Thanks for the well wishes guys. I've been scanning ebay and i've already had an offer from one kind person on this board to help replace elizabeth. Hopefully by X-mas I can have my replacement, Kiera, installed in my car and running.

I do believe that the battery was cut to flip the alarm off. Not sure how other alarms work, but i had a pretty cheapo, standard one without any sort of backup source to power the alarm.