Jury begins deliberations -Prosecutor says victim has pointed to her killer (keep it civil)

UNION-TRIBUNE signonsandiego.com ^ | August 9, 2002 | Alex Roth

[dread78645]

Jurors in the David Westerfield trial began deliberating yesterday after hearing a final statement from the lead prosecutor, who beamed a photo of 7-year-old Danielle van Dam onto the wall and urged the jury to focus on the physical evidence.

Finishing closing arguments in the two-month murder trial, prosecutor Jeff Dusek called a blood spot on Westerfield's jacket the "smoking gun." And Dusek imagined what Danielle might tell the jury if someone could bring her back to life "just for a moment" so she could answer the question, "Please tell us who did this to you."

"I've already told you," Dusek said the girl would tell the jury. "I've told you with my hair and where you found it. I've told you with the orange fiber that you found on my choker, and where you found it.

[Kerensky]

From: Damon van Dam (vandam@bnr.ca)
Subject: Light system info? 
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.off-road, rec.bicycles.tech
View: (This is the only article in this thread) | Original Format 
Date: 1996/09/05 
 

I'm far too poor to buy a $150 or more light setup so I plan 
on building one. Actually I'm too cheap/inventive to buy one.

Particurally where do I get good batries. Nicads seem like a
bad idea because of the short life. I've got one of those akline
rechargers that I could probably rig to recharge larger battries.
I'd also like a battry(ies) I could put in a bottle/cage.

Also I've got a Preview XE (2W) that runs -forever- on 4AAs.
Can I change the bulb to maybe 5W without melting the unit and
still get 30-45min out of it. If so where do I get a bulb.
(Don't tell me to go spend $8 at my LBS please :-)

I've seen references to locations for info on making your own 
light system but I am without external web access (sob, sob). 
So would one of you kind people mail me some info?

Any help appreciated.
Damon van Dam


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[John Jamieson]

"Sounds Good to Me, Inc."

Sounds like Damon remembers "Dare to be Great", another famous Florida multy level scheme.

[Kerensky]

From: Damon van Dam (t_pvanda@qualcomm.com)
Subject: Sachse House FOR SALE 
Newsgroups: dfw.forsale
View: (This is the only article in this thread) | Original Format 
Date: 1997/12/01 
 

Country Living

2209 Sandi Lane, Sachse (Longmeadows)
3 Bedroom, 2 Bath, 2 Car Garage. $103,000 (if you see it here)

Country Living only 5 minutes from I-190 (George Bush Freeway) and 10
minutes from Central Expressway. This single story home is located on a
quiet street and backs up to a farm field. Great neighborhood with lots
of kids and friendly neighbors. The kids can play safely and you can
relax and watch the cotton blossom through the large back windows. It
even has a white picket fence.

- 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 car garage. One story, 1659 sq. ft. Open floor plan.
- Only 5 years "new" with 7.5% Assumable FHA mortgage.
- All window treatments including cellular shades and custom valences.
- Ceiling fans in all rooms.
- Tiled entry and large brick fireplace (gas).
- Built in microwave
- Refrigerator can be included.
- Shower and large marble tub in master bath. Tub is wired for Jacuzzi.
- All 6 panel doors and custom ceiling moldings.
- Walk in closets in all rooms - spacious.
- Extra storage shelves (and window) in laundry room
- Rear entry garage w/back door, front window, work area & 220outlet.
- Gas water and heat.
- Large back patio has pre wired outdoor speakers.
- Picket fenced back yard is great for the kids to play in.
- Sycamore, Crabapple, and Shumard Oak trees.
- 10 year warranty included.
- Wiley School District is one of the best in the state!

Call owners: Damon or Brenda van Dam (619)547-4899
Do not call the realtor...

[John Jamieson]

Judging from the emails including this one, Damon is not a decent EE and very cheap.

[rolling_stone]

Hey it's the order of priorities, booze,pot parties, audio cables ...

[cyncooper]

Like the hand print that only showed up after her fingers were rehydrated?

???

Her prints in the MH were found on 2/8. Well before her body was found.

