Son, girlfriend of US CEO die in 5-day span

Updated on: 19 July,2011 07:45 AM IST |
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A millionaire businessman's 6-year-old son has died days after falling down stairs at a San Diego mansion where his father's girlfriend was found dead last week hanging naked from a balcony

A millionaire businessman's 6-year-old son has died days after falling down stairs at a San Diego mansion where his father's girlfriend was found dead last week hanging naked from a balcony.

Jonah Shacknai, Medicis Pharmaceuticals CEO's little boy, Max, was not breathing and didn't have a pulse when he was found last Monday at his dad's beachfront pad.

In a bizarre twist, the boy's death came four days after Shacknai's girlfriend, Rebecca Nalepa was discovered hanging from the mansion's second-storey outdoor balcony with a rope around her neck and her hands and feet bound.

Nalepa's body was found by Shacknai's brother Adam, who was staying in a guesthouse at the mansion.
Jonah Shacknai was not home at the time.

Sheriff's Captain Tim Curran has called the death "very bizarre." Sheriff's investigators have not established any connection between the two deaths, and have not determined if the woman's death was a crime or suicide.

Mystery mansion
Built in 1908, the luxurious 27-room Spreckels Mansion includes six bedrooms and an unfinished wine-storage room used during Prohibition. One of the biggest residences in Coronado, it was built in 1908 as a beach home for John D Spreckels, who owned the nearby Hotel del Coronado.

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