Misc. cases I

[Lady Cop]

presser today on case:
Jonathan Lucas, M.D., San Diego County Medical Examiner, told the reporters gathered for the more than an hour-long panel that he would be the first to admit this was a unique and unusual case.

After learning about the grave medical condition of her boyfriend's son, Rebecca Zahau painted a black message inside a Coronado mansion, bound her own feet and legs, and then hanged herself from a second-story balcony, authorities announced Friday.
Her DNA alone was on the rope. Only her footprints were found on the balcony. There were no drugs in her system.

“There is really no logical explanation for what happened except that she took her own life,” San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore said Friday in a public briefing of the investigation into the death of Rebecca Zahau.

investigators revealed new details into both deaths including a message left in black paint on a door, the same paint found on Zahau's hand and torso. They did not reveal what was contained in the message saying only it was not clearly a suicide note.

Detectives said the red rope tied around Zahau's neck was attached to a bed inside the home and the foot and toe impressions found on the balcony were hers.

Forsenic evidence showed Zahau leaned over the railing and fell to her death, investigators said. They said that the railing disturbances were consistent with Zahau's petite torso. Toe impressions were consistent with person leaning up over railing and going over railing officials said.