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
absolutely. it never really occurred to me that someone would look at this as a crime scene or something like that. that was the furthest thing from my mind. so you cut her body down? yeah. and? started cpr. to no avail? to no avail. when the coroner units arrived at the scene and located a female on the property who appeared to be deceased. rebecca s sister, mary was hundreds of miles away in missouri when her husband doug came to her work to bring her the awful news. i remember him saying rebecca s gone. and i said, what do you mean? i just talked to her last night. in that phone call, rebecca told her sister about what happened to max. it was the same story she told police. she said she was in the bathroom and she heard a loud noise, a loud crash, and when she came out max was there on the floor and the chandelier was close to him.
naked, bound hand and foot, rebecca zahau was hanging by the neck from the second floor balcony. my heart started racing. this is actually happening. okay. how did she? i d say about 30. 30? okay. when was the last time you saw her? last night. even as he called 9-1-1, adams said he thought she was dead. but you try to do something about it? i tried to do something, absolutely. it never really occurred to me that someone would look at this as a crime scene or something like that. that was the furthest thing from my mind. so you cut her body down? yeah. and? started cpr. to no avail? to no avail. when the coroner units
about it? i tried to do something, absolutely. it never really occurred to me that someone would look at this as a crime scene or something like that. that was the furthest thing from my mind. so you cut her body down? yeah. and? started cpr. to no avail? to no avail. when the coroner units arrived at the scene and located a female on the property who appear to be deceased. rebecca s sister, mary was hundreds of miles away in missouri when her husband doug came to her work to bring her the awful news. i remember him saying rebecca s gone. and i said, what do you mean? i just talked to her last night. in that phone call, rebecca told her sister about what happened to max.