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>> i know my sister wouldve fought. we used to tell each other that if someone ever tried to hurt us that we would do everything we can to leave something behind, so the other one can figure it out. i believe that she was murdered. >> this is a very bizarre death. >> it was baffling from the start. a young woman dead at her millionaire boyfriends mansion. >> 9-1-1 what are you reporting? >> i got a girl, hung herself. >> my heart started racing. >> you found her. >> i did. >> detective...

>> detectives ruled it a suicide, but was it? >> at the scene knives, rose, a cryptic phrase. >> her hands were tied, she was naked. >> this was sending a message. >> that wasnt the only suspicious death here. >> no mom wants to hear that her son was a victim of a homicide. something happened at the top of the stairs. >> what really went on in that mansion. hear from the man at the center in his first television interview. you thought you had nothing to hide? >> i knew i had nothing to...

>> the doctor -- thought that maxes injuries indicated that he had been assaulted before he fail. whats more she suspected whether the fall could happen as the sheriffs department described it. measurements showed the railing was 32 inches high, six-year-old max was only 45 inches tall. >> his center of gravity was too low. even on a razor scooter, his center of gravity is too low to go over that banister. >> it all pointed to a chilling alternate scenario. according to the doctor, someone assau...

Respected forensic pathologist who reviewed the autopsy report and photos and who also disagreed with the official conclusion. >> max had too many injuries to be explained with a simple accidental fall. >> the doctor thought that maxs injuries indicated that he had been assaulted before he fail. whats more she suspected whether the fall could happen as the sheriffs department described it. measurements showed the railing was 32 inches high, six-year-old max was only 45 inches tall. >> his center...

He had been assaulted before he fail. whats more she suspected whether the fall could happen as the sheriffs department described it. measurements showed the railing was 32 inches high, six-year-old max was only 45 inches tall. >> his center of gravity was too low. even on a razor scooter, his center of gravity is too low to go over the banister. >> it all pointed to a chilling alternate scenario. according to the doctor, someone assaulted max, and then he somehow went over the bannister, in oth...

Was 32 inches high. 6-year-old max was only 45 inches tall. >> his center of gravity was too low. even on the razor scooter, his center of gravitys too low to go over that bannister. >> reporter: it all pointed to a chilling, alternate scenario. according to dr. melinek, someone assaulted max, and then he somehow went over the bannister. in other words, this was a homicide. >> i would much rather have them say, "you know what? this was an accident. and heres why." no mom wants to hear that her s...