Kids & Family
Spreckels One Year Later: Those Left Behind Contend With Their Losses
The families at the center of the Spreckels case have followed very different paths in the wake of the tragedies, one private, the other very public.
For associated with the Spreckels mansion – the circumstances, the timing, the people involved – Rebecca Zahau and Max Shacknai left loved ones who are still grieving today, long after the television cameras have come and gone.
Zahau's family members, who are based in Missouri and Germany, and are fighting to have the case re-opened.
Max's family appears split: His father, Arizona pharmaceuticals mogul Jonah Shacknai, by the San Diego County Sheriffs Department and the Coronado Police Department in both cases, but mother Dina Shacknai taken during the boy's autopsy.
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On Friday, one year after Zahau's death, and three days before the anniversary of Max's loss, Patch looks at where the families are now. Please see:
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