darlin gal
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I have a theory:
Zahra was alive when they moved to Hickory. Soon after the move, EB began cooking meth at home. This is what the neighbors smelled that was so awful and that they had never smelled before. Zahra had to be kept locked up so that she wouldn't tell about the meth. Some time just a couple of days before she was reported missing, EB accidently killed her. Maybe she tried to get out, maybe she tried to call someone....in any event, EB killed her. She hid the death from AB until the morning of the mulch fire. When he started pestering to see Zahra, she wrote the ransom note. She realized that AB was going to find Zahra gone and needed an explanation.
If AB was in on the killing, what would have triggered the "discovery" of Zahra missing? AB could have just told anyone that he had sent her back to Australia. Only EB, working alone, needed to set up an abduction theory. EB may have had help disposing of the body. Her dealer/purchaser meth connection people may have been involved. If so, Zahra may never be found.
The bad smell was around the trailer park about 3 weeks ago. There was no bad smell noticed by neighbors in Hickory.
If they had been cooking meth in Hickory, those police dogs would have known. The officers would have known. There would be a strong smell of urine, or unusual chemical odors like ether, ammonia or acetone. There would have been other evidence, blackened windows, unusual ventilation. There is usually visible areas in the yard where chemicals have been dumped, or burn pits with chemical container remains, dead or dying vegetation.
There also would have been cooking equipment that would have been seized in the warrant.
JMO