Tracy Smith

But initially, investigators believed Violet's death might have been a suicide.

Why is that?

And as investigators dug deeper, what else did they learn about the Yacobi family?

You know, it sounds like they're living the American dream.

Murders don't happen very often in Beverly Hills.

So how did investigators begin to suspect foul play?

Yeah, we've talked about this before.

I mean, this is a stressful situation.

So just because somebody's acting strangely doesn't necessarily mean they're guilty.

All right.

So on October 13th, nearly three days after Violet's body was found, the deputy medical examiner completed the autopsy and determined that Violet's official cause of death was asphyxia by neck compression.

With the case now being investigated as a homicide, Detective Schwartz and Elwell asked Daniel to come back for another interview.

And they asked point blank if he killed Violet.

What do you say?

So many things here.

Dental Dan in a can has a certain ring to it.

But it's interesting how when they start asking about finances, he immediately goes, oh, I'm the number one suspect.

What did you find out about his dental practice and Daniel's finances?

Investigators believed that Violet likely died 24 hours before Daniel's 911 call on October 10th.

So detectives Schwartz and Elwell questioned him about his whereabouts on October 9th.