REBECCA ZAHAU FROM BURMA FOUND HANGING IN AN OCEAN FRONT HOUSE
Kyaemon
INSPIRED BY AN EMAIL.
Rebecca Zahau aka Rebecca Nalepa from Burma was found hanging nude in an ocean front mansion in Coronado, California. She was said to be a Chin ethnic.
News below:
Burma Expatriates inter marry or mingle with Caucasians and others. Some do well. Some do not.
This one seems to be a sad one. We have to learn from other people’s experiences.
Spreckels Mansion Case: Rebecca Zahau Buried As Police Search For Answers At Jonah Shacknai’s Home
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/25/rebecca-zahau-buried-jonah-shacknai_n_908773.html#s314360
Woman’s hanging investigated in Coronado, Calif.
By William M. Welch, USA TODAY
Updated 7/27/2011 1:55 PM
LOS ANGELES — Rebecca Zahau, the Burmese woman whose body was found hanging nude at a historic oceanfront mansion, has been laid to rest by her family and millionaire boyfriend as the mystery over her death remains unresolved.
Investigators with the San Diego Sheriff’s Department, who are probing the suspicious death in Coronado this month, await toxicology results from Zahau’s autopsy. Sgt. Roy Frank of the department’s homicide unit said, “We’re still weeks out” from concluding whether Zahau committed suicide or was murdered.
He said they are also looking into any connection to the death of her boyfriend’s 6-year-old son after an accident in the same home two days earlier.
“I’ve really got an open mind,” Frank said of Zahau’s death. “It’s either going to be suicide or homicide.”
Zahau’s sister, Mary Zahau-Loehner, 33, said Monday she doesn’t believe her sister killed herself.
“I still believe my sister didn’t take her life,” Zahau-Loehner said in an interview.
She issued a written statement on behalf of the Zahau family saying, “Rebecca valued her life and lived her life to its fullest. Rebecca loved God, her family and life.”
Zahau-Loenher said she and other members of her family are grief-stricken and don’t know what to think about how Zahau died.
Zahau, 32, who came to the USA a little over a decade ago, was buried Saturday by her family in Saint Joseph, Mo., where her parents and other family members live.
Jonah Shacknai, 54, founder and CEO of Medicis Pharmaceutical, the Scottsdale, Ariz., maker of the wrinkle-filling, injectible gel Restylane and other cosmetic drugs, attended the graveside service for his late girlfriend and was welcomed by her family, Zahau-Loehner said.
Zahau and Shacknai lived in Arizona and spent part of the year in the 12-bedroom Coronado mansion, originally built in 1908. He paid $12.75 million for the home four years ago.
Frank said police responding to a call early July 13 found Zahau’s body on the ground in a courtyard of the mansion. He said Shacknai’s brother Adam, 47, reported he found her hanging by a noose from a balcony and cut her down in an attempt to revive her. Her feet were bound and her hands were bound behind her back, Frank said.
The death came two days after Shacknai’s 6-year-old son, Max, suffered a fall on the main staircase of the mansion while he was in the home with Zahau. Max was declared dead July 17 and his organs donated to three other children.
Frank said investigators are probing “victimology,” or the actions and state of mind of Zahau before her death, and whether her death may have been related to the child’s fall.
“Any time there’s a death such as this we’re always going to look at victimology,” Frank said. “What was going on in her life? … Max’s incident is something we would look into as well.
“To say it’s associated … that’s still up to the investigation,” Frank said
Rebecca’s relatives are soliciting for donations in her memory to help orphans back in Burma. I have read that her relatives are burying her in Burma.
Zahau’s family has set up a charity fund in her memory for the benefit of orphans in her native country, at www.burma-orphans.com.
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http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2011/07/jonah-shacknai-statement-dead-son-max-shacknai
Rebecca Nalepa’s Sister Claims There Was ‘No Way’ She Would Commit Suicide | Radar Online
Adam Shacknai, the younger brother of pharmaceuticals tycoon Jonah Shacknai, flew to be by his brother’s side following a terrible accident that led to the death of Jonah’s 6-year-old son, Max.
Adam had hoped to provide comfort for his distraught brother, RadarOnline.com has learned, but instead he discovered yet more tragedy, when just days later, he discovered the dead body of Jonah’s girlfriend, Rebecca Zahau, 32, at Jonah’s mansion in Coronado, California, a wealthy suburb of San Diego.
