Wow, there's a lot of great thoughts on this thread. I go back and forth on AB's involvement, but the things we do know about him say a lot about who he is -
Having the cojones to falsify information to the government for Zahra's passport, re ED - she said he used her maiden name to get around getting her signature / permission. Not to mention the fact that he cruelly kept Zahra and her mother apart for years, including when they thought they may lose her.
Reading the accusation of AB driving the car that chased and attempted to drive EB's nephew and GF off the road, threatening with a taser - going to her mother's house where their baby was staying - does not sound like a meek, lil pussy cat to me. It would have to take someone who had a real mean streak to go along with something like that. These are adults, not adolescents, who forget that a car is a huge piece of machinery - capable of causing death...
EB and AB fighting, so violently that it knocks their adjoining neighbor's picture off the wall! (At the apartment) taking their physical fighting out to the parking lot / drive way. Sounds to me that AB could stick up for himself OK. Since these same neighbors also didn't know they had a child in the place - I don't have the feeling that their fight's were over Zahra. (MOO)
(If Adam was miserable here - I do believe asking Mom for a 1 way ticket home for him and Zahra was an option he could have and should have used - which makes me think he was not miserable here at all).
The 911 call and subsequent interviews has me scratching my head - none of the neighbors saw AB go looking for Zahra (according to MSM).
Paraphrasing AB here: How ya doin'?
My daughter is missing...
911 - Your WHAT?
Yeah, my 10 yr old daughter is missing... blah blah, she's been all broody lately, ya know. Not coming out of her room except when she wants something... (When does a 10 year old not want something?)
We had a lot of drama here last night - a fire, kidnapping threat / ransom note (on my boss's daughter) and all - but I didn't need to check on my daughter at that point (or any point, really) cuz her mom said she was alive at 2:30 in the morning - even tho I hadn't seen her since Thursday and my bosses daughter is AAW - so it seems the kidnappers set a small fire in my backyard and gasoline spill in my vehicle, to cause a distraction, so they could kidnap my daughter... (No emotion about this - but note that there was drama AKA an emotional situation at 5:30)
Evidently this kidnapper knew A & EB weren't going to check on their child's welfare - WAIT!? How did the kidnapper even know there was a child in the house, no one else did?
First interview - Adam talks about Zahra being missing with dry eyes - when he starts talking about not speaking with EB since the phone call / arrest (he didn't specify) that's when he starts the boohoo act and "Tom" looks at him like he's a moron. AB may have related to "Tom" but "Tom" was not feeling the love for AB, if the look on his face is anything to judge by.
Next interview - he hadn't seen Zahra, 100%? Out of bed? (Yeah, AB - 100% SAW YOUR DAUGHTER ALIVE AND WELL?) That would be Tuesday...
Reporter: Don't you mean Thursday?
Oh, yeah (chortle) thanks...
I can't find the morning show interview that AB did - didn't he say she was always smiling, always happy (As apposed to broody)?
Even after saying he believed Zahra was alive - not one time did he appeal to anyone to bring her back. No message to Zahra saying 'I love you and miss you, I want you to know we will find you and bring you home, to your family.'
They had a dog and a puppy in the yard and Zahra was at the house, pretty much 24/7, being home schooled and all - yet she was never outside, playing with the puppy or the dog.
EB made Zahra leave her cat behind when they moved - does this speak to EB knowing Zahra's days with them were also coming to an end? Either way, it is just mean and cruel to do this to a child, who had already lost so much.
I believe abuse killed Zahra, whether it was a beating, injuries from a prior beating, because her cancer had returned or all three; I'm still on the fence and it really doesn't matter. We know there was abuse, we know there was neglect - including medical neglect and failing to provide an education.
Abuse / neglect - one in the same to my way of thinking.
I think it's very likely that in addition to dotting those i's and crossing those t's - LE is waiting for the GJ to return the first week of December. I truly hope that we will see his arrest and more charges for EB at that time.
