[Rheo]

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.

But wait...didn't he hide that trip and only fess to the later one?

[small_l_libertarian]

And if DW TOLD the police that he took the items to Twin Peaks Cleaners, WHY did Torgersen drive to four OTHER cleaners to try to find DW's stuff before he got to Twin Peaks?

[FresnoDA]

Westerfield jury deliberates full day, recesses

Judge unseals more search-warrant data

 

By Alex Roth
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

August 13, 2002

Jurors in the David Westerfield case completed a full day of deliberations without reaching a verdict yesterday and are scheduled to resume at 9 a.m. today.

The panel has deliberated approximately 11 hours over three days in the downtown San Diego courthouse. They haven't sent any notes to Superior Court Judge William Mudd since Thursday, when they asked and gained permission to deliberate five days a week rather than four.

Westerfield, 50, is accused of kidnapping and murdering 7-year-old Danielle van Dam, who lived two houses away in Sabre Springs. Lawyers delivered closing arguments in the two-month trial last week.

If the jury returns a guilty verdict, there would be a second phase of the trial in which the same panel would hear evidence and decide whether to recommend the death penalty or life in state prison without the possibility of parole.

Also yesterday, Judge Mudd unsealed several more search-warrant documents in the case, including a list of items seized by police from Westerfield's house and Toyota 4Runner in February. Virtually all the information contained in the documents has already become public.

Last week the San Diego-based 4th District Court of Appeal ordered the judge to release the additional documents, saying the judge had interpreted a May ruling by the appeals court too narrowly.