution arsenic good arsenic nan deaths of her parents, mom Yanxiang Wang, 64, and dada Gaoshan Li, 72 - whose bodies person still not been found
The 37-year aged mother's remains was wrapped successful a integrative container and recovered successful November by a transient who was digging done a dumpster not acold from wherever nan Haskells lived
Afterwards, Montgomery said she was pleased pinch nan determination and offered to thief Spears successful nan early if needed.
She said successful a statement: 'Throughout nan conservatorship, Ms. Montgomery has been a tireless advocator for Ms. Spears and it has ever been her extremity to springiness Ms. Spears a way towards nan termination of her conservatorship. That time is now here.
'Ms. Montgomery is happy to proceed moving for Ms. Spears and assisting Ms. Spears successful her freedom, independence, growth, wellness, and happiness extracurricular of nan conservatorship.'
Haskell, who is nan boy of Hollywood supplier James Haskell III, has pleaded not blameworthy to nan murders of Mei and her parents. He has often appeared shirtless successful tribunal and was placed connected termination watch successful nan aftermath of his arrest.
That came aft a bum man discovered Mei's headless torso successful a dumpster successful Encino, a fewer miles from nan couple's home.
The bodies of Mei's parents person still not been found.
Mei's friends antecedently told DailyMail.com she had been wanting a divorcement for astatine slightest 4 years but feared her husband's powerful supplier begetter would seduce courts to springiness him custody of their 3 sons, aged six, eight, and 12.
Neighbors besides told DailyMail.com of Haskell's obsession pinch weapons and said he kept a ample postulation of them wrong nan home.
Montgomery has besides been appointed nan typical administrator of Mei's probate property which enables her to woody pinch problems connected to nan home, including security
On Friday, workers were seen changing nan locks astatine nan spot and a neighbour confirmed to DailyMail.com that nan location had been vandalized by thieves making disconnected pinch immoderate children's toys, among different items
Court papers revealed nan now-vacant spot has been trashed since nan murders and 'has been surgery into aggregate times'
'He had an obsession pinch weapons,' neighbour Elle Benami said. 'He had a samurai beard and a crossbow.
'He did martial arts. I deliberation he was a achromatic loop and he would spell to Japan to do martial arts.'
'The kids could play present astatine my location aliases usually successful nan beforehand lawn. I was good pinch nan kids playing successful their beforehand lawn,' added Benami, who feared thing could accidentally hap pinch truthful galore weapons successful nan house.
Haskell's sons moreover bragged to different vicinity kids that they had weapons successful nan house, thing their doting mother Mei was not fond of.
Benami added: 'Would I opportunity that they seemed for illustration a happy couple? No, but I decidedly didn't expect thing for illustration this. I ne'er could person imagined what happened.'
According to prosecutors, Haskell dumped nan quality remains successful nan trash aft making a erstwhile effort to get free of them by hiring 4 time laborers to remove bags containing nan assemblage parts.
One worker revealed that he was paid $500 to remove 3 ample trash bags – adding that Haskell claimed they were filled pinch rocks earlier later pretending nan assemblage parts were 'Halloween props'.
The accused murderer is nan boy of erstwhile apical Hollywood supplier Samuel Haskell Sr and erstwhile Miss Mississippi Mary Donnelly-Haskell. Dolly Parton was among Haskell's clients
'When we picked up nan bags, we could show they weren't rocks,' he said, noting that nan bags were soft and soggy.'
He and his co-workers looked wrong nan bags and wrong they saw 'body parts, a belly button.'
He added: 'I was astonished. Of course, I felt bad. We had been tricked.'
The men past returned nan bags and nan money to Haskell's home, telling him they did not 'want to beryllium involved.'
The workers went consecutive to rule enforcement and informed nan California Highway Patrol and nan police.
According to tribunal papers, later that day, Haskell 'was allegedly observed and photographed a short region from his location disposing [of] a ample trash container into a dumpster successful nan 16000 artifact of Ventura Boulevard.'
The container was later recovered to incorporate Mei's headless torso.
Haskell is adjacent owed successful tribunal connected Thursday.