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
we had an instant connection , it s very rare you 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. he did it. how do you feel max shacknai? he was an active kid who loved sports and performing, for his mother and her camera. mom. this is my song, right? it is. during one of those summers in coronado, a mansion on ocean boulevard was on the market. i said let s go by and look. they bought it in 2007. but soon there was trouble in paradise, and a bitter divorce in 2009 when max was four. they shared custody and worked to be civil, and it wasn t long before jonah met someone
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 sparking more questions than answers. here is josh mankiewicz, with the the mansion on ocean boulevard . some places feel secluded,
how do you feel max shacknai? he was an active kid who loved sports and performing, for his mother and her camera. mom. this is my song, right? it is. during one of those summers in coronado, a mansion on ocean boulevard was on the market. i said let s go by and look. they bought it in 2007. but soon there was trouble in paradise, and a bitter divorce in 2009 when max was four. they shared custody and worked to be civil, and it wasn t long before jonah met someone new. max told me about it and i said, maybe i should meet her and he said, that would be great, mommy. rebecca zahau was 32 and born in myanmar. she d moved in the u. s. in her twenties. you were okay with her spending time with max?