Posted on 07/01/2002 5:50:00 PM PDT by FresnoDA
One of the witnesses seen entering the courtroom for the hearing outside the jury's presence was Oliver Ryder. Ryder is an adjunct professor of biology at UCSD and works for the Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species at the San Diego Zoo. Joy Halverson, a canine DNA specialist with QuestGen Forensics in Davis, also testified. A third man who took the stand declined to be identified. Westerfield, 50, is charged with kidnapping, murder and misdemeanor possession of child pornography in the disappearance and killing of 7-year-old Danielle van Dam. The self-employed design engineer could get the death penalty if convicted of the felony charges. Dogs have played crucial roles in the prosecution's case. A volunteer handler testified last week that two search dogs alerted several times while sniffing in Westerfield's motorhome four days after the victim was reported missing. Also, police evidence technicians say hair consistent with Danielle van Dam's dog was found in the defendant's laundry. Superior Court Judge William Mudd is scheduled to announce his decision on the final prosecution witness when the trial resumes tomorrow morning. Mudd has told defense attorney Steven Feldman to be ready to call his first witness tomorrow. Feldman has indicated he should be able to conclude his case by July 15. Feldman told the judge he plans to call insect expert David Faulkner to the stand to try to pinpoint the time of Danielle's death. In his opening statement, Feldman said the child's nude body could have been placed off a road in Dehesa as late as Feb. 16, a dozen days after his client came under 24-hour surveillance by law enforcement. Prosecutors theorize that Westerfield killed the Sabre Springs second-grader and dumped her body at the East County site shortly after she disappeared Feb. 2. Volunteer searchers found the girl's decomposing body off Dehasa Road on Feb. 27. Westerfield was arrested Feb. 22.Animal genetics experts testify at closed-door sessions
SIGNONSANDIEGO July 1, 2002 Two experts on animal genetics testified today in a closed-door hearing to determine if the prosecution will be able to call one last witness in the David Westerfield trial before resting its case.
" Standard Disclaimer Ditto"
at the bottom of any of our posts where we have to address the porno issue.
And to answer your question...NO, some people don't want to "get it"..
sw
I agree with you 100%
"scoot...ya'll.."
sw
I'll be more comfortable with that statement after the Forensics testimony from Faulkner, etc.
Stay tuned...sw
Many pedophiles collect academic and scientific books and articles on the nature of pedophilia in an effort to understand and justify their own behavior..
Hmmmm. No comment.
That has many of us wondering why or if the defense may call her.
The "scoot and scatter" URL should lead the addicts to the Pedophile threads and is only the proper way to handle this delicate situation....a gentle nudge.
sw
One can literally have a field day captioning these two yoyo's, but when thinking how odd these twits are I keep going back to what must have been one of the strangest moments in this case.
I make reference to that singular moment when Douglas Pierce had a letter from Danielle to the Demon Seed thrust into his hands. To read his account of the hairs on the back of his neck standing up makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up!
From a purely psychological viewpoint, how extremely Freudian that Bosomy Brenda the Town Tart doesn't choose a favorite play toy or article of clothing to give him.
No, she gives him the strangest and most provocative note which states little Danielle's desire for her father's forgiveness. Hmmmmmmmm. Was Brenda trying to slap the Demon Seed down for something he might have done????
I have often tried to imagine myself in Pierce's place at that moment,...Brenda to one side urging me to read this most intimate and bizarre letter from her now missing daughter, and the Demon Seed on my other side scowling at both of us. How completely odd and utterly frightening that moment must have been.
It seems beyond imagination that a father would molest his own daughter perpetrating an incestuous relationship, and yet it has happened before and continues to happen today. Just looking at that photo Fres says a thousand silent words about these two.
Forget the lack of saddness and despair demonstrated by these two charlatans, forget the misuse of the donated money, forget the lies and deceit to the police, media and public, forget the drug use, the wife swapping, the heavy drinking,...these two know something much more sinister, much darker than we could ever imagine.
It's hard to see him getting convicted on the case presented so far and the outstanding questions that haven't been addressed.
But...seeing some of the posters on FR that want him convicted already without having heard the defense and the media lies...it is possible he could be.
The defense has got to be able to prove she was in that MH at any point prior to 2/1, even with Faulkners testimony possibly showing a later death...the fibers in his laundry and on her body...the computer access dates.
I hope the defense puts on a better case than the prosecution.
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