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Rebecca Zahau Suicide Message Released

San Diego police said on Friday that Rebecca Zahau’s death was caused by her suicide, but what was only referenced and not revealed until this point was a mysterious message she left in the home of Jonah Shacknai. Medical Examiner Investigator Dana Gary has since told San Diego’s CBS News 8 that the suicide note was painted in black on the bedroom door. The paint was found on Zahau’s hands and the rope around her neck. The message: She Saved Him Can You Save Her . Rebecca Nalepa Found Dead “I noted black painted writings on the bedroom door that led into the room with the balcony,” said Gary, declining to speculate on the words’ meaning. Zahau (a.k.a. Rebecca Nalepa) was found naked, hands and feet bound, hanging by a makeshift noose in the courtyard of Shacknai’s mansion in Coronado, Calif. Her body was discovered July 13, just hours after she accessed her voicemail on which was a message about the grave condition of Shacknai’s 6-year-old son Max, who was in the hospital after falling down a staircase days earlier. The child later died from his injuries. Nevertheless, “These deaths were not the result of any criminal acts,” San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore said at a press conference Friday. Zahau’s autopsy showed a “tape residue” on both of her legs and a long-sleeved, blue T-shirt wrapped three times “around her neck outside of the … reddish-orange rope” around her neck, said the report, obtained by CBS News 8. Shacknai, a pharmaceutical CEO, dated Zahau for several years. He was not home at the time of her death. His brother, Adam Shacknai, was staying in the guest house when he found Zahau hanging. Adam cut the rope and attempted to administer CPR. He then called 911.

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Rebecca Zahau Death Ruled a Suicide

With the conclusion that Rebecca Zahau died in a suicide, police say the mystery of two deaths tied to millionaire Jonah Shacknai’s mansion has been solved. A San Diego woman, Zahau, was found hanged at the mansion of Shacknai, her boyfriend. His son, Max, died from injuries suffered from an accidental fall. “These deaths were not the result of any criminal acts,” San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore said at a press conference, as reported today by People . The police findings effectively close the investigation into the unusual, very highly publicized deaths of pharmaceutical CEO Shacknai’s girlfriend and son. The family of Zahau (a.k.a. Rebecca Nalepa ) is not satisfied, however. “We her family and friends do not believe it’s a suicide. There are still unanswered questions,” says Mary Zahau-Loehner. “It is very suspicious .” “We would like the police to look further into her case, to do whatever it takes. We want justice and are here to represent our sister and daughter.” Zahau was found naked, hanging by a makeshift noose outside Jonah Shacknai ‘s mansion in Coronado, Calif., on July 13, her hands and feet bound. Her body was found just hours after she accessed her voice mail, on which was a message about Shacknai’s 6-year-old son, who was in the hospital. She also painted a message in black shortly before she died. The paint was still found on her hands. Authorities refused to reveal what was written. “She made the decision to take her own life,” said San Diego County Sgt. Dave Nemeth, adding that she bound and hanged herself unassisted. This was supported, he said, by DNA evidence on the rope as well as an experiment in which officials found it was possible for a person to do this. As for the boy, the investigation concluded that Max had tripped and tumbled over a balcony and grabbed a chandelier as he fell, authorities said. Shacknai, CEO of Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp., was never a suspect and called the deaths “tragedies … that one couldn’t imagine experiencing.”

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