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sheriff's department took a fresh look at rebecca's death. eight months later, that review also concluded that rebecca died by suicide. dina shacknai would like to see authorities reinvestigate her son's case. do you think they will reinvestigate max's death? >> i think it's the right thing to do. do i think it will happen? i really don't know. >> how does a mother ever truly accept the tragic loss of her child? the ripples keep on spreading to this day. in a place where nothing bad was supposed to happen. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i'm craig melvin, and natalie -- and this is dateline! look >> i don't even think i asked him what happened.

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right today? >> max. my son. my love for him was so great. we were a perfect fit. we were lucky. i still feel lucky. >> even though he's gone? >> yeah. >> in the years following max's death, dina continued to investigate, and hired a woman named tara schneider. you are convinced that max died not as a result of the accident but a murder? >> yes, a homicide. >> tara has no law enforcement background. she calls herself an intelligence analyst. she and dina have floated several theories over the years. the current theory, whoever killed max, it was not rebecca zahau. these days their suspission is focued on information from a neighbour that has never been verified. a story of all wild party at the mansion the night before max's fall. >> he has not been interviewed by the police and has not come forward. >> but what connection it might have to max's death, you have no idea?

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he like the other doctor believed someone killed rebecca and then placed her body at the end of the rope. he began to develop a theory as to who. >> the writing on the door is a key to the case. >> remember the message painted on the door? sheriffs investigators declined to reveal what it said, greer eventually found out. the message scrawled in black acrylic paint read, she saved him, can you save her. greer believes the message was not written by rebecca, it was written about her. she didn't save max? >> she did save max. at the time you have to look at it in context. >> remember rebecca said she did cpr on max after he fell. so at the time those words were written, max was still alive? >> max was alive. >> and maybe because of her effort? >> it wasn't maybe because of her effort, it was exactly because of her effort, and that's why it is the key to the case. because i know, whoever

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going out? >> apparently, yes. >> you are making an expression that makes me think that you thought that was not a particularly good idea? >> i never approved of the relationship, if that's what you're asking me. >> because? >> first of all, he's almost twice her age. >> her free spirited sister fell for jonah anyway. they seemed happy, they seem and love? >> i think my sister loved him in her way. to her she was some what in awe of him to some extent. >> mary says that while rebecca and max were close, rebecca gave the impression she didn't get along well with maxes mom. and when max had his fall, mary said, rebecca worried how dina would react. >> she was upset about it and she said, jeanne is going to kill me. >> she said dina is gonna kill me? >> that's correct. >> rebecca seemed upset, stressed, you get any sense that she blamed himself for what had happened? >> she seemed stressed, but not

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resuscitate a boy. >> i'm sorry she -- >> he can't breathe. >> police and paramedics arrived within minutes, jonah called dina from the hospital. >> when he tells me, thank god that she was able to give him cpr, i think to myself thank you, thank god. >> he's gonna be okay? >> he's gonna be okay. >> max was unconscious. dina and jonah took up a vigil at the hospital. jonah's brother adam flew in from his home in tennessee. you came out to support jonah? >> correct. >> how well did you know max? >> i knew max well. he was a really wonderful kid. >> at max's bedside, jonah asked one of the doctors for his prognosis. >> the doctor said i don't know. i don't know, i'm not sure if he's gonna walk or talk. >> that sounds like the worst news that you could get? >> but it was not real. i would've bet my life on it that max was going to be okay. >> there was more bad news on the way. >> 9-1-1 emergency.

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>> max said he had feelings for her, he liked her. at that time i had no concerns because i trusted that jonah, based on our history, max would be safe there. >> and safe in coronado, where nothing bad is supposed to happen. >> tell the operator what is going on. >> hello -- >> july 11th, 2011, max was staying with his dad and rebecca. dina was in conorado, too, at a home down the street that is when jonah called her. >> he said dino you have to get here right away. >> as rebecca explained it to police jonah had been at the gym, six-year-old max was home with her. rebecca said she heard a crash and found max on the floor near the staircase, the mansion's heavy chandelier had fallen to the floor next to him. rebecca said max wasn't breathing, she started cpr. rebecca's 13-year-old sister xena, who was visiting, called 9-1-1. >> my sister is trying to

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sheriff's department took a fresh look at rebecca's death. eight months later, that review also concluded that rebecca died by suicide. dina shacknai would like to see authorities reinvestigate her son's case. do you think they will reinvestigate max's death? >> i think it's the right thing to do. do i think it will happen? i really don't know. >> how does a mother ever truly accept the tragic loss of her child? the ripples keep on spreading to this day. in a place where nothing bad was supposed to happen. >> that's all for this edition of dateline, i'm natalie morales. thank you for watching. >> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". >> to hear that news and

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going on. >> hello -- >> july 11th, 2011, max was staying with his dad and rebecca. dina ws in conorado, too, at a home down the street that is when jonah called her. >> he said dino you have to get here right away. >> as rebecca explained it to police jonah had been at the gym, six-year-old max was home with her. rebecca said she heard a crash and found max on the floor near the staircase, the mansion's heavy chandelier had fallen to the floor next to him. rebecca said max wasn't breathing, she started cpr. rebecca's 13-year-old sister xena, who was visiting, called 9-1-1. >> my sister is trying to resuscitate a boy. >> i'm sorry she -- >> he can't breathe. >> police and paramedics arrived within minutes, jonah called dina from the hospital. >> when he tells me, thank god that she was able to give him cpr, i think to myself thank you, thank god. >> he's gonna be okay? >> he's gonna be okay. >> max was unconscious. dina and jonah took up a vigil at the hospital. jonah's brother adam flew in from his home in tennessee. you came out to support jonah?

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not written by rebecca, it was written about her. she didn't save max? >> she did save max. at the time you have to look at it in context. >> remember rebecca said she did cpr on max after he fell. so at the time those words were written, max was still alive? >> max was alive. >> and maybe because of her effort? >> it wasn't maybe because of her effort, it was exactly because of her effort, and that's why it is the key to the case. because i know, whoever committed the murder, knew that rebecca had saved max. >> it was, he said, a small circle. mostly family. >> i had an eyewitness who put dina shacknai at the scene of the murder that evening. >> dina, the grief stricken mom. could she have blamed rebecca and then sought revenge? remember, mary recalled her sister saying, dina is going to kill me.

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but a murder? >> yes, a homicide. >> tara has no law enforcement background. she calls herself an intelligence analyst. she and dina have floated several theories over the years. the current theory, whoever killed max, it was not rebecca zahau. these days their suspission is focued on information from a neighbour that has never been verified. a story of all wild party at the mansion the night before max's fall. >> he has not been interviewed by the police and has not come forward. >> but what connection it might have to max's death, you have no idea? >> i don't. but i think it should be explored. >> she said police never spoke with a neighbor but we did and he doesn't remember anything about a party. and max's dad, jonah shacknai, who was in the house said that there was no party. jonah says that he never doubted the official investigation, but wanted to rebut the theory offered by

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