"Was Westerfield a registered sex offender? "We do know the answer to this one. No, he was not. However, there were 13 registered offenders in the area that were "immediately cleared." The SDPD seems to have done a lot of "immediate clearing," including the 13 registered child molesters, the 4 visitors to the VD "pizza party" that night, and the VDs themselves--and it should be noted that the one person with no verifiable alibi for several hours that night is Damon van Dam himself.
All that clearing and the free pass for papa have me scratching my head. I'd sure hate to think Westerfield being the prime suspect that everyone's zeroed in on could facilitate someone else getting away. And I have to tell you, I have not completely rulled out mom and pop doing a little housecleaning in the early morning hours. I don't buy the complete alarm system story. I can't remember ever going to bed without checking in on my two kids.