[Kerensky]

From: Damon van Dam (vandam@bnr.ca)
Subject: moving sale this fri and sat 
Newsgroups: dfw.forsale
View: (This is the only article in this thread) | Original Format 
Date: 1996/10/02 
 

Moving sale. This will all be yard sale on Fri and Sat (4 & 5th)
 morning at 8AM
 at 2209 Sandi Ln. in Sachse (mapsco 9A-M).
 There will be much more than whats listed here.
 Call me before then and beat the rush (ha)
 Damon or Brenda van Dam 972-530-9900.
- Albums - Anyone remember what these are? (lots) $1 or $2 each.
- Baby stuff - bath, stroller, toys (not many, no clothes)
- Bedroom set - Queen Bed (mattress is 3yrs old, good condition), 
   Chest, Dresser, 2 nightstands, 3 mirrors, 2 lamps
   Old. $200 
          (matching linens, pillows, and curtains add $75)
- Bike - Bridgstone Mile 112, new condition with travel bag $200
- Bookcase - about 7' tall. $20
- Books - Lots, eng. text, computer, fiction, mamuals
- Cassetts - mostly rock and drawer style holders - $2 each
- Computer - 386sx20 9Meg memory, 1.2, 1.4, 68, and 20M drives,
             Zenith 1492 Flat VGA monitor, Panasonic KX-P1180
             9 pin printer. Lots of software loaded, windows
             many games, utilities, (mouse & joystick) etc. $350
- Chair - Really nice but imperfect (goes good with desk) $10
- Desk - El cheapo. Fits computer well buy looks like crap. $10
         (Carpet saver, chair, and desk free with computer) 
- Fish tank - 65 gal. Oceanic with stand, new Fulval filter, pump
  gravel, rocks, chemicals and my pet Africans. $350
- Plant - 9' tall Corn Plant, indoor plant, very nice $100
- Plant - 5' tall Ficus plant, indoor, $50
- Robot - Tomy robot, plays cassettes, serves drinks, can be
   programmed to do specific things at an alarm time. $100
- Stereo - Yamaha RX-500U Reciever. $120
  - Sony CDP-C70 5 disc carosel CD player. $100
  - JVC KD-D4 Tape Deck. $75
  - Yamaha P350 Turntable. (like anyone wants this) - $20
  - Infinity 3000P Loudspeakers. Reconed 3 yrs ago. $300
  - The whole thing. $500
- Table - and 4 chairs, wood pedastel, old. $30
- Toys - small stuff.
- TV - LXI 20' color with remote, does cable, old but works well
 $50                                                     
- Video cassettes - Movies (not many) $3 each

[cyncooper]

And the organge fibers that were found in the SUV when they went back after they saw the orange on her necklace?

Like the prints, fibers in SUV recovered first week of February (before the SUV returned to him), well before the body with orange fiber in necklace was found.

[dread78645]

No one has responded to my post from last night about why the drycleaners weren't asked in court to identify the items that DW brought in - does that mean you guys all think I'm on the wrong track here? It's still bugging me, but if you guys think I'm nuts, I'll stop worrying about it.

No not at all. The problem is Julie Mills is an airhead, she's worked there for twelve years and didn't know the address !
In addition she has a confused memory of the computer time being off, mistakes Dusek for Bill Riech, then enters the order under another customers name. The police dectective is the first reliable person to have custody.

Why Feldman didn't exploit this, I have no idea.

[pinz-n-needlez]

Good obersevation, John. It's like he enjoys the journey more than the destination. He likes the games and quests, the challenge of wheeling and dealing.

It's prbably safe to say that mindset describes his sexual activites. It sure does describe his testimonies at the trial and at the ph, and his acitivites while LE was looking for Danielle and putting together their case against DW (Magnets on the alarm system.)

Similar approach to his suggestions to the bike people, where he talked about putting i.d. in the tube that the seat fits on.

He also seems to enjoy the thrill of almost getting caught. Again, his sex life and his trip on the 16th of February suggest that. Does Danielle's death?

Is he reading these threads and getting a charge out of all of us spending so much time trying to figure out the truth of what might have well been HIS escapade?

[John Jamieson]

If I were him, I would be reading this stuff in stark terror.

[Kerensky]

From: Damon van Dam (dvd@wonderhog.eng.ufl.edu)
Subject: DEC LN-03 problems 
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
View: (This is the only article in this thread) | Original Format 
Date: 1992-02-20 14:46:57 PST 
 

Can any of you printer wizards help me out?

I've got an LN-03R printer that gives a field service and controller error with
a 7  1  on the desplay.
When the main logic board (controller??) has the chips reseated it will not give
an error on the first power-up, but fails after being shut off once.

I was hoping to find a defective chip. Sending the board off is too expensive.
Any help would be appreciated.  Please mail me though  dvd@eng.ufl.edu  as I don
t rn often.

thanks in advance.

Damon van Dam

[pinz-n-needlez]

Do you mind posting the particulars, please?

In both case, IIRC, the technician was in the process of evaluating evidence and then went back ('on a hunch' in the case of the hand print), to look for more evidence in a particular place.

I thought I recalled Shen(?) saying the orange fiber in Danielle's necklace intrigued her so she went to look for some more.

