A personal trainer who worked at the same gym attended by Rebecca Nalepa said that the 32-year-old was a “happy and responsive person” that “had everything to live for.” Nalepa was found dead, hanging naked with her hands and feet bound from a balcony of her wealthy boyfriend Jonah Shacknai’s home last week. Hit the jump to read the rest of the story.
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The mysterious death is still being actively probed by San Diego police. It came only two days after Shacknai’s six-year-old son Max Shacknai suffered a fatal fall at the historic Spreckles Mansion while being watched by Nalepa.

The shocking nature of the deaths has sent shockwaves through the upscale neighborhood of Coronado where multi-millionaire pharmaceutical boss lived with his girlfriend.

Local trainer Reed Holman – who spoke with Nalepa just days before she died – is completely bewildered by her death.

He told RadarOnline.com: “She had everything to live for, she was young, fit and really beautiful.

“The last time we spoke she asked me what routine and area I was working-on and she told me she was planning for a party.

“She was a super-fit woman who definitely knew how to work-out and take care of her body.

“Sometimes she would come-in and train with her boyfriend here at Hollywood Fitness gym in Coronado but more often she would train alone.

“She was around 5 ft 7 inches tall and between 130 lbs and 140 lbs in weight but a lot of that was muscle tone – she was a strong woman.

“In my opinion she would have been capable of tying her feet and hands together and hanging herself although I know this seems unlikely to a lot of people.

“Whether she did or not I don’t really know because I’m not a detective – it’s a really sad story all round because she seemed like a really happy and responsive person.”

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