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
the doctor thought that maxes injuries indicated that he had been assaulted before he fail. what s more she suspected whether the fall could happen as the sheriff s department described it. measurements showed the railing was 32 inches high, six-year-old max was only 45 inches tall. his center of gravity was too low. even on a razor scooter, his center of gravity is too low to go over that banister. it all pointed to a chilling alternate scenario. according to the doctor, someone assaulted max, and then he somehow went over the bannister. in other words, this was a homicide. i would much rather have them say that this is an accident and here s why: no mom wants to hear that her son was a victim of a homicide. and if someone killed max, the doctor s theory focused on one person. yesterday s last night was that he was in fear, he was scared, he was hurt. and that is horrible! and if someone killed max,
neck. greer like the other doctor believed someone killed rebecca and then placed her body at the end of the rope. he began to develop a theory as to who. the writing on the door is a key to the case. remember the message painted on the bedroom door? sheriffs investigators declined to reveal what it said, greer eventually found out. the message scrawled in black acrylic paint read, she saved him, can you save her. greer believes the message was not written by rebecca, it was written about her. how did she save? she didn t save max? she did save max. at the time you have to look at it in context. remember rebecca said she did cpr on max after he fell. so at the time those words were written, max was still alive? max was alive. and maybe because of her effort? it wasn t maybe because of
you. he knew that very well and i can say that today, max, i am the luckiest mommy that ever lived in this universe because i still have you. because loved doesn t disappear just because the person is not right you can t see them. in the years following max s death, dina continued to investigate, and hired a woman named tara schneider. you are convinced that max died not as a result of the accident but a murder? yes, a homicide. tara has no law enforcement background. she calls herself an intelligence analyst. she and dina have floated several theories over the years. the current theory, whoever killed max, it was not rebecca zahau. these days, their suspission is focued on information from a neighbour that has never been verified. a story of all wild party at the mansion the night before max s fall. he has not been interviewed by the police and has not come forward. but what connection it might