Renowned Forensic Expert 'Forced Off' Rebecca Zahau Death Investigation

Posted on Oct 27, 2011 @ 05:00AM

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Forensic expert Dr. Maurice Godwin, who was hired by Rebecca Zahau's family after the San Diego Sheriff's Department ruled her death a suicide, is no longer working with the family, and the renowned expert thinks Dr. Phil is the reason he was let go from the investigation, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting.

Rebecca's naked body was found hanging from a balcony at her boyfriend, Jonah Shacknai's Coronado mansion, two days after his son, Max, was found unconscious at the base of the stairs. Cops ruled Rebecca's death a suicide, something her family vehemently disagrees with. As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Dr. Phil is paying to have Rebecca's body exhumed, and an independent autopsy performed. Rebecca's sisters, and their attorney, Anne Bremner will appear on an upcoming episode of The Dr. Phil Show.

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"I have been forced off the Zahau case. It appears that there is a clique of people who now have been picked by the family team,” Dr. Godwin tells RadarOnline.com exclusively. “The Dr. Phil show put one of their investigators on the case. I was also excluded from the Dr. Phil show after they read my analysis, despite the fact that the unknown shoe print ridges on the balcony that I found is the only evidence anyone currently has that puts another person on the balcony with Rebecca."

Meanwhile, Godwin believes that "a detective or assistant D.A. should be at the autopsy."

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Sources close to the family tell RadarOnline.com that Rebecca's body has already been exhumed and is en route to Pennsylvania, where Dr. Cyril Wecht, will conduct another autopsy.

Dr. Phil has scored major interviews so far this season for his show, with George and Cindy Anthony as his first guests, and the Zahau family is hopeful that the tests will help them solve the mystery of what happened to Rebecca.

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Suicide naked a statement to her boyfriend. Death of Max was heavy on her. Relationship over. Family of Rebecca looking for monetary damages? I say oh yes.

by Douglas
Posted Fri, 10/28/2011 - 10:44pm

A doctor told the Shacknai's & the Cops that Rebecca suffocated the child and that his death was imminent ... she was KILLED..that night. Cops hate baby killers but .the autopsy showed Max died of an accident...

by Yellow Box
Posted Sat, 10/29/2011 - 7:53pm

The cops never investigated for murder. The brother who ties knots as a Tug Boat Captain FAILED the lie detector test... it was inconvlusive.. but the cops didn't care easy to rule suicide close the case and be done with it.

by Yellow Box
Posted Sat, 10/29/2011 - 7:55pm

-Hysteric note on Bd.Rm.-door was painted in block-letters, yet Rebecca never wrote that way! Hummm, Goggle--> 'MEDICIS Annual Report 2010' (PDF Pgs.-2&3) see JonahShacknai's CEO-signature, --what'th, are an exact forensic match!! --"Book'em Dan'no"

by RobairVictor
Posted Fri, 10/28/2011 - 11:47am

Very interesting. I checked out his signature on the docs- it's definitely unique. I don't know ANY woman who writes, or paints, like that. IMHO, this case is a travesty.

by Fletch
Posted Tue, 11/01/2011 - 2:22am

Editor.Jen'Heger... Why are you blocking our factual posting here (see the three identical one's just reposted for attention); --or are you allowing only meaningless postings? Our office of 23-persons wonder how many others you dash..??!! ~Robair

by RobairVictor
Posted Thu, 10/27/2011 - 8:20pm

I don't think it was suicide!

by ashlee
Posted Thu, 10/27/2011 - 4:37pm

This is all about money. Cashing in on a loved one's death is despicable.

by Aesop
Posted Thu, 10/27/2011 - 12:29pm

Dr. Phi is... but first the family want to know how she got over the balcony all tied up with a GAG and only distrubed 4 at most inches of dust on the railing, ot the improbable 11 as that includes the area of two one inch rope marks.

by Yellow Box
Posted Sat, 10/29/2011 - 7:42pm

Dina, oops..Aesop as you call yourself. Your posts on this case are ludicrous. This isn't cashing it's an attempt to bring LOGIC and justice to this woman's death.

by NorthernIL
Posted Thu, 10/27/2011 - 6:12pm