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
heavy chandelier had fallen to the floor next to him. rebecca said max wasn t breathing, she started cpr. rebecca s 13-year-old sister xena, who was visiting, called 9-1-1. my sister is trying to resuscitate a boy. i m sorry she he can t breathe. police and paramedics arrived within minutes, jonah called dina from the hospital. when he tells me, thank god that she was able to give him cpr, i think to myself thank you , thank god. he s gonna be okay? he s gonna be okay. max was unconscious. dina and jonah took up a vigil at the hospital. jonah s brother adam flew in from his home in tennessee. you came out to support jonah? correct. how well did you know max? i knew max well. he was a really wonderful kid.
max said he had feelings for her, he liked her. at that time i had no concerns because i trusted that jonah, based on our history, max would be safe there. and safe in coronado, where nothing bad is supposed to happen. tell the operator what is going on. hello july 11th, 2011, max was staying with his dad and rebecca. dina was in conorado, too, at a home down the street that is when jonah called her. he said dino you have to get here right away. as rebecca explained it to police jonah had been at the gym, six-year-old max was home with her. rebecca said she heard a crash and found max on the floor near the staircase, the mansion s heavy chandelier had fallen to the floor next to him. rebecca said max wasn t breathing, she started cpr. rebecca s 13-year-old sister xena, who was visiting, called 9-1-1. my sister is trying to
going on. hello july 11th, 2011, max was staying with his dad and rebecca. dina ws in conorado, too, at a home down the street that is when jonah called her. he said dino you have to get here right away. as rebecca explained it to police jonah had been at the gym, six-year-old max was home with her. rebecca said she heard a crash and found max on the floor near the staircase, the mansion s heavy chandelier had fallen to the floor next to him. rebecca said max wasn t breathing, she started cpr. rebecca s 13-year-old sister xena, who was visiting, called 9-1-1. my sister is trying to resuscitate a boy. i m sorry she he can t breathe. police and paramedics arrived within minutes, jonah called dina from the hospital. when he tells me, thank god that she was able to give him cpr, i think to myself thank you, thank god. he s gonna be okay? he s gonna be okay. max was unconscious. dina and jonah took up a vigil at the hospital. jonah s brother adam flew in from his