Death at Shacknai's house....where was he??

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Max is dead

Arizona CEO Shacknai's son has died, family confirms
by Robert Anglen and Ken Alltucker - Jul. 17, 2011 05:58 PM
The Arizona Republic


Jonah Shacknai, founder and CEO of Scottsdale-based Medicis Pharmaceuticals Corp., on Sunday announced that his 6-year-old son, Max, has died of injuries he sustained in a fall inside the family home last week.

"With great sadness, Dina (Shacknai's ex-wife and the boy's mother) and I convey the tragic passing of our beloved son, Max," said Shacknai, in a statement released to the media.

"Despite heroic efforts on the part of paramedics and hospital staff, he was unable to recover from the injuries suffered early last week."

Television stations in San Diego and Phoenix began reporting Friday night that Max Shacknai, known as Maxie to his family, had died of brain injuries. Other television stations reported that the boy was brain dead and on life support.

The family released its public statement late Sunday afternoon.

"His loving, kind and vibrant spirit will forever be in our hearts and those whom he touched every day. The loss to our families, Max's many friends of all ages and teammates, and the community is immeasurable," said Shacknai.

The family asked for privacy to grieve their loss.

Shacknai said contributions his son should be made to the Whispering Hope Ranch Foundation, 9045 E. Pima Center Parkway, Scottsdale, or via website at www.whisperinghoperanch.org.

On Wednesday, two days after the boy was hospitalized, police and emergency crews responding to a 911 call found Shacknai's girlfriend dead. She reportedly had been found hanging by her neck from a second floor balcony.

Police said that Rebecca Zahau, 32, was nude and that her hands were bound behind her back and her feet tied.

On Sunday afternoon, Coronado police said they had no information about the boy's death, and the San Diego Sheriff's Department said it had no plans to investigate Max's death because so far, it had only been asked to investigate Zahau's death.

Homicide detectives with the San Diego Sheriff's Department called the scene suspicious and bizarre but said they have not yet determined whether Zahau committed suicide or was murdered.

Late Friday night, deputies stretched crime-scene tape across the front of the historic 27-room mansion on Ocean Boulevard as officers searched the house for the second time in a week.

The Sheriff's Department, which is investigating the death at the request of the small Coronado police force, has sealed all records relating to the case, including search warrants, the initial autopsy reports and other police documents.

Coronado police spokeswoman, Leah Corbin, said there appeared to be no connection between the boy's fall and Zahau's death.

"It just seems to be a tragic accident," she said.

As accounts of the boy's death were broadcast this weekend, small bunches of flowers began accumulating in a water bucket near the sidewalk in front of the mansion.

San Diego station Channel 8 was among media that quoted a message on the social-media website Facebook that was reportedly posted by Gabriele Shacknai, the 14-year-old daughter of Jonah Shacknai.

"RIP Maxie. We'll miss your sweet smile and kind heart more than you'll ever know. I'll love you forever," the posting said, according to the station.

The death rumors continued to fuel talk at restaurants and shops along Coronado's main drag Saturday, as it has dominated conversations throughout the week.

"I guess anything can happen anywhere," said Danielle Goldblatt, a barista at Café 1134. "It doesn't matter who you are or where you are."

Goldblatt and others say that the tragedies are a reminder that death visits everywhere, including this tranquil paradise.

"I live here, I'm from here, A lady was killed here," said Marco Perez, manager of Emerald City Surf Shop. "In a town like this, I don't think (authorities) have a plan for dealing with . . . a murder."
 






This is all pretty bizarre, especially for a CEO. I'll be interested to know the real story once it comes out. I suspect more facts will come out in the next couple of weeks...this story has already hit national news.

The party the next day is very very strange.
 












Once probable scenario is that the kid fell while the woman was supposed to be with him or looking after him. I'm sure this rich guy had a nanny but sometimes we leave our kids to our girlfriends/boyfriends to look after. Maybe after the kid fell the two had a falling out with possibly the guy saying she has to move out and its over. She was distraught over that and jumped.
 






Anonymous said:
This is all pretty bizarre, especially for a CEO. I'll be interested to know the real story once it comes out. I suspect more facts will come out in the next couple of weeks...this story has already hit national news.

The party the next day is very very strange.
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Can the hospital records prove that Jonah was there all night?
 






Anonymous said:
Once probable scenario is that the kid fell while the woman was supposed to be with him or looking after him. I'm sure this rich guy had a nanny but sometimes we leave our kids to our girlfriends/boyfriends to look after. Maybe after the kid fell the two had a falling out with possibly the guy saying she has to move out and its over. She was distraught over that and jumped.
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With her hands bound behind her back and her feet bound stark naked? REALLY?
 






