Rebecca Zahau's Family Drops Suit Against Sheriff in Wake of Coronado Mansion Death

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Rebecca Zahau,San Diego Sheriff’S Department

Zahau's brother-in-law, Adam Shacknai, was found responsible for her death in a civil suit settled out of court in 2018

Zahau's brother-in-law, Adam Shacknai, was found responsible for her death in a civil suit settled out of court in 2018The family of Rebecca Zahau, whose body was found hanging outside a Coronado mansion in 2011, has dropped its suit against former San Diego Sheriff Bill Gore.

The suit called for Gore to give Zahau's family and attorneys access to all case records regarding the investigation, arguing that, while the department had released many records, it only disclosed those that support the belief that Zahau's death was a suicide.Zahau's death was ruled a suicide in two separate sheriffs’ investigations, but a civil suit in 2018 found her boyfriend’s brother, Adam Shacknai, responsible for her death, with a settlement reached out of court.

Local leaders call for tougher border, beach security after migrants seen jumping out of boat in Carlsbad Greer said the Zahau family would next pivot to efforts to get the San Diego County Medical Department to change its findings on Zahau's cause of death to homicide or undetermined. Should they succeed in those efforts, the family would them attempt to the get the criminal case reopened, in the hopes that prosecutors would then target Adam Shacknai.

Rebecca Zahau's family is offering a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Adam Shacknai. NBC 7's Bridget Naso has more.

 

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