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To: cyncooper
"Paul Hung, who lives next door to Westerfield in Sabre Springs, says he saw his neighbor's motor home parked outside the house around 8:30 a.m. Feb. 2. By 9, it was gone, he said. "


THis is the first time I was referring to. The second time was at 3:30 which is what he said in his statement. According to Neal testimony, The sister took the message from the father earlier in the morning, before Neal's return from his friend's home and his mothers trip to do errands. ....about noon. He returned to get school books etc and checked the doors at that time no hurry. The actually request was not allowed as testimony (hearsay) so we do not know how the request was worded.


Why do you find it suspicious? It sound pretty normal to me.
680 posted on 08/04/2002 8:06:09 PM PDT by hoosiermama
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To: hoosiermama
Why do you find it suspicious? It sound pretty normal to me.

Well, there are several things that I think about this particular sequence of events and what Westerfield says and doesn't say when he talks to the police.

1) I don't find it odd that he would have his son check the house. Neal did, going in to actually put a flyer about Danielle in the kitchen. He said he left the house locked up.

2) DW tells the police he returns to the neighborhood after 3:30, talks to the neighbors, then goes to his house and decided to check the pool (fine) and then says the side door was unlocked. He hints "someone" (the cop asks if he thought maybe the little girl) could have gotten in his house. I think--is he setting up a reason any evidence in the house came to be there?

He further says that this (the "unlocked door") was a mistake but not unusual. I say, hmmmmmmm. Why isn't he telling the police about Neal locking the house, and why would a door supposedly be unlocked and DW says he doesn't intentionally leave the door unlocked but has in the past. See? Something is wrong here.

3) Calling his son to make sure the house is locked is the sign of a man who values security and, IMO, would be very unlikely to leave his MH unlocked while it was unattended during a long period of time. Long enough, say, for a neighbor to wander in and play.

Just my impression of that. John Jamieson thinks I'm analyzing it too much. I will be interested to see what Dusek says, if anything, about it in his closing argument.

686 posted on 08/04/2002 8:21:51 PM PDT by cyncooper
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