CORONADO (KUSI) – In 2011 the San Diego Sheriff concluded Rebecca Zahau committed suicide. She was found bound, gagged, naked, and hanging from a balcony inside the Spreckels mansion. Her family did not agree with the sheriff’s investigation.
The family of Rebecca Zahau had her body exhumed in 2011. They hired Dr. Cyril Wecht, a forensic pathologist who worked on cases including J.F.K. and JonBenét Ramsey. Dr. Wecht performed another examination of the body and concluded her death was the result of homicide. This led to a wrongful death suit naming her boyfriend’s brother, Adam Shacknai, as the person responsible for her death.