Neal Westerfield said he was supposed to go to his father's house Sunday night, Feb. 3, but his father told him the week before that "he was going to be out of town that Sunday and to just come over Monday." This piece of testimony seemed to bolster the defense's contention that Westerfield's weekend journey was planned, not a spur-of-the-moment trip as the prosecution has suggested.
Need the entire transcript for DW
THIS is the reason, I believe, for the major differences in opinion that we have.
I believe when the MEDIA hype comes out and says something (especially during this case) you can assume they took it out of context to make the MOST out of it.
They have repeatedly done so.
DW told police it was a spur of the moment trip.
First, we must know exactly when this statement was made, and where in the conversation it occurred.
A big deal was made by the media and prosecution that DW said "this (the desert) would be a good place to hide a body".
BUT, we don't know exactly when he made this statement, and we don't know what was said to him before that statement.
For all we know, the POLICE said "Hey, what do you think? If You just killed this Danielle, where would you hide the body?"
But, the police didn't tell us what context his statement was in, did they?
I believe if they had, the jig would be up.
The police tell you anything you say can be held against you. What they don't say is that they don't have to tell anyone what they said.