I could be wrong on the timing, it has happened. My being wrong, that is.

[pinz-n-needlez]

:-)

[dread78645]

If Damon did, indeed, dump the body, (and I'm inclined to believe that he did), why did he dump it in the worng spot?

Remember the phone call on Feb 16th (speculation):

"Hi Brenda, its me. Lotta searchers and press out here in Glamis, I mean a whole bunch!. We handed out flyers, and will be heading back towards town and put up some signs were the searchers might have missed, I hope they start looking closer to town for Danielle. Let's call a press conference this afternoon."

[small_l_libertarian]

The first interesting thing I've learned about Damon's Wild Ride is that Dehesa Road is in between Poway and the four places he said he was going that day - Ocotillo Wells, Borrego Springs, Glamis and Brawley. If you left Poway and went to Dehesa, you could drive in pretty much a straight line to the four destination areas.

[Kerensky]

Michael Negrete (www.unposted.com):

From: Michael Negrete (dorsaj@best.com)
Subject: X Login 
Newsgroups: linux.redhat.misc
View: Complete Thread (4 articles) | Original Format 
Date: 1999/07/17 
 

Right now my mouse is not configured properly for X and I don't know how to
get to a terminal.  I also have Redhat loading X on startup. Is there anyway
to bypass the X startup while linux loads? Or can you tell me how to open up
a terminal in Gnome without a mouse?

Thanks
Mike Negrete

From: Fyddler (fyddler@my-deja.com)
Subject: Re: X Login 
Newsgroups: linux.redhat.misc
View this article only 
Date: 1999/07/21 
 

In article <37929afa$0$221@nntp1.ba.best.com>,
  "Michael Negrete"  wrote:
> Right now my mouse is not configured properly for X and I don't know how to
> get to a terminal.  I also have Redhat loading X on startup. Is there anyway
> to bypass the X startup while linux loads? Or can you tell me how to open up
> a terminal in Gnome without a mouse?
>
> Thanks
> Mike Negrete
>
>

Give XF86Setup a shot. It'll let you configure everything as generic
stuff so you can have a fallback position when you push the limits of
your hardware. That's what I did until I could pick up the linux
voodoo3 driver.

Now if I can only figure out how to get linux to do my DSL's DHCP
server I can ditch winblows altogether.

 -Fyddler


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Message 3 in thread 
From: Robert S (berzerke@flashmail.com)
Subject: Re: X Login 
Newsgroups: linux.redhat.misc
View this article only 
Date: 1999/07/22 
 

Michael Negrete wrote:

> Right now my mouse is not configured properly for X and I don't know how to
> get to a terminal.  I also have Redhat loading X on startup. Is there anyway
> to bypass the X startup while linux loads? Or can you tell me how to open up
> a terminal in Gnome without a mouse?
>
> Thanks
> Mike Negrete

I don't have a complete answer, but whenever X starts acting to badly, there is
always Ctrl-Alt-Backspace.  This should kill X.   From there, you may get to
the terminal.

If that fails, try telnetting in from another machine, su'ing and then set INIT
3.  The INIT 3 makes Linux start up in command line mode.  INIT 5 is startup in
X.
Message 4 in thread 
From: hglawson@nr.infi.net (hglawson@nr.infi.net)
Subject: Re: X Login 
Newsgroups: linux.redhat.misc
View this article only 
Date: 1999/07/21 
 

>  "Michael Negrete"  wrote:
>> Right now my mouse is not configured properly for X and I don't know how to
>> get to a terminal.  I also have Redhat loading X on startup. Is there anyway
>> to bypass the X startup while linux loads? Or can you tell me how to open up
>> a terminal in Gnome without a mouse?

Hi Mike, I don't know if this answers your question, but on most Linux
setups Ctrl-Alt-f2 (or f3...) will open up a virtual console in place of
your X window.  Here you can log in as root--or whatever--and try to fix
things up.

-- 
Hugh Lawson
Greensboro, North Carolina
hglawson@nr.infi.net

[the-gooroo]

Maybe Damon didn't want to get too close to the areas of DW's "travels" because he knew that LE and volunteers were heavily concentrating on and searching those same areas at that time. Too big of a risk at being seen dumping something.

[Kerensky]

Left: Damon Van Dam in 2002 Right: sketch drawn in 1999 portraying the man wanted for questioning in Michael Negrete's disappearance. Witnesses reported seeing a strange man on the dorm floor where Michael lived and were able to provide an accurate description of this man.

[John Jamieson]

I don't see it that way. The first two places are near 78 the north route that DW took. Dehesa is south of I-8, much further south.