[cyncooper]

Was I hallucinating (no, not hello-cinating) that Torgersen testified that he "had received information that Twin Peaks might be the drycleaner to check" BEFORE he went driving around for a whole day?

And some posters here assumed that meant he received that information from Westerfield. However, from this article:

"Dry Cleaning Receipt Was Key In Westerfield Case, Court Records Show"

Excerpt:

Search warrants released Monday show that one of the detectives on the case used the same dry cleaner as Westerfield. Because of that, he was able to identify the origin of a dry cleaner's receipt, dated Feb. 4, taken from Westerfield's vehicle just two days after the girl turned up missing.

[small_l_libertarian]

Thanks to you both. Thought I was goin' goofy.

[NatureGirl]

Excerpt: Search warrants released Monday show that one of the detectives on the case used the same dry cleaner as Westerfield. Because of that, he was able to identify the origin of a dry cleaner's receipt, dated Feb. 4, taken from Westerfield's vehicle just two days after the girl turned up missing.

How does that relate to this excerpt later in the same article:

In one affidavit, San Diego police Detective Terry Torgersen said Westerfield told detectives he submitted items for cleaning at Twin Peaks Cleaners the morning of Feb. 4.

If Westerfield told Torgersen which dry cleaners they used, why did they search others first? Quite obviously from this Detective's statement, they knew which dry cleaners to look at.

Logically, if he hadn't told them anything about a dry cleaners - how would they have known that he'd gone to one?

[fnord]

... taken from Westerfield's vehicle just two days after the girl turned up missing.

Not that media articles aren't mostly BS and spin, but ...

2 days after she was found missing would be the 4th. When did they get the search warrant for the SUV? Seems just as likely DW provided the receipt and name as backup to his long interview. Why did it take 3 days to go get the clothes? And why the spin to make it look like inspired detective work?