scene, because there was no skid marks. >> reporter: sarah and jennifer hart had apparently driven their suv with their six adopted children inside off this 100-foot cliff. the mangled truck and the bodies of the parents and three of the children were found. >> we do know several things. we know that an entire family vanished. >> reporter: but three of the children are missing tonight, possibly swept out to sea, including 14-year-old devonte. you might remember him from this viral photo, hugging a police officer in portland during the turmoil of the ferguson, missouri, riots in 2014. friends describing them as a loving family. but tonight, as investigators piece together what happened to this eight-member washington state family, we're learning that neighbors called child protective services after one child told them he was hungry and was asking for food. >> was asking that we not tell his mom, and to, you know, hide it and put it by the fence so he could get to it, and that they were withholding food from him