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As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Rebecca was found naked, hanging from an outdoor balcony with her feet and ankles bound. Police have called the circumstances of her death “very suspicious,” but so far have not ruled if it was suicide or homicide.
Media reports circulated that Adam had been living at his brother’s posh estate, but RadarOnline.com has learned that he actually had arrived just days before Rebecca’s death.
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“Adam arrived after Max’s accident,” a source close to the situation tells us. “Adam was there to provide comfort to his brother, Jonah. Adam came as soon as he could to be with his brother.
“Max was hospitalized on July 11, and taken off life support on July 17.”
Rebecca had been watching Jonah’s son on the day the little boy fell down a flight of stairs and sustained fatal brain damage, and the only other person in the house at that time was Rebecca’s thirteen year old sister.
Just two days after Max’s horrific fall, Rebecca’s lifeless body was discovered by Adam at around 6:30 am.
Adam called 911, but when medics arrived, there was no sign of life, and Rebecca was pronounced dead on the scene.
Sources close to the investigation tell RadarOnline.com that Jonah was at his son’s hospital bedside when Rebecca’s body was discovered.
Rebecca’s time of death hasn’t been established yet.
Reports have also circulated that there was a party at the Shacknai compound the day after Max’s accident, but our sources emphatically deny that.
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“There was absolutely no party whatsoever, period. A neighbor might have heard loud music, but that was the extent of it. No party,” the insider reveals.
Meanwhile, Jonah has been interviewed “extensively and exhaustively by law enforcement, about Max’s death, and Rebecca’s. Jonah has been extremely cooperative with authorities,” the source says. Adam was also interviewed by cops about Rebecca’s death.
Coronado Mansion Mystery: 15 Detectives, Zahau’s Personal Trainer, Boyfriend’s Ex-Wife – ABC News
From a wise comment. It seems to be not our nature, at least from an oriental point of view, to commit suicide hanging NAKED, with hands and legs tied behind our backs, and to do that in front of a mansion. What do you think? Let us hear from you.
Personally, I think she didn’t commit suicide. Someone or some persons killed her. Out of spite, they hung her nude body to shame her, even in death. That’s sounded like a revenge killing or to punish the victim, for everybody to see.
22 comments
kai
August 4, 2011 at 4:04 pm
တော်တော်ဆိုးတာပဲနော…။
ရက်ရက်စက်စက် သတ်သွားတယ်လို့ထင်မိတယ်..။ စုံစမ်းကြည့်ပါဦးမယ်..။
သတင်းအတွက်..ကျေးဇူး…။
mzm
August 4, 2011 at 5:31 pm
မြန်မာလိုရေးစေချင်ပါတယ်ခင်ဗျား အင်္ဂလိပ်လိုမဖတ်တတ်လို့ပါ
kai
August 5, 2011 at 12:24 am
ယူအက်စ်မှာနေတဲ့.. အဲဒီ မြန်မာအမျိုးသမီး(ကြည့်ရတာတိုင်းရင်းသားနဲ့တူတယ်) ကို.. ဝတ်လစ်စလစ်ပုံစံကြီးနဲ့..လက်ရော၊ခြေရော ကြိုးနဲ့တုတ်. တွဲလောင်းဆွဲ..ကိုယ့်ကိုယ်သတ်သေ..(ဒါမှမဟုတ်.).သတ်ထားပုံရတယ်တဲ့..။
စိတ်ဝင်စားရင်… ကျန်တာတွေ… ကိုယ့်ဖာကိုယ်ကြိုးစားဘာသာပြန်ဖတ်ပေတော့…။
သူ့အမှတ်တရအဖြစ်… အောက်ကဝက်ဘ်ဆိုက်လင့်ခ်ထောင်ပြီး မြန်မာမိဘမဲ့ကလေးတွေအတွက်.. အလှူလက်ခံတာလုပ်ထားတယ်..။
အင်မတန်အတုယူစရာတခုပေါ့..
http://www.burma-orphans.com/
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BTW, ဘိုင်သဝေး..
Kyaemonက ချောက်တွန်းနေပါတယ်ဗျို့…။ 🙂
Foreign Resident
August 5, 2011 at 3:24 am
Dear Kai,
This time I have to argue with you 🙂
I think, she will not suicide herself by this way.
