Actually, Jonah says it was in early 2011 when they were dating, or maybe that's just when she told him? The video of Jonah's testimony on the shoplifting is at the link, part of the short news story.
That particular situation has been used over and over and over and over by extremely mean spirited posters here and elsewhere to demean and degrade Rebecca. To suggest that she somehow deserved what happened to her. So frustrating.
Certainly she wasn't perfect, but the sheer volume and tenacity of the hateful attackers, when the victim is long dead in her grave, has been nothing short of astounding. Mass murderers and serial killers have been treated more kindly and respectfully than some of those who have mercilessly attacked and demeaned this dead woman. That alone sends up so many red flags. Why does anyone have this level of hate, over so many years, toward a woman long dead, whose death was ruled officially a suicide? Not even an ounce of compassion, even if they believe she committed suicide?? Who can sustain that level of hate, trolling obsessively all over the internet, for so many years? It's frightening.
I stopped reading the discussion here years ago because I was astounded and disgusted by the level of hate, ridicule and vile comments about a grieving mother. Even now, after DS has been cleared and apologized to by the plaintiffs attorney, some posters try mightily to insert some hatred, seeing if it can pass the mods.
So it is not RZ alone that has been subjected to the behavior you describe.
The intense anger here...on both sides...has been palatable at times, to the detriment of a productive discussion.
Discussing the death of a child and a young vibrant woman is very emotional. Two lives cut short...many people who loved them left grieving and questioning. To many, Max’s “accident” never looked like an accident...to others calling Rebecca’s death,..a suicide...was an outrage. But it seemed on this Board, one had to pick a Team and have Team spirit.
It was really off-putting, just to read.
Since only Rebecca and her sister were in the house with Max, to question whether he really DID falll, would inflame the RZ supporters. “We are not discussing Max.” Why not? If we can discuss the probability of RZ being murdered, why not Max?
To get justice for one, required ignoring the other. To get justice for one grieving family, required vilifying the other. Why? There were TWO suspicious deaths. Wouldn’t it be ironic if there was some other explanation, missed because of Team Spirit on both sides?
When the argument is made, as it has been many times, that RZ was extremely religious and therefore would NEVER commit suicide, it is not “hateful” to discuss her affairs and theft. It’s just the truth of her life. Does that make her evil or a bad person? NO! It just refutes the contention that she was a person who allowed the tenets of religion to guide her life. Please just consider it like that.
I had a pretty negative opinion of JS until yesterday. I believe now that he loved his son dearly and loved Rebecca too. He had affairs but since RZ had affairs too, who’s to say whether that was an issue in their love affair. There has never been one scintilla of proof that he “paid off” the investigators. Look around, there is ineptitude and shoddy work in many places. That accusation may give comfort, but, no one can link one bit of evidence to support it.
I’m not sure RZ was murdered. I’m not sure Max fell by accident. I do believe, at this point, that AS is innocent.