[FresnoDA]

For what it is worth.....DP is weird, and out there.....but he has 8 more hours of direct contact with Brenda and Damon VD than most people out there. .....

• DP will more than likely be called as a witness. According to what he said, he has an attorney. He can only say what he has been advised.

• Keep in mind ...he was in the VD home and was also in Danielle's room.

[Mrs.Liberty]

My comment is.....Brenda says he was not invited into their home(on John and Ken), yet it seems she is playing happy hostess to this Pierce guy. I have always wondered how, if he was not invited into their home, why was he allowed to stay and wander around for hours?

[Amore]

Well, I would certainly say Mr. Pierce is being rather melodramatic. But I did listen to the audio clips. The VDs do seem quite emotionless, though otherwise don't come off too badly in what they say. Except for one comment. She told the DJs that the neighborhood was so safe that, if you asked around, probably most neighbors would say they didn't lock their doors at night. Now THAT, to put it mildly, I don't believe. Sounds to me like she's trying to excuse their own extremely lax security.

[Freedom2specul8]

12. February 9, 2002

One of the most outspoken critics was Douglas Pierce, who only days before posted a $10,000 reward ...He felt the parents lacked emotion, and said he was put off by what he described as their repeated rehearsals before facing the media.

Although he found no evidence to believe the van Dams are tied directly to their daughter's disappearance, Pierce said he decided to ask for outside protection for the children after observing the family, its public-relations team and a journal entry by Danielle

"Douglas Pierce is some kind of freak who came into our house," Damon van Dam told a Los Angeles radio station Thursday. He called Pierce "evil." "He is trying to start trouble for us," Brenda van Dam said. "We did not invite him into our house."

Pierce continued to post the reward offer on the Web. His Millennium Children's Fund is listed with the state of California as an active corporation first registered Feb. 26, 2000.

April 2001, Pierce filed a 990-EZ form with the Internal Revenue Service, listing the fund as a "children's public benefit charity." Pierce reported no income and no expenses for the 2000 tax year