Violet Jacoby

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Violet Jacoby was found dead in her Beverly Hills home in 2017, leading to a homicide investigation after an autopsy report determined she died from asphyxia due to neck compression, or strangulation.

Tracy Smith of 48 Hours noted that responding officers initially suspected it might be a suicide before the medical findings forced a shift in the department's approach to the case.

The focus has now turned to the digital trail left by Daniel Jacoby. Tracy Smith highlighted that detectives obtained Daniel Jacoby's cellphone records, and the data showed he was not in Inglewood at all that day of the death. Further scrutiny of Nest footage confirmed his presence in the area, a detail that continues to anchor the ongoing investigation into the timeline of the murder.

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Post Mortem | Beverly Hills 911

48 Hours

Tracy Smithneutralfrom “The Homicide Investigation of Violet Jacoby

The 67-year-old victim whose death in her Beverly Hills home became a homicide investigation.

Welcome to Post Mortem. I'm CBS News correspondent Tracy Smith filling in as host, and today we're discussing the death of 67-year-old Violet Jacoby. On October 10th, 2017, Violet was found dead in her Beverly Hills home, and responding officers initially susp

Tracy Smithneutralfrom “The Investigation of Daniel Yaakobi

The victim of the murder case being investigated.

The week after Violet Jacoby's body was discovered, detectives obtained Daniel Jacoby's cellphone records, and the data showed he was not in Inglewood at all that day of Violet's death, but he was in Beverly Hills. And not only that, police had obtained footag