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
scrapes or cuts on him that suggests a struggle with anyone. none. same with adam s dna. it s pretty hard to get rid of your dna. hard to get rid of dna. all right. 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 resucitation, he gave cpr pumps to her chest and there s no dna? and how much dna and how many fingerprints are found on the knife, the rope, her body, how much? none. 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
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. at max s bedside, jonah asked one of the doctors for his prognosis. the doctor said i don t know. i don t know, i m not sure if he s gonna walk or talk. that sounds like the worst news that you could get? but it was not real. i would ve bet my life on it that max was going to be okay. there was more bad news on the way. 9-1-1 emergency.
family from suing in civil court. the lawsuit, the long string of accusations, what do you think is going on here? it s denial, it s they don t wanted to be seen that their sister committed suicide. we asked rebecca s sister mary about that. a lot of times, families do not want to admit that someone committed to side. because they blame themselves for not maybe having seen the signs, is that what you re doing here? no. and i have been accused of that multiple times, including the sheriff s department. is it possible that rebecca was depressed and you missed it? no. in march 2018 the wrongful death long sued began incendiary go. defending adam was dan web, former u.s. attorney and a veteran of many courtrooms. there is no evidence that shows that adam shacknai had anything to do with the death