Posted on 07/28/2002 8:56:21 PM PDT by FresnoDA
...(EXCERPT)......In addition to his activities the night of Danielle’s disappearance, Damon van Dam testified that, on at least three occasions, he had sex or tried to have sex with Easton in the presence of his wife. He and Brenda also admitted having had sex with Kemal and her husband, Andy, at a Halloween party in October 2000.Expert testimony is it can take as little as 24 hours. Her body was not completely mummified, but partially. I believe the prosecution theory is bug activity delayed until animal activity took place, opening the body up and making it attractive to insects at that time (plus weather had warmed up by then increasing insect population).
Prosecution SPECULATION is more like it.
I don't believe that is accurate. Susan said when he drank he could become forceful (in addition to quite, withdrawn, etc).
Please don't make leaps and bounds that I am saying any more than that. I just don't believe the testimony was that he became forceful *only once*.
Well, you are speculating that a body could not mummify in 2-3 days despite expert testimony to the contrary.
He is complaining about delays due to waiting for surrebuttal witnesses. I guess it was okay to wait and delay for Goff, but not not okay to wait for a defense witness.
Dusek is too eager to put Westerfield to death. I don't think solid proof of innocence would turn him around. What a shame and how unjust!!!
In addition, her face and hands were mummified. Not her torso, not her limbs, not her lower trunk. Flies would land within minutes, unless she were placed there in the dark early morning hours of one of the days it got near freezing, but then it warmed up considerably every day, hitting quite warm temperatures by mid afternoon. EVERY DAY. It wasn't like Dubuque or Dallas or Detroit in February. It's San Diego. Warm, breezy, coastal, Southern California climate.
The eyes, nose, mouth, ears, genital area, any wound area (rape or other mortal wound responsible for her death) would attract flies post haste. As soon as the temperatures started to thaw a bit (like 8-9 a.m. for the golfers to be able to get on the no-longer-frost-covered grass), the flies would be swarming like mad. They had plenty of water from the golf course's regular irrigation, lots of food from the country club garbage cans and the housing area nearby to keep them fat and sassy, and spring-to-summer like warmth (compared to the rest of the country) to provide them plenty of energy.
On the other hand, beetles love the dry, tough, mummified meat. So they would have been present and laid eggs and begun hatching their beetlings from the get-go if the body had mummified within 24 hours. But they hadn't. (Unless that Bionic Ant carried them off, too.)
IMHO, this theory of 24-hour-mummification slowing down bug activity for at least 2 weeks just doesn't match the evidence.
In respecting the need for relevance, I am posting that I just drank my last cup of coffee and will be going outdoors to enjoy the sun for a few hours. I'm wearing a purple terry romper and will be grabbing a Diet Coke on my way out the door. I might make a list of errands I need to run while I sit.
Be back later. Hugzz and kizzezz
Delay for Goff=one day (today). He's there tomorrow.
Enjoy your time outside, and think of me sitting here,jealous, closed up in an office building in Mission Valley.
So, you agree with calling me a "threadjackal" because I have an interest in the trial but disagree with your interpretation of the evidence?
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