Prosecutor: Westerfield Guilty 'Beyond Possible Doubt'(Many Still Find Van Dam's Culpable)

Court TV ^ | August 7, 2002 | Harriet Ryan

[Lucky]

He started out saying maybe she was killed in her bed. Her blood was in that room. And DW did not know how to get into that house or what room to go to. All fingerprints excluded DW.

[shezza]

Mr. Dusek said the snapshots contained kiddie porn. We don't know who took those pictures. A mother and her daughter in the hot tub. We see two chairs. Whoever took the picture was sitting in the other chair.

Suddenly DAW is a child pornographer? THe argument is one of prejudice, not logic. And this is kiddie porn, according to the DA, a picture of Danielle L. in her bathing suit. Isn't that stretching it? There are too many explanations. It just doesn't come together.

[dread78645]

What he is doing is trying to show the crime that actually was committed is impossible. The fact that it happened shows that its possible.

Yes, I understand. I believe it is nearly impossible for Westerfield to have commited this crime.

You've made the supposition that DAW could have gone from room to room until he found Danielle.
So back to my question --you said " If they could enter one childs room, they could enter the other."
And I asked you "And the dog would have done what ?"

[Henrietta]

After viewing all of those attack videos, some as many as five times.

They said 1 to 5 times. Stop exaggerating.

[FresnoDA]

Mon Aug 5, 7:14 PM ET

Prosecutor George Clarke, standing, right addresses the court near an empty jury box as counsel reviews jury instructions in the trial of David Westerfield, Monday, Aug. 5, 2002, in San Diego. Westerfield is accused of the kidnapping and murder of seven-year old Danielle van Dam. (AP Photo/Dan Trevan, Pool)

[shezza]

Allowed Susan's daughters Danielle and CHristine Gonzales in his home. Lived with DAW for two years. Had been in the motorhome--had driven the motorhome--all the doors were open. We don't know if the condition of the motorhome when you saw it was the same as it had been.

Susan knows David as well as anyone, doesn't she? Laundry--tossing over bannister to laundry area. Either you accept the prosecution spin that he was a neatnik, or you listen to the witnesses.

We know that the Van Dam kids were over, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday of that week. They come in the front door, they were in the living room, they went upstairs, they went into the garage, (encouraging jury to listen to the taped interviews with Keene)--the kids are all over. And when the laundry gets tossed down to the floor, there's the transfer.

[spectre]

"Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday...immediately proceeding Danielle's Disappearance the kids were all over Westerfields house...says Feldman.

We know the kids were in the garage...check the statements by the Detectives.."

The laundry was tossed over the railing.

Contaminiation.

sw

[shezza]

YOu make the decisions as to whether an explanation is reasonable. Not more or less reasonable, but just reasonable. Must return a verdict of not guilty.

[shezza]

Breaktime for 15 minutes.

[cyncooper]

They said 1 to 5 times. Stop exaggerating.

Excuse me?

[Rheo]

Great job shezza!!

[dread78645]

What do you expect her to say, "My kid's a Van Demon?"

A well behaved "van Demon". And she'll write in her journal for hours at a time --studious too ...

[I. Ben Hurt]

I'm so jittery listening to this. I'm on Feldman's side and all his paper shuffling/backtracking is annoying me. He did tell the jury not to hold anything he says or does against DW. Where's Mattlock when you need him?

Note to self: Calm down. Calm down!

[UCANSEE2]

see post #198. Tell me again Dusek didn't lie.

[demsux]

IMO, Feldman is doing an excellent job of addressing ALL of the prosecution claims/fabrications.

I like the way he moves around and seems to "shoot from the hip" as opposed to reading from a script like duhhhhhsek.

Feldmanus Maximus

[Neenah]

Sitting here hitting the REFRESH button while we are in a break. No one is posting.....

Must be a giant bathroom break !! LOL !!

All across America, you will hear a large flushing sound.

[Henrietta]

bvd said: "Westerfield later deleted these images. Those were what he didn't want."

Cyncooper said: "After viewing all of those attack videos, some as many as five times.

It has not been established that he viewed any of the videos five times. You are exaggerating. As far as we know, he viewed them once. No evidence to the contrary has been presented. Your comment exaggerates the FACT that he was not shown to have viewed any of the videos five times. In fact, it has not been definitively shown that he viewed any of them more than once.

You're excused.