Messages on Rebecca Zahau's phone paint picture of troubled woman, investigators say
To sheriffs investigators, the messages found on Rebecca Zahaus cellphone after her bizarre hanging death at a Coronado mansion painted the picture of a troubled woman.
In the notes, Zahau described being disrespected by her boyfriends two older children and hated by his two ex-wives. She laments not having children of her own.
I find myself not being able to sleep for the first time in my entire life
now when I close my eyes my mind begins to race
thinking and brewing over many situations and trying to come up with a solution of some sort, one of the messages read.
if I am not thinking, I am crying.
Another message said, No amount of money is worth what Im going through.
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During her testimony in San Diego Superior Court, Det. Angela Tsuida, who led the sheriffs homicide team that investigated Zahaus death, said the messages were one of many pieces of evidence that led authorities to declare the death a suicide.
It gives us a picture of her mindset at the time
she wasnt happy, Tsuida said .
On Thursday, attorney C. Keith Greer, who represents the Zahau family, rejected the notion that the cellphone messages meant Zahau was suicidal.
He also questioned other observations that investigators included in their determination that she died by her own hand, including that Zahau had been molested as a child.
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