it wasn t over. rebecca s sister was determined to hold someone accountable. i m guessing that somebody said to you that filing a lawsuit, a civil lawsuit, to finance a criminal matter is generally an extremely unsatisfying way of pursuing justice? that may be, but my only recourse was the lawsuit. soon, they would start to get answers, just not the ones they expected. coming up. where was dina the night of rebecca s death? this eyewitness was adam, he was very clear, no doubt about it. powerful new video evidence and the dna evidence. where was it? adam shacknai admits that that morning he cut rebecca down, he loosened the ropes on her wrist to check her pulse. he gave her mouth to mouth resuscitation. and there s no dna? zero. when dateline continues. ladies, six minutes please. this is my life. it s not always “picture perfect.” plus i m dealing with bleeding from uterine fibroids. enter myfembree,
he ever would ve done the acts that he is accused of in this case? never. anything, it s inconceivable. adam took the stand too. did you hit rebecca on the head? i never hit her back on the head. or anywhere else, for that matter. did you devise this scheme 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
good imagination. adam shacknai said it was simple, he had nothing to do with the death of rebecca zahau. were you present when rebecca died? no. did you attack her? no. did you sexually assault her? no. did you tie those not on your body? no. are those a types of not that only a sailor would know? no. those are common knots. sheriff s investigators found no evidence adam was present when rebecca died. and they cleared him. that didn t stop rebecca s family from suing in civil court. the lawsuit, the long string of accusations, what do you think
zero. zero. zero of adam s, that is. rebecca s dna and fingerprints were everywhere. according to greer, that means adam, who had no criminal history, knew exactly how to wipe down the scene, somehow removing his own fingerprints and dna, but leaving just rebecca s. of course, it could also mean that adam simply wasn t there when rebecca died, which is exactly what law enforcement came to believe. i m guessing that if you walk in court in any case, and opposing council said, there is no evidence here, there are no fingerprints and there s no dna, and that is the proof of the case that i am bringing, you would think to yourself, i have a grand ball here. the absence of evidence isn t the evidence of absence. and so, we know it s murder because it s wiped down. we know it s not suicide. would a jury agree? greer had to prove that adam shacknai was somehow
evidence. they never considered that. they never analyzed that. to defense called a forensic technician who does testified she did find the blood on the knife and with it a simple explanation. a recent cut on rebecca s right hand. and when greer asked her if the blood could ve come from a sexual assault? i didn t see any evidence of that. no evidence. a point the defense hammered home. no fingerprint evidence. no finger evidence that was indentified or directed to adam shacknai. adams brother jonah took the stand, he called rebecca s death unfathomable, but said adam was not responsible. is there anything that adam has ever done in his life that would cause you to believe that