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The kid has a lot of supporters, as does his family--kinda surprising. All are saying he isn't a druggie. The adrenaline needed to do what he did does suggest meth, but so many locals are saying no. (That does not refer to any drug test results, however.)

Police were back on the property tonight, "crawling all over it," according to Nancy Grace. No one seems to know exactly why. You know about the Toyota van that was searched and then impounded a day later? That was on the Dyleski/Fielding/Curiel property, but I don't know any more about it.

Something ironic I noted tonight. The CoCoCo sheriff's dept. released partial details of the two search warrants issued last Wed--other parts are sealed:

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"Deputies searched the home of Scott Dyleski, 16, on Oct. 19. Dyleski was charged as an adult with murder last week in connection with Vitale's death. Investigators seized two laptops, a computer central processing unit, bedding, knives and a duffel bag from Dyleski's house, just down the hill from Horowitz and Vitale's estate.

It was another neighbor who earlier reported to Lafayette police that his credit card had been stolen and used to buy hydroponic growing equipment - often used to cultivate marijuana - scheduled for shipping to Horowitz and Vitale's address, according to the affidavit. The supplier withheld the shipment, believing the purchase was fraudulent. The neighbor, Doug Schneider, contacted police because he believed the purchase may have been related to Vitale's murder, according to the affidavit, parts of which were sealed."
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Earlier, we had talked about how Dan and the neighbors filed harrassment suits on each other from time to time. On another Horowitz-Vitale thread, a poster noted that he had been the target of something like this before in post #274:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1503329/posts?q=1&&page=274

Well, the neighbor named above, Schneider, was filed on by Horowitz, his sister and his first wife, in 1985--but Schneider filed a countersuit. Both were settled in an unspecified manner.

It's just ironic to me that Schneider was one of the two neighbors who pointed the finger at Scott Dyleski in the murder of DH's wife. Going from alleged harrassment to the utmost in neighborliness, helping to nab a killer, is not something you see often. He could have kept it to himself and not wanted to "get involved" like so many neighbors do nowadays.

The other neighbor who was cited in the warrant affidavit was one of the Curiels.

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"Massi said sources told him that the owner of the home on Hunsaker Canyon Road that Dyleski and his mother shared with two other families, including the homeowner's, had contacted police after he saw Dyleski with scratches on his face. Horowitz has said his wife "fought like hell" for her life.

Fred Curiel, who owns the home, did not return calls for comment Saturday."
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Also, it was revealed tonight that Pamela had been stabbed in the stomach, in addition to the 39 blows to the head and the "Cross of Lorraine" goth symbol carved on her back. LE is said to still be "looking for the murder weapon."

I guess that means a knife, in addition to the crown molding used to batter her, which I thought they did have in evidence (with an indented imprint of Pamela's foot in it, as in having kicked it, using kick-boxing skills she was said to have). We first heard that a hammer had been used, so I don't know now if that was a rumor or yet another weapon.