So. Here we are.. One week after the accident, Maxie has passed away. He will be missed and all those who knew him, i believe would agree that our worlds will be lessened by this loss. I read that they donated his organs. Good luck to the deserving recipients. I wish someone could receive his personality and his smile! To hope that something positive can come from this mess is all I think I can muster at this point. I can't even begin to think of my world without one of my children, not to mention the person I was in love with.

I have read the posts, most are respectful and I am sure it is appreciated. Also, as to the conclusion or ongoing saga that is this murder/suicide/hit investigation. I think this is a curious and confounding case and I have to believe that someone will be linked to this before too long. I am going to guess that the San Diego pd are doing everything they can to make sure they cross their t's and dot their i's. Keeping in mind that an error in this case can lead to someone not being convicted. If it is someone close to the individuals involved, I am not worried that anyone is leaving the country anytime soon. If it is random, as much as that may sound random, then the sdpd needs to work their asses off because many murders go unsolved (20 - 35%).

I hope that they can make sense of this situation soon so that the grieving process can begin for all those involved.


As for some of these wicked and outrageous comments or hypotheses.... I think we should wait and see. The truth will come out, that I am sure of!!!!
 






Anonymous said:
This is all pretty bizarre, especially for a CEO. I'll be interested to know the real story once it comes out. I suspect more facts will come out in the next couple of weeks...this story has already hit national news.

The party the next day is very very strange.
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I haven't heard anything about a party. Clould you please expound on this?
 












So will Prygocki or Hansen be made CEO?

There is now way Jonah can keep this job - either for his sake or the shareholders. I predict he will not be CEO by the end of the week.
 






An Arizona police agency has revealed documents showing Jonah Shacknai and his ex-wife, Dina Romano, have a history of domestic violence.

On Sept. 13, 2008, Jonah Shacknai reported to police that his wife had tried to choke him. During the incident, the family's German shepherd dog became excited and Dina was bitten. When police interviewed Dina, she told police there had been other similar incidents. Neither asked police to take action against the other, however.

Another Paradise Valley police report dated Jan. 4, 2009, resulted from a call to police by Dina. She reported that Jonah and she had quarreled. As Jonah began to drive away, she alleged, he elbowed her in the chest as she tried to lean in the car window. Jonah denied hurting his wife and alleged that she had attacked him physically.

"I was treated for a broken finger as a consequence of one such assault," Jonah Shacknai wrote in a letter to Paradise Valley Police Chief John Bennett.

In a report from the Paradise Valley police department in 2009, Romero claimed Shacknai elbowed her in the right breast and cursed at her as he tried to drive away from the house after a domestic violence incident. In the same report Shacknai says Romano wouldn't allow him to leave and that she jumped on the front of the car, then slapped him around the face and shoulders.

This dirty laundry has come to light just a day after Jonah and Dina released a joint statement confirming the death of their 6-year-old son Max.
 






Newly released police reports from Arizona document allegations of a volatile relationship between Jonah Shacknai and his second ex-wife.

The records detail three incidents at the pharmaceutical tycoon's Arizona residence between 2007 and 2009. In one case, Shacknai claimed his wife had been drinking and taking prescription drugs before trying to choke him in September 2008.

The woman told police she was attacked by Shacknai's German shepherd during several arguments inside their Paradise Valley home, and turned over photos of past injuries allegedly inflicted by the dog as early as 2006. In the reports, she claims Shacknai was "not quick to pull the dog away."

In a prepared written statement to police, she said, "I feel scared of what he is capable of doing to me physically via the dog as well as the lengths he will go to try to destroy me in any way he was able to do so."

In 2009, the woman claimed Shacknai had elbowed her in the chest before driving off following an argument. Shacknai characterized the incident as a "nudge." The documents show no arrests were made and no criminal charges ever filed.

In a letter to police, Shacknai wrote, "I have been assaulted physically several times by my wife... In one instance, I was treated for a broken finger as a consequence of one such assault."

Photos of ex-wife's alleged attack:
http://www.cbs8.com/story/15103319/...tic-violence-in-shacknai-home?redirected=true
 






Anonymous said:
With her hands bound behind her back and her feet bound stark naked? REALLY?
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unless you are a member of the Houdini family it would be nearly impossible to bound your own hands BEHIND your back and then jump. She was murdered... By Who? Well that remains to be seen. From what I hear Jonah was at the Hospital with his son the night of the murder as well any father would have been. The real tragedy here is the son. I can't imagine loosing one of my kids.
 






