Saturday, February 28, 2026

Coronado Mansion Suicide Was ‘Rushed to Judgment,’ Says Dr. Cyril Wecht

WhenRebecca Zahau’s death in a Coronado, Calif., mansion was ruled a suicide investigators may have “rushed to judgment,” according to a prominent forensic pathologist who will conduct a second autopsy on the woman Friday.

Zahau’s body has been exhumed and will be examined by Dr. Cyril Wecht, the 80-year-old forensic pathologist who has weighed in on high-profile deaths such as the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the O.J. Simpson trial, and the JonBenet Ramsey case.

The fresh autopsy on Zahau’s body will take place Friday in Pittsburgh, Pa., Wecht told ABCNews.com today.

Read the entire ABC News story here.



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