“ဝတ်လစ်စလစ်..လက်ရော၊ခြေရော ကြိုးနဲ့တုတ်… တွဲလောင်းဆွဲ..ကိုယ့်ကိုယ်သတ်သေ”
It’s definitely homicide
By the way, It’s really interesting &
Don’t you have any crime scene photos ??? 🙂
myatthwin62
September 21, 2011 at 11:48 am
Like they say, ‘when in Rome do as the Romans do’; in other words, why not learn to read some English. Typing in Burmese is not easy unless one is really dedicated to learn.
Kyaemon
August 5, 2011 at 12:00 am
Thanks, Thugyi.
Mzm,
Thugyi ka htat songsan pyi, yea bar laint mare.
Kyaemon
August 5, 2011 at 6:58 am
There are 4 videos behind this link. In between videos, there is an interval for advertising. That is, wait a little for the next video.
(“Foreign Resident” might also be interested. Many crime scene pictures inside)
http://abcnews.go.com/US/mysterious-rebecca-zahau-mansion-death-devastates-family/story?id=14080327
The family of Rebecca Zahau, who was found dead Wednesday at a historic mansion in Coronado, Calif., are shocked and devastated at her mysterious and unexpected death.
Authorities discovered Zahau’s body on Wednesday after a houseguest, Adam Shacknai, told police he found her completely naked with a rope around her neck hanging from a balcony off the main house.
Zahau’s sister Mary Zahau-Loehner, 33, told ABC News she spoke with her sister around midnight Tuesday, and everything seemed to be OK.
“She was normal, fine, just getting ready to go to bed,” said Zahau-Loehner, who lives in Saint Joseph, Mo……
Foreign Resident
August 5, 2011 at 9:43 am
Thanks Kyae Mon,
I saw the VDO.
But, I saw her remaining body just a very short moment &
moreover, her naked body was intentionally blurred. 🙁
Too bad, I cannot see a clear photos. 🙁
Kyaemon
August 5, 2011 at 7:02 am
Zahau’s sister speaks out about her family’s tragic loss
http://www.cbs8.com/story/15145788/sister?clienttype=printable
CORONADO, Calif. (CBS 8) — The sister of the woman found dead in a Coronado mansion is speaking out for the first time to News 8 about the tragic death.
“We are still trying to accept the fact that she is gone and has been taken away from us,” said Mary Zahau-Loehner in a phone interview Monday from her home in Missouri…..
“She was full of energy, loved her life, loved God and loved her family,” Zahau-Loehner said. “I think I want everybody to know that she lived her life to the fullest.”
The Stranger by the Day Case of the Mansion Deaths in California of 6 year old Max, and the girlfriend of his dad Rebecca Zahau: Suicide or Murder?
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http://nosufferingfools.lefora.com/2011/07/21/rebecca-zahau-ca-murder-or-suicide-really-is-there/
617 views!
Wow!
Kyaemon
August 5, 2011 at 7:05 am
Millionaire attends memorial service for lover who was found naked, bound and hanging from his balcony
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2018920/Millionaire-Jonah-Shacknai-attends-lover-Rebecca-Nalepa-Zahaus-memorial-service.html
Comments inside:
I want to know what time the party was held? Their houses are so close together, I wonder they played the music to covered her scream from the killer!!!She was talking to her sister till 12 am to 1am.
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For goodness sake get your facts right – ‘she died consumed by grief over Max’s death’.
Really? Very clever, since the child died AFTER her.
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Myfoxphonenix news
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/national/family-of-arizona-millionaires-dead-girlfriend-rejects-suicide-theory-ncx-07212011
Comments inside:
Everyone is overlooking the fact that there were 2 children in Shacknai’s house at the time. It’s highly conceivable that the other child shoved his son down the stairs. Kids fight, period. But Shaknai’s ex probably jumped to the conclusion that Rebecca did it. In an act of revenge, she had Rebecca killed. She deliberately posed her naked to humiliate Rebecca even in death. I have often blamed people or suspected people of stealing or other acts, only to find out that I was mistaken. It would be such an injustice to Rebecca if this was indeed the case. Shaknai’s ex ACTED IMPULSIVELY, without waiting for the results of the investigation.
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If you were going to commit suicide would you be naked? That was done to humiliate the person being killed.
