Could there be ties that one of the family members hired the group of thugs? (If that is the case then I do feel she is still alive) Please keep us updated.
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Isn't this case bizarre enough and hasn't the family been through enough without you making stuff up out of thin air?
Why would they do that, though? I mean, I suppose we could drag out the old "polygamous cult" thing again, or perhaps a "jealousy of a jilted lover/brother" angle from the Enquirer's smutfest. But I think those would be just too strange, even for this case.
Personally, if this lead has merit, it sounds more like a couple of low-IQ types getting the hots for a pretty little blonde girl, and doing whatever they wanted with her.
There was a really horrible rape/murder case in Colorado Springs a few years back that makes it believable.