it s pretty hard to get rid of your dna. hard to get rid of dna. all right. adam shacknai admits that that morning he cut rebecca down, he loosened the ropes on her wrist to check her pulse. he gave her mouth to mouth resucitation, he gave cpr pumps to her chest and there s no dna? and how much dna and how many fingerprints are found on the knife, the rope, her body, how much? none. zero. zero. zero of adam s, that is. rebecca s dna and fingerprints were everywhere. according to greer, that means adam, who had no criminal history, knew exactly how to wipe down the scene, somehow removing his own fingerprints and dna, but leaving just rebecca s. of course, it could also mean that adam simply wasn t there when rebecca died, which is exactly what law enforcement came to believe. i m guessing that if you walk in court in any case, and opposing council said, there is
crow. when these pictures come out though, you can t refute them. he removed dina from the lawsuit along with her sister nina. and the zahau family attorney apologized to you, was that enough? he made a public apology. i would say that not as many people saw the public apology, as who saw continuous accusations against us. greer pushed forward anyway with just one defendant, adam shacknai. that says to me, this is some scattershot attempt and you are suing everybody that comes into your line of sight looking for a sympathetic jury. that s it. a lot of people looked at it that way. why shouldn t that shatter the credibility of the rest of your case? i think the reality of it is that we always had adam involved all through the process. in the lawsuit, greer outlined quite a detailed and unsubstantiated narrative. he argued rebecca was killed not to avenge max, but instead during a sexual assault.
i m not the only one who believes that adam murdered my sister. that s not quite what the jury said. finding someone liable in a civil case is not the same as finding them guilty of murder. what s more, the verdict in this case did not have to be unanimous, and it wasn t. nine jurors found adam responsible, three did not. the jury did award the zahau family $5 million. courtrooms are supposed to be a place where justice is dispensed, was this about justice? no, it wasn t. since this wasn t a criminal case, adam didn t go to jail, he returned home to tennessee and filed a motion for a new trial, which was denied in january 2019. then in february, adams insurance company and rebecca s family reached a settlement of $600, 000, and the case was dismissed.
of rebecca zahau. in particular, no dna or fingerprints from adam were found at the death scene. plaintiffs attorney keith greer called several experts who testified that the lack of physical evidence could show that adam had cleaned up after himself. there was nothing on the doorknobs whatsoever. as far as prince. and that s consistent with them being wiped down? yes. and a handwriting expert who looked at that message on the door. the writing on the door is more consistent with adams than rebecca s. greer also claims that rebecca had been sexually assaulted with a knife prior to her murder. his expert testified a steak knife found in her bedroom had her blood in the handle. greer said the sheriff s department had overlooked that evidence. they never considered that. they never analyzed that. to defense called a forensic technician who does testified she did find the blood on the knife and with it a simple
quite a plot twist. number one did adam shacknai touch rebecca before rebecca zahau s death with the intent to heart hurt? the answer is yes. did that touching cause the death of rebecca zahau the answer is yes. yes, meaning that the jury found adam shacknai responsible for rebecca zahau s death. i just broke down. i was just like ok, i m not crazy. i m not the only one who believes that adam murdered my sister. that s not quite what the jury said. finding someone liable in a civil case is not the same as finding them guilty of murder. what s more, the verdict in this case did not have to be unanimous, and it wasn t. nine jurors found adam responsible, three did not. the jury did award the zahau family $5 million. courtrooms are supposed to be a place where justice is dispensed, was this about justice? no, it wasn t.