New Witness In Mansion Deaths Says They Heard Woman 'Scream For Help' -- Hours Before Cops Claim Rebecca Zahau Committed Suicide
Sept. 23 2011, Published 9:00 a.m. ET
Senior Executive Editor, Star
A new witness has emerged in the bizarre hanging death of Rebecca Zahau and claimed they heard a woman "scream for help" from inside the Coronado, Calif., mansion -- an hour-and-a-half before police said the woman received a voice message from her pharmaceutical tycoon boyfriend, triggering her suicide.
The San Diego County Sheriff concluded that the voicemail, apparently informing her that his son, Max, was going to die, was the catalyst for Zahau, 32, to hang herself -- naked, bound and gagged. She plunged from a balcony at the multi-million dollar Spreckles mansion, owned by her lover Jonah Shacknai, 54, on July 13.