I'm still sticking with my theory in light of recent documents (search warrants). IMO Zahra was raped by these men (arranged by EB for drugs or possible cash...remember the supposed $10,000...maybe it was taped, photographed or on webcam). This rape caused internal injuries to Zahra, hence the blood on her legs. EB took her home and explained her staying in bed as a stomach ache ( didn't AB or someone say she had been sick with a stomach ache?). The child then died from those injuries. EB tells AB that they can't report the death because of all the abuse allegations, they would never be believed that she died from a "virus". So, they dismember her and spread her body all over the place. They report it as a kidnapping thinking that Zahra will just be another statistic after a little while. Another missing child that has never been found. EB did say something in one of her letters about there being so many "missing" kids. She also says she wonders if it would have been different if Zahra hadn't been from AU and a cancer survivor. Makes me think that she believes that maybe LE and the public wouldn't have been SO concerned if she was just any "ordinary" kid that had gone "missing". There are NO ordinary kids...they are all extraordinary in their own ways!
I know its all disgusting but this is the direction my gut has led me in from the very beginning. Just my theory but I can't shake it!!
Excellent post McMomma! I too believe they thought she would just be another missing child and that no one would search as much nor care as much as they did for this extraordinary girl.