The suicide consideration sounds ludicrous. How in the world could a person tie up their hands behind their back, as stated by the local news. I feel for the little boy who is fighting for his life after his accident, and also feel that the two events are tied together. Just tragic.
This is talk of the town here in San Diego. No way does this city think this woman comitted suicide. We think the brother was involved.
I don't think it's been released, but it's pretty much been confirmed that the little boy was "planking" when he fell. The latest fad here. A friend of my son's was found planking on the roof of a house!
Planking is described as the practice of lying down flat with arms to the side, to mimic a wooden plank.
Max Shacknai, 6, is now DEAD!!!!
I find it eery that the girlfriend supposedly comitted suicide after the fact.
Lots of speculation, but the brother is being looked at closely. 1. Did he push the little boy? Did he kill the girlfriend?
Shacknai’s brother Adam, who was staying in the guesthouse and the only other person home at the time, found Zahau and cut her down before police arrived.
Is there jealousy between the brothers?
Had Max survived, we may know the answers. But with 2 dead bodies, it's going to be difficult.
What bothers me is Coronado is a small suburb of San Diego - mostly military and affluent homeowners and travellers. They don't even have a homicide squad. So the early days of investigation may have caused evidence to be destroyed or tampered with. There's only been 2 murders there in 10 years.
I've heard different versions of the hands and legs
-- the latest being Zahau's hands were bound behind her back and her feet were bound, but her hands and feet did not appear ever to have been bound together, police said. Though Adam Shacknai said she was hanging from a rope, investigators did not disclose what kind of material bound her hands and feet.
That is just plain odd! Also if you're going to commit suicide, do you take all your clothes off first?
But I tell ya, all eyes are focused on the brother right now. Even if little Max fell down the stairs, was pushed, or if this was a planking stunt gone horribly wrong.
MOO
Mel