My Twisted theory: Mr. Desai, Regina, and…Phoebe?
Yep, you got that right! I said it. Danny's dad is behind the whole thing! He's not dead, he's missing! Too afraid that his son would come out and blab the whole thing to the press. But, why?
Have I lost you yet? Let's pretend for a minute that Danny's dad found out something about his sister that would ruin the family. Maybe it's something embarrassing, like the affair (we just were given this in the most recent episode), or perhaps Danny was molested as a child by his aunt. Or, maybe, she found out a money funneling scandal that would destroy the Desai family name. Either way, Mr. Desai convinced Danny that killing his aunt would be the only way of saving his family. And Danny, being an impressionable 11 year old boy, went along with it. This would mean Danny would only have to serve 5 years (unlike Mr. Desai if he was found out who would be tried as an adult and serve life or death) and be released later. We already know Mr. Desai is a violent drunk, so it wouldn't be out of character for him to come up with something like this. He's also, until recently, only been mentioned in passing. They didn't want us to think anything of him until now when (spoiler!) the apartment was found. And since some ABC Family dramas don't last but a season, they're trying to lay the foundation as much as possible and keep us guessing so that they can have a second season.
So that leaves Regina, right? What's her piece in this? Danny's father. Something tells me the season finale will have a grand appearance by Danny's supposed dead father revealing some, but not all, of the mystery. Regina is a preppy teen girl who's smarter than she appears. She (and Phoebe, I'm hoping) accidently stumbled upon Danny's secret and Mr. Desai gave her the necklace to shut her up. But that wasn't enough for Regina who realized she could milk it for all that it was worth and decided to do exactly that…milk it. Mr. Desai eventually got fed up and decided to take matters into his own hands by killing Regina, or perhaps, sending once satellite-turned-angry-teen, Phoebe, to resolve the conflict. Phoebe didn't mean to kill Regina, she was just hoping to talk things through but all of her bottled up rage exploded and bada bing bada bom, dead girl. Realizing Danny would take the fall if she kept her mouth shut, she decided to play the role of mourning best friend and here we are! Tada!
