july 11th 2011, max was staying with his dad and rebecca. dina ws in conorado too, at a home down the street that is when john a culture. he said dino you have to get here right away. as rebecca explained it to police jonah had been at the gym, six-year-old max was home with her. rebecca said she heard a crash and found max on the floor near the staircase, the mansion s heavy chandelier had fallen to the floor next to him. rebecca said max was in breathing, she started cpr. rebecca s 13-year-old sister xena who was visiting called 9-1-1. my sister is trying to resuscitate a boy. i m sorry she he can t breathe. police and paramedics arrived within minutes, jonah called dina from the hospital. when he tells me, thank god that she was able to give him cpr i think to myself thank you, thank god. he s gonna be okay? he s gonna be okay. max was on conscious.
regarded investigative firm, crawled, the resulting report says that the evidence is consistent with an accidental, tragic fall. and there is no evidence of foul play, malice, or other not accidental ocurrents. how many people said to you, you need to let this go and move on? many. so many. even if she d wanted to move on, it really wasn t possible, because dina, remember, was being sued by the family of rebecca zahau, who blamed dina, in part, for rebecca s death. through it all, dina stuck to her story that she d been at max s bedside at the hospital the night rebecca died. even though the zahau attorney keith greer had a witness willing to testify that he saw dana outside the mansion that night. adamant. he was very clear, no doubt about it.
dina and jonah took up a vigil at the hospital. jonah s brother adam flew in from his home in tennessee. you came out to support jonah? correct. how well did you know max? i knew max well. he was a really wonderful kid. at max s bedside, jonah asked one of the doctors for his prognosis. what was the story we re hearing about next. i don t think so, but that really wasn t the focus when i got there. it was about him getting better? right. at maxes bedside, jonah x one of the doctors for his prognosis. dr. peterson looked and said, i don t know. i m not sure if he s going to walk or talk. that sounds like the worst
paradise valley arizona was home for the shacknai family, but the summers they spent in coronado were special, for dina and her son max. max loves the beach, he loved the water. he used to tell me on the way to coronado, mommy this is my place. she and maxes father jonah met in 1997. we had an instant connection, it s very rare to meet someone like that. they married in 2001, a second marriage for jonah who was already the father of two. he d gotten rich owning a pharmaceutical company. she went back to school to get a ph. d. in developmental psychology. and then along came max? and then along came maxie. he s almost told the edge. oh my god. he did it. how do you feel max shacknai? he was an active kid who loved sports and performing, for his mother and for her
the machine and i m thinking, it s not working, it s malfunctioning. and then i m saying the eeg machine is not working, it s not working. but it was working, six -year-old max was gone. and dina was devastated. i mean, it was the worst shock in probably my entire life. a mother in shock and in mourning. but also questioning, how exactly had max s fatal fall happened? others asked what led to rebecca s hanging? the mystery of this mansion was only getting deeper. coming up. the stunning evidence inside that part of the estate, ropes, knives, a curious phrase at the scene. there was a message painted in black paint on the door leading to the room. but to some of the most curious thing of all is the police