I hope LE got something from the bedding found in the company vehicle. Maybe the hearing aids were worn by Zahra when she was alive, but she was carried out of the house in the comforter. Doesn't make sense to me why they would have called the fire dept before the vehicle was burned though.
Not directed at you vjlaw but just jumping off your post.
I don't believe it is known what items in the search warrant came from which vehicle.
After hearing some of the things we have after that search warrant was posted, I'm beginning to think that there was very little recovered in the Tahoe other than the blood samples, burnt samples and the gas cans bacause it was a work vehicle and that most of that stuff was probably in EB's car.
Since we now know that EB was telling AF for some time that she wanted to leave the state, perhaps the other items were found in her car. Perhaps she was preparing for a road trip herself. Toothbrushes, hairbrush, comforter and pillows, papers with phone numbers, pink jacket? Here is the rest of what was in the warrant...
According to the search warrant, the items removed from the Chevrolet Tahoe and Toyota Camry include: Duke Power bill, numerous papers with writings and phone numbers, assorted receipts, (3) passports with paperwork, (2) toothbrushes, hair brush, assorted ink pens, (2) lighters, (2) pillows, sheet, comforter, (3) gas cans, (4) burnt samples from Tahoe and brush pile, pink jacket, plastic bowl with green vegg. matter, assorted drug paraphernalia, Chinese take-out menu, 1990 Burgundy Toyota Camry, latent lift, photos, and Chevy Tahoe.
Either that or EB was just one of those people who never cleaned out the junk that accumulates in their car. But I doubt a lot of this was found in the Tahoe. She could even have taken the Duke Power bill out of her car, wrote the note with a pen that was in her car, and then locked up her car. If the pen that the note was written with was locked up in her car it would sure send up a red flag to LE.
And the discussions regarding EB's stories about pregnancy, etc are a real eye opener. No doubt Zahra probably wanted to return to AU and likely voiced that to at least her father. Perhaps there was some discussion about the possibility. There was likely no way EB wanted to return to a town of 400 people in AU so if EB was trying to hang on to AB and prevent him from leaving her, making up outrageous stories to manipulate him to stay would not be out of character for her it seems. She may also have been holding his and Zahra's passports, locked in her car. And what better way to keep him in the country than a full on missing persons case on his daughter? He would never go back to AU with his daughter missing in the US.
When we look at other things that were going on around Oct 7th or 8th, I noticed that while the "formal" marriage announcement of EB's ex showed up on his social networking site on Oct 9th, he had likely already told those who were close to him about his upcoming marriage on Nov 5th. Great insight into her relationship with him and that had to sting. He never married her that we know of.
Just some thoughts. You guys are doing a remarkable job of looking at all the angles.
MOO