Kyaemon
August 5, 2011 at 7:10 am
CRIME SCENE USA
REBECCA NALEPA’S SISTER: ‘IT WASN’T SUICIDE’
http://crimesceneusa.blogspot.com/2011/07/rebecca-nalepas-sister-it-wasnt-suicide.html
THE SISTER of a woman found hanging at a millionaire’s mansion with her arms and legs bound refuses to believe that she committed suicide.
Mary Zahau-Loehner said she spoke to her sister Rebecca Zahau, also known as Rebecca Nalepa, the day before her death and she had given no impression that she intended to take her own life.
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Max Shacknai and Rebecca Zahau Spreckels Mansion Deaths
http://www.onenewspage.com/news/World/20110721/24204764/Max-Shacknai-and-Rebecca-Zahau-Spreckels-Mansion-Deaths.htm
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Circumstances Surrounding the Death of Shacknai’s Girlfriend Remain Murky
http://tv.ibtimes.com/circumstances-surrounding-the-death-of-shacknai-s-girlfriend-remain-murky/1310.html
Circumstances Surrounding the Death of Shacknai’s Girlfriend Remain Murky. Reports have emerged that Jonah Shacknai will likely step down from his role as Medicis CEO, at least temporarily in the short term, as he mourns the excruciating loss of his son and grapples with the mysterious death of his girlfriend of two years.
Kyaemon
August 5, 2011 at 7:16 am
Police Seek Hospital Surveillance Video in Jonah Shacknai Mansion Deaths Mystery: Are They Questioning His Story?
http://m.ibtimes.com/jonah-shacknai-rebecca-nalepa-rebecca-zahau-dina-romani-spreckels-mansion-coronodo-medicis-185915.html
San Diego police are pursuing surveillance footage from the hospital where Jonah Shacknai kept vigil while his 6-year old son, Max, fought for his life.
On July 11, Max Shacknai, son of the millionaire Medicis Pharmaceuticals CEO, sustained fatal injuries after falling down the stairs in Jonah Shacknai’s Coronado mansion, known as Spreckles Mansion – the same home where his father’s 32-year old girlfriend Rebecca Nalepa Zahau was found dead the following Wednesday, hanging from a rope dangling over a courtyard.
Max was in Rebecca’s care when he was injured, and died six days later as a result of the accident.
Zahau’s body was found by Jonah’s brother Adam Shacknai, who came to Coronado to support his brother after Max’s injury. Jonah was reportedly at his son’s bedside along with Max’s mother (and Shacknai’s ex-wife) Dina Romano when Rebecca’s body was found, and it is uncertain whether he was at the mansion between the time of Max’s injuries and Zahou’s death two days later.
“The San Diego Sheriff’s Department will be obtaining a search warrant to review the footage,” a law enforcement source told Radar Online. “Investigators want to confirm details of what Jonah, Adam, and Dina [Jonah’s second wife, and Max’s mother], have revealed to them. Jonah maintains that he was at the hospital when Rebecca’s body was found. This is a very fluid investigation.”
Jonah Shacknai has not yet commented publicly on the death of his girlfriend, and made a joint statement with his ex-wife after their son passed away……
zoe
August 5, 2011 at 10:43 am
I think it’s a homicide and not suicide.. How do a person hang oneself from a balcony with feet and hands bound backwards, and naked . It might take a lot of trouble to do this before you are going to take your life .May be the police just gave this information to psychologically calm the mind of the suspect . Shacknai himself , his brother and his ex-wife must be under survellience, I think. Or may be some other person. Hope justice will be done to Rebecca. RIP
So much drama in this crime and pls keep posting.. Thanks
Kyaemon
August 5, 2011 at 1:36 pm
Lalate News website
Looks like blurred pictures of crime scene
Pic # 2
http://televisioninternet.com/news/pictures/nalpea2.html
Pic #8
http://televisioninternet.com/news/pictures/nalpea8.html
Pic # 9
http://televisioninternet.com/news/pictures/nalpea9.html
Click on video, located after the picture # 12, in link below:
http://news.lalate.com/2011/07/14/rebecca-nalepa-photo-released-rebecca-zahau-dead-in-spreckels-mansion-of-jonah-shacknai/
The video has a brief picture of the crime scene also.
