New reports are out on the mysterious deaths of Rebecca Zahau and Max Shacknai at the home of his father, Medicis Pharmaceutical Medicis Pharmaceutical Latest from The Business Journals Zahau family disputes suicide conclusionShacknai attorney wants to quiet Zahau family lawyerJonah Shacknai asks for privacy after death findings Follow this company Corp. CEO Jonah Shacknai.
• RadarOnline.com reports that the Scottsdale CEO hired private investigator to look into the deaths of Zahau, 32, and Max Shacknai, 6. Zahau was Jonah Shacknai's girlfriend. She was found hanging naked and bound from second floor balcony at Shacknai's San Diego mansion.
San Diego police have ruled her death a suicide brought on after becoming distraught by severe and later fatal injuries suffered by Max after he fell at the same California residence.
• ABC News, meanwhile, interviewed a forensics expert who says Zahau's death may have been a ritualistic killing -- noting that she was naked, bound and there was evidence on the autopsy report of some wounds to the head as well as tape residue. Zahau's family disputes the suicide conclusion reached by the San Diego County Sheriff's Office.
The autopsy also shows a T-shirt used to hang Zahau had been in her mouth. The ABC story also references the cryptic note painted in black on a door near where Zahau was found hanging. It reads, "She Saved Him Can You Save Her."
• CNN'S Headline News and Radar Online were also reporting Wednesday afternoon that San Diego investigators are willing to reopen the case if they receive additional information or leads.
Shacknai lives in San Diego during the summer months and Paradise Valley the rest of the year. Medicis is based in Scottsdale.
