Suicide.
If I take Rebecca's sister at her word about Rebecca and Max having a close special relationship like a bio mom and child then it convinces me no matter how Rebecca tried to pretend everything was ok ...........she was not. It also explains why Rebecca referred to Max as her child. Imo that is the way she saw Max. I have often wondered since Rebecca was married for a long time if she could have children of her own. If not, she could put all of her motherly love into the youngest child of the man she loved.
Since I am fortunate to have such special relationships with my husband's children.. now our children........I know how deep that love can be.
The loss of a loved one can trigger suicidal thoughts and she knew by then there was no hope of Max surviving.
I think she was already depressed about it and then the dreaded call came in and the outcome was just too much to take. She knew she had lost Max and her life with Jonah would never be quite the same. Her life immediately changed when Max fell......it changed for the worse when the call came in.
I really think at first she was in denial. That is why she went shopping with her sister before taking her to the airport. In the back of her mind she tried to convince herself that Max was going to survive.
But as she listened to the 12:50 am message she knew that was not going to happen no matter how much she, Jonah and Dina wanted it to.
Combine those traumatic circumstances with LE finding no one else's fingerprints or DNA on any of the items used nor any struggle on the balcony and no footprints but Rebecca's shows me there was no one there with Rebecca at the time she decided to do this.
IMO
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Ocean, I have kept up with threads as I can. Had to have demolition crew take down 1/2 my house because of Irene. I am still very interested in this case, but I hadn't heard Rebecca and her sister went shopping. Please tell me where they went, what time and what they bought, if you know.
Also, I am glad you have such a good relationship with your husband's (and now your) children. It doesn't always work out that way, and you must have put a lot of effort and love into it. :clap::clap::clap: