Rebecca Zahau

San Diego Sheriff’s Department investigators have concluded twice that Rebecca Zahau died by her own hand at the Spreckels Mansion in 2011.

Experts say that in cases of long-drop hanging, the neck often breaks from trauma.

Investigators discover new clues that could point away from suicide and toward a darker explanation for Rebecca Zahau’s death.

The San Diego Sheriff’s Department and Medical Examiner’s Office found no evidence of sexual assault when investigating Rebecca Zahau’s death.

Is there more to Adam Shacknai’s frantic 911 call than meets the eye?

Is it unheard of for women to commit suicide in the nude — as Rebecca Zahau is alleged to have done? History, psychiatry, Marilyn Monroe and Cleopatra may tell us something about what could drive a woman to do it.

While an expert in Asian shame believes it’s possible Rebecca Zahau may have chosen to end her life after feeling a wave of tremendous guilt, others don’t believe the vibrant 32-year-old died by her own hand.

Days after Max Shacknai, 6, suffered a fall that eventually proved fatal, Rebecca Zahau was found dead at the Shacknais' mansion. Did grief cause her to commit suicide?

Can a particular bone answer the question of whether suicide or homicide was at play in the mysterious Rebecca Zahau case?

Rebecca Zahau’s case was officially ruled a suicide, but the strange way she was found dead has led her family to insist it must’ve been murder.