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 conducted an experiment to determine if it is possible for a person to secure their hands behind their back in the fashion we found. they even showed a video demonstration, and while tying ones hands in a suicide is uncommon, the medical examiner said that it is not unheard of. people do it, the thinking is that they bind themselves so that they won t change their mind midway through, it s unusual at first glance but it does happen. the location of the apparent suicide note was also uncommon. there was a message painted on the door leading to the room, i m going to show you a message, we will not be revealing with what the message said. the investigation left some people unsatisfied. none more so than rebecca s family. i know in my heart she did not commit suicide. also unsatisfied, dina shacknai. sheriff s investigators illustrated their findings with this graphic. they said max was riding his
bed, the other hand had been looped around rebecca s neck. there was also two knives in the bedroom, apparently used to cut the rope. everything was swabbed for dna. dna profiles were only from rebecca. so what about rebecca s hands and feet being tied, didn t that show another person was involved? sergeant nemeth said, it did not. we conducted an experiment to determine if it is possible for a person to secure their hands behind their backs in the fashion we found. they even showed a video demonstration, and while tying ones hands in a suicide is uncommon, the medical examiner said that it is not unheard of. people do it, the thinking is that they bind themselves so that they won t change their mind midway through, it s unusual at first glance but it does happen. the location of the apparent suicide note was also uncommon. is there was a message painted on the door leading to the room, i m going to show you a message, we will not be