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    6-year-old Max Shacknai was found dead in father's San Diego home

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We're also tracking new developments from California in a case that made national headlines last year involving two deaths just days apart.

The first victim was six year old Max checked me.

The family telling police that the little boy fell down a staircase inside his father's home.

Police later ruling that max's death was a quote horrible accident.

The -- little boy's father shown here Jelena is a millionaire pharmaceutical executive.

Two days after his son's death.

The father's girlfriend.

Rebecca Zach Howell was found hanging from the balcony.

Of Jonas historic mansion and Coronado at Coronado island that's near San Diego.

Today.

Little max's mother is speaking out for the first time since this tragedy.

Saying there is much more to this story and vowing to get to what she believes is the real truth.

Behind her son's death.

Trace Gallagher live out west -- future with more Trace.

Even early on in this investigation -- there were reports -- kept surfacing that doctors believed that.

Mac Shaq -- injuries were not consistent with falling down.

A staircase right -- the police clearly did not buy -- that.

But now the boy's mom says that she has assembled a team of experts who do not believe that her son's death was an accident here's bomb.

Yeah I think you get even though Max is not with us today.

Here.

It's still my job as a mother to find out what happened exactly to him.

And to.

Continue that until I find an answer.

Now remember Max was being watched at the time by his father's girlfriend as you said 32 year old Rebecca Zack how's the house says she was -- -- -- her noise came down.

And found the boy at the very bottom of the staircase in -- -- mansion historic mansion in Coronado now.

Two days later Zach how was found hanging off the balcony.

Her hands were bound behind her back her feet were also bound.

They ruled her death a suicide.

Her family to this day does not believe that and now dean -- Shaq -- believes that her son's death was suspicious.

Here now is her attorney.

This morning we formally requested that the Coronado police department.

-- with us at their offices so we can share with them our findings and conclusions.

Now we just -- the Coronado police they say they are willing to meet with the family saying quoting here.

If it's -- -- this telling us what they'll think happened and obviously we won't be opening investigation that.

We will just have to evaluate their evidence objectively and then make a decision from there they hope to meet.

Very soon to lay out their evidence -- Trace thank you -- have much more.

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