Kyaemon
August 5, 2011 at 2:13 pm
Questions remain after deaths of Coronado mansion owner’s son, girlfriend
http://www.cbs8.com/story/15075598/questions-remain-after-deaths-of-coronado-mansion-owners-son-girlfriend?redirected=true
Click on News video
(With a blurred crime scene)
Kyaemon
August 6, 2011 at 1:45 pm
Rebecca Zahau Death:
http://deathby1000papercuts.com/2011/07/rebecca-zahau-death-authorities-seal-records-push-suicide-meme/
‘Right now I’m not going to go into details other than it appears to be some kind of violent death, by that I mean I’m not going to compromise the integrity of the investigation than giving you more than that now.’
-Capt. Tim Curan, San Diego Sheriff’s Department, July 13, 2011
BELOW THE VIDEO, THERE IS A PICTURE OF THE CRIME SCENE. IN IT, THE BODY WAS LYING ON THE LAWN AND WAS NOT BLURRED. SEE IT JUST BELOW THE RED ARROW.
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Breaking San Diego News on Coronado Murder-Suicide Investig
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyBBq5JWzl4&feature=related
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Team of detectives now focusing on mansion murder mystery
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8JDr5YmmMg&feature=related
Toxicology test results may help the team of detectives now focused on the San Diego mansion murder mystery.
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Mansion murder mystery investigation uncovers more twists
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR7IiG6Ibn0&feature=relmfu
Valley millionaire and his 2nd ex-wife have a history of domestic violence.
Kyaemon
August 6, 2011 at 1:51 pm
msnbc video Mystery surrounds bizarre death at mansion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtLoIuacOzs&feature=related
A Death in Coronado Spreckels Mansion: San Diego Sheriff Homicide Capt. Tim Curran
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_6531dqnAs&feature=related
New details emerging in San Diego mansion death
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4IOuN0pqCA&feature=related
Mystery Death at Scottsdale CEO’s San Diego home
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM6MR-HWg48&feature=relmfu
Body Found At Medicis CEO’s Home [NBC 7-14-2011]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kYoSuacOi4&feature=related
Kyaemon
August 6, 2011 at 3:57 pm
DEATH AT SPRECKLES MANSION Medium
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUkxn15oqpk&feature=related
Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. (MRX) 4Q and Year-End 2010 Results – CRWENewswire Stock Highlight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-LJ-Nx19ug&feature=related
Kyaemon
August 6, 2011 at 9:42 pm
Police Investigate Death at Spreckels Mansion in Coronado
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLxP6cOUNBQ&feature=related
Local San Diego news crews packed Ocean Blvd. to cover the breaking news of a suspicious death at 1043 Ocean Blvd. For more details,
Medicis Pharmaceutical Looks to Continue to Trade Above its Annual-High Share Price Today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-SMIerIKFs&feature=related
hmee
August 6, 2011 at 9:49 pm
A B C ကို ဘောင်ခတ်ထားတာပဲ သိပါတယ်ဆိုမှ။ ဖတ်ချင်လိုက်တာနော် ဘယ်တူ့ ဘာသာပြန်ခိုင်းရပါ့။
myatthwin62
September 21, 2011 at 11:59 am
Latest news on the Chin girl ‘suicide’ …
(Personally, as someone who hails from Burma, even a Caucasian’s girlfriend (yike!) and who divorced his Chin husband for the rich boyfriend with history of two failed marriages (violence included) I still don’t see how a Burmese girl could strip herself naked before committing suicide. No way!
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2039861/Millionaire-Jonah-Shacknai-cites-vicious-speculation-innuendo-asks-deaths-son-girlfriend-examined.html
Millionaire Jonah Shacknai cites ‘vicious speculation and innuendo’ as he asks deaths of his son and girlfriend be re-examined
Rebecca Zahau, 32, died at Jonah Shacknai’s California mansion in July
Death came two days after his son was gravely injured in her care
Mr Shacknai hopes review will give ‘confidence’ to closed suicide case
Doubts persist as her family pushes to re-open case
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2039861/Millionaire-Jonah-Shacknai-cites-vicious-speculation-innuendo-asks-deaths-son-girlfriend-examined.html#ixzz1YYp2Huir
myatthwin62
September 21, 2011 at 12:08 pm
Please contribute to Rebecca Zahau’s fund as Burmese compatriots and concerned citizens. Thanks.
http://rebeccazahaufund.com/