Anonymous said:
unless you are a member of the Houdini family it would be nearly impossible to bound your own hands BEHIND your back and then jump. She was murdered... By Who? Well that remains to be seen. From what I hear Jonah was at the Hospital with his son the night of the murder as well any father would have been. The real tragedy here is the son. I can't imagine loosing one of my kids.
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Where was C. Anthony during this tragedy??
 






the party really makes this the most bizarre story to me. It's should be interesting to watch how this all unfolds. Now all the dimwits in the media are done with Casey Anthony, they will need a good story to exploit. Hmmm...rich pharma dude, dead kid, beautiful girlfriend found nude and hanging...wow!!! that's a triffecta in the media!!
 






On Sept. 13, 2008, Jonah Shacknai reported to police that Dina attempted to choke her and that his attack-trained female German Shepherd became excited and came between the two. He blamed his wife’s behavior on prescription medications and alcohol, according to a supplemental report.

Dina called the same night, reporting a dog attack. On the following day, she told police the dog had injured her before while Jonah “makes little to no effort to stop the dog,” according to a report.

Dina also submitted a two-page letter, describing Jonah as temperamental. She said the incident began over a disagreement with their child’s soiled bedding and that Jonah cursed at her in front of their child.

He “physically intimidated” her, she wrote, by “coming very close to (her), ‘nose to nose,’” and continuing to insult and threaten" her with name-calling in a “menacing tone.” She added that her attempts to keep an arm’s distance from Jonah during the incident resulted in her hand moving from his chest to his throat.

“Although Jonah feels entitled to name call, push etc, when I attempt to set boundaries via my personal space, he then assumes the role of victim,” Dina wrote.

The married couple was estranged by Jan. 4, 2009, when a second incident was reported to police. Dina alleged Jonah elbowed her in the right breast area.

Weeks later, in a formal letter to Chief John Bennett of the Paradise Valley Police Department dated Jan. 26, Jonah wrote Dina previously filed “false and misleading reports” about bruises on her body stemming from contact with their dog.

“Importantly,” Shacknai wrote, "Dina has been treated medically for years for a bruising disorder, whereby the slightest contact with an object or other material causes bruises. This information can certainly be verified medically.”

Shacknai, the prominent founder and CEO of Medicis, a pharmaceutical company based in Scottsdale, Ariz., wrote that although never feeling physically endangered, Dina physically assaulted him several times, once causing him a broken finger.

He wrote that Dina threw herself at his car on Jan. 4 while he was attempting to drive away from the home. She screamed that he had no right to leave her or the house, Jonah wrote.

“At this point, Dina also began attempting to slap me, again screaming, “You cannot leave me!” Jonah wrote. “I was able to gently nudge her from the car and withdraw from the premises without further incident.”
 






Anonymous said:
On Sept. 13, 2008, Jonah Shacknai reported to police that Dina attempted to choke her and that his attack-trained female German Shepherd became excited and came between the two. He blamed his wife’s behavior on prescription medications and alcohol, according to a supplemental report.

Dina called the same night, reporting a dog attack. On the following day, she told police the dog had injured her before while Jonah “makes little to no effort to stop the dog,” according to a report.

Dina also submitted a two-page letter, describing Jonah as temperamental. She said the incident began over a disagreement with their child’s soiled bedding and that Jonah cursed at her in front of their child.

He “physically intimidated” her, she wrote, by “coming very close to (her), ‘nose to nose,’” and continuing to insult and threaten" her with name-calling in a “menacing tone.” She added that her attempts to keep an arm’s distance from Jonah during the incident resulted in her hand moving from his chest to his throat.

“Although Jonah feels entitled to name call, push etc, when I attempt to set boundaries via my personal space, he then assumes the role of victim,” Dina wrote.

The married couple was estranged by Jan. 4, 2009, when a second incident was reported to police. Dina alleged Jonah elbowed her in the right breast area.

Weeks later, in a formal letter to Chief John Bennett of the Paradise Valley Police Department dated Jan. 26, Jonah wrote Dina previously filed “false and misleading reports” about bruises on her body stemming from contact with their dog.

“Importantly,” Shacknai wrote, "Dina has been treated medically for years for a bruising disorder, whereby the slightest contact with an object or other material causes bruises. This information can certainly be verified medically.”

Shacknai, the prominent founder and CEO of Medicis, a pharmaceutical company based in Scottsdale, Ariz., wrote that although never feeling physically endangered, Dina physically assaulted him several times, once causing him a broken finger.

He wrote that Dina threw herself at his car on Jan. 4 while he was attempting to drive away from the home. She screamed that he had no right to leave her or the house, Jonah wrote.

“At this point, Dina also began attempting to slap me, again screaming, “You cannot leave me!” Jonah wrote. “I was able to gently nudge her from the car and withdraw from the premises without further incident.”
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This story just keeps on giving. Did you read this crazy shit he said? "She has been treated medically for a bruising disorder"...and so knowing that; she throws herself at a car??? REALLY??????????????????
 






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