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Death on Ocean Boulevard: Inside the Coronado Mansion Case

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Availability:In StockContributor:Caitlin RotherPublish date:2021-04-27Pages:368
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Citadel PressISBN-13:9780806540894ISBN-10:806540893UPC:9780806540894Book Category:True Crime, Biography & Autobiography, Family & RelationshipsBook Subcategory:Murder, Women, Dysfunctional FamiliesSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 1.30 inchesWeight:0.98Product ID:SC9WNXFAF5
"[This] is one of the great crime mysteries of modern times. It took an author of Caitlin Rother's caliber to bring it into sharp focus. A riveting read." --Gregg Olsen, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"I got a girl, hung herself in the guest house."

The call came on the morning of July 13, 2011, from the historic Spreckels Mansion, a lavish beachfront property in Coronado, California, owned by pharmaceutical tycoon and multimillionaire Jonah Shacknai. When authorities arrived, they found the naked body of Jonah's girlfriend, Rebecca Zahau, gagged, her ankles tied and her wrists bound behind her. Jonah's brother, Adam, claimed to have found Rebecca hanging by a rope from the second-floor balcony. On a bedroom door in black paint were the cryptic words:

SHE SAVED HIM CAN YOU SAVE HER.

Was this scrawled message a suicide note or a killer's taunt? Rebecca's death came two days after Jonah's six-year-old son, Max, took a devastating fall while in Rebecca's care. Authorities deemed Rebecca's death a suicide resulting from her guilt. But who would stage either a suicide ora murder in such a bizarre, elaborate way?

Award-winning investigative journalist Caitlin Rother weaves stunning new details into a personal yet objective examination of the sensational case. She explores its many layers--including the civil suit in which a jury found Adam Shacknai responsible for Rebecca's death, and the San Diego County Sheriff's Department bombshell decision to reconfirm its original findings. As compelling as it is troubling, this controversial real-life mystery is a classic American tragedy that evokes the same haunting fascination as the JonBenet Ramsey and O.J. Simpson cases.

"Rother's meticulous journalism shines through in this authoritative account of the Rebecca Zahau death incident. If you think you know this case, think again. And read this book." --Katherine Ramsland, professor of forensic psychology and author of The Psychology of Death Investigations

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Citadel PressISBN-13:9780806540894ISBN-10:806540893UPC:9780806540894Book Category:True Crime, Biography & Autobiography, Family & RelationshipsBook Subcategory:Murder, Women, Dysfunctional FamiliesSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 1.30 inchesWeight:0.98Product ID:SC9WNXFAF5
Caitlin Rother is a New York Times bestselling true crime author and Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist. She worked for nearly two decades as an investigative reporter and has had work published in Cosmopolitan, The Los Angeles Times, The San Diego Union-Tribune, The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe, among others. As a TV crime commentator, she has done more than 200 media appearances on episodes of 20/20, People Magazine Investigates, Crime Watch Daily, Australia's World News, Nancy Grace, Snapped, and numerous shows on Netflix, Investigation Discovery, HLN, REELZ, Oxygen, E!, A&E, C-SPAN and various PBS affiliates. Rother also works as a writing/research coach and consultant, and plays piano and sings in an acoustic band. She lives in Southern California and can be found online at CaitlinRother.com.
Publisher: Citadel Press

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