San Diego Sheriff's Department Attempts To Explain Rebecca Zahau’s Stunning Autopsy Report
Sept. 7 2011, Published 1:00 p.m. ET
By Jen Heger - Breaking Celebrity News Legal Editor
The San Diego Sheriff's Department is seeking to explain some of the most controversial revelations in Rebecca Zahau's autopsy report, which weren't addressed at a news conference last Friday, when Zahau's death was ruled to be a suicide.
The most stunning development was that Zahau, 32, had part of her own T-shirt stuffed in her mouth at time of death, but Jonah Shacknai's brother, Adam, who found Rebecca's body, removed it before cops turned up.
In a news release the Sheriff's department sent out Tuesday night, the San Diego Medical Examiner says: "The T-shirt that was around Rebecca's neck had a portion originally in her mouth that was removed by the person who found her. It is not clear why it was there, although people can place material in their mouth prior to hanging."
A substance that was found to be similar to tape residue was found on Rebecca's legs, and according to the San Diego Medical Examiner's office: "Sticky material that appeared similar to tape residue was noted on her mid left shin and right lower leg. These were small area areas (about an inch), and their significance is not clear. Their position and size would have been unusual evidence of leg binding."
The autopsy had also