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Death on Ocean Boulevard : inside the Coronado Mansion case / Caitlin Rother.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780806540894
- ISBN: 0806540893
- Physical Description: 370 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
- Edition: First Citadel trade paperback.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp., [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021.
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| Summary, etc.: | Award-winning investigative journalist and bestselling author Caitlin Rother explores the mysterious death of 32-year-old Rebecca Zahau, who was found hanging from a second-story balcony of her multimillionaire boyfriend's San Diego mansion in 2011. She was naked and gagged, with her ankles tied and hands bound behind her. On the door to her bedroom, investigators found a hand-written message: "SHE SAVED HIM CAN YOU SAVE HER." The death was deemed a suicide, but Rother reveals there's more to the story... |
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| Subject: | Zahau, Rebecca. Murder > California > Coronado > Case studies. Murder > Investigation > California > Coronado > Case studies. |
| Genre: | Case studies. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Main | 364.1523 R743d (Text) | 31307024697395 | Non Fiction | Available | - |
| Seymour | 364.1523 R743d (Text) | 31307024697353 | Non Fiction | Available | - |
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Death on Ocean Boulevard : Inside the Coronado Mansion Case
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From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Dual tragedies took place in July 2011 at the Spreckels Mansion, one of the most historic locations in Coronado, California, a resort enclave on San Diego Bay. Over a two-day period, pharmaceutical industry titan Jonah Shacknai lost his six-year-old son, Max, in a tragic accident and his paramour, Rebecca Zahaus, in an apparent suicide. The two events appeared connected, but how and why? Was Max's death caused by negligence or a previously undiagnosed medical condition? Rebecca's death by hanging was so bizarrely staged, the absence of second-party involvement seemed improbable. As with any case in which wealth and notoriety are factors, the deaths aroused intense scrutiny and invited the involvement of a coterie of lawyers and media figures who challenged the official findings. While a civil case was adjudicated, criminal charges went unfiled and Rebecca's death remains a tantalizing mystery. Pulitzer Prize--nominated investigative journalist Rother's vast research catalogs the numerous, extensive, and conflicting inquiries into both deaths, focusing on an intriguing cast of characters with competing motivations.
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