i know my sister would ve fought. we used to tell each other that if someone ever tried to hurt us that we would do everything we can to leave something behind, so the other one can figure it out. i believe that she was murdered. this is a very bizarre death. it was baffling from the start. a young woman dead at her millionaire boyfriend s mansion. 9-1-1 what are you reporting? i got a girl, hung herself. my heart started racing. you found her. i did. detectives ruled it a suicide, but was it? at the scene knives, rose, a cryptic phrase. her hands were tied, she was naked. this was sending a message. that wasn t the only suspicious death here. no mom wants to hear that her son was a victim of a homicide. something happened at the top of the stairs. what really went on in that mansion. hear from the man at the center in his first television interview. you thought you had nothing to hide? i knew i had nothing to hide. the worst shock in probabl
detectives ruled it a suicide, but was it? at the scene knives, rose, a cryptic phrase. her hands were tied, she was naked. this was sending a message. that wasn t the only suspicious death here. no mom wants to hear that her son was a victim of a homicide. something happened at the top of the stairs. what really went on in that mansion. hear from the man at the center in his first television interview. you thought you had nothing to hide? i knew i had nothing to hide. the worst shock in probably my entire life. hello and welcome to dateline. victims families have often described their feeling of loss simply as surreal. and so it was for both of the shacknai and the zahau families, their tragedies were entangled in one rivetting mystery that enthralled the nation. at the center of the story to puzzling deaths and lingering suspicions. the search for the truth would pit the families against each other in a battle sparki
knot. the case went to the jury. did you feel confidence deliberations began? i felt like we could possibly win very convincingly. less than four hours later, a verdict. i sat down next to mary and said, i m sorry, this is probably not good news, this was it a decision that even keefe greer would be in for quite a plot twist. you know we did our job, we did our job. we don t let our dine. vein all those things you said that and even kate greer would be in for quite a plot twist. look number one did adam shacknai touch rebecca before rebecca zahau s death with the intent to heart hurt? the answer is yes. number two, did that touching cause the death of rebecca zahau the answer is yes. yes, meaning that the jury found adam shacknai responsible for rebecca zahau s death. i just broke down.
her effort, it was exactly because of her effort, and that s why it is the key to the case. because i know, whoever committed the murder, knew that rebecca had saved max. it was, he said, a small circle. mostly family. i had an eyewitness who put dina shacknai at the scene of the murder that evening. dina, the grief stricken mom. could she have blamed rebecca and then sought revenge? remember, mary recalled her sister saying, dina is going to kill me. where were you when rebecca zahau died? i don t know how she died, but i was in the hospital all night. in 2013, keefe greer filed a civil wrongful death law suit on behalf of the zahau family. based on his eyewitness, he named dina as a defendant along with her twin sister nina. there was also third defendant, the man who called 9-1-1, jonas brother, adam shacknai. did you have anything to do
to try to cover up your wrongdoing by painting the saying on the door and making it look like she had been hanged by someone else? absolutely, positively, not. the case went to the jury. did you feel confidence deliberations began? i felt like we could possibly win very convincingly. less than four hours later, a verdict. i sat down next to mary and said, i m sorry, this is probably not good news, this was it a decision that even keefe greer would be in for quite a plot twist. number one did adam shacknai touch rebecca before rebecca zahau s death with the intent to heart hurt? the answer is yes. did that touching cause the death of rebecca zahau the answer is yes. yes, meaning that the jury found adam shacknai responsible for rebecca zahau s death. i just broke down. i was just like ok, i m not crazy.