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Testimony costs flight attendant her job
SignOnSanDiego ^ | July 12, 2002 | Kristen Green

Posted on 07/12/2002 7:06:01 AM PDT by MizSterious

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To: bvw
Thanks! When there is little time and so much non-reletant material being posted, it's easy to miss things. DO appreciate those of you who are willing to point to the source of the medias "Stories".
81 posted on 07/12/2002 8:35:32 AM PDT by hoosiermama
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To: Krodg
The number ending with 5203 is DW's.
82 posted on 07/12/2002 8:36:06 AM PDT by Jaded
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~
Was she bound? I don't think ME was able to determine that.

So DW took a child .Moved her all around the country side ..raped her , abused her ..and never bound her at all? He just let her loose to jump on the beds and run out of the motor home on his stops? So you think she liked it and cooperated with it is that what you are saying?

Makes no sense kim

83 posted on 07/12/2002 8:36:15 AM PDT by RnMomof7
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To: Krodg
Could you post a link?
84 posted on 07/12/2002 8:37:15 AM PDT by RnMomof7
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To: bvw
Obviously, Denise is not very bright, and she just likes to talk.

A freeper mentioned the day she testified that she should consider herself an ex-airline employee after admitting that she used drugs.
85 posted on 07/12/2002 8:37:51 AM PDT by Eva
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~

HHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

DENISE = DUH-KNEES

I am sure you ALL get it, right kim!!

(Come fly with me, come fly, come fly, come fllyyyyyy!!!!-Tony Bennet voice in the background!!)

86 posted on 07/12/2002 8:37:59 AM PDT by FresnoDA
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To: MizSterious
"This family has always been cooperative with us,"Newman said. "Everybody that was associated with that family within that 24-hour time frame has been contacted. We've moved on."/ This statement by Capt.Ron Newman of the SD Police Dept. NC Times/2/16/02

YET, DW was a suspect for the very same reason.........cooperation with the Police! DUH.

AND, Kudos to SW Airlines for firing this little dope smoking pervert. Deneese might try America West for a job.

87 posted on 07/12/2002 8:40:39 AM PDT by BARLF
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~
Really? I tell you, the more we hear the more I'm impressed with Stealth Ninja Dave. I suppose, it's all his porn and he was the one SURFING porn at home from the NE substation.

This bears repeating:

**FREE NINJA DAVE**FREE NINJA DAVE**FREE NINJA DAVE**

Stealth Ninja Dave

88 posted on 07/12/2002 8:41:14 AM PDT by Jaded
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To: Eva

Judge allows Danielle's dad back in court

KIMBERLY EPLER
Staff Writer

SAN DIEGO ---- The father of 7-year-old murder victim Danielle van Dam will be allowed to attend the remaining days of her accused murderer's trial, Judge William Mudd ruled Thursday.

But he warned Damon van Dam that one more incident will result in him being banned from the courthouse.


Two weeks ago, Judge Mudd deemed Damon van Dam a "security risk" for repeatedly staring down his daughter's accused murderer, David Westerfield, in courtroom hallways despite several warnings from sheriff's deputies and prosecutors.

Mudd then barred Damon van Dam from the third floor of the downtown San Diego courthouse where Westerfield's emotionally charged trial on charges he kidnapped and murdered Danielle is being held.

On Thursday, an attorney for the van Dam family requested that Damon van Dam be allowed back in the courtroom so he could provide emotional support to his wife, Brenda van Dam, and dispel any jury speculation that his absence meant he didn't care about the trial or that he had something to hide.

The van Dams were present at the hearing, but did not address the court.

Mudd said he believed Damon van Dam has had time to think about his actions and told him that security officials were willing to give him another chance.

"If I get one report of one incident, I will ban you from the courthouse," Mudd told van Dam.

Mudd also cautioned the couple that closing arguments in the case may push them to the limits of what they can handle. The prosecution has indicted it intends to use photos of Danielle's decomposing body while presenting its argument that Westerfield molested the second-grader before she was suffocated and her nude body dumped along a rural road.

Danielle disappeared from her second-story bedroom sometime after her father tucked her into bed on Feb. 1. The next morning she was gone. Westerfield was arrested for the crime five days before her body was discovered by search volunteers on Feb. 27.

The medical examiner has testified that her body was too badly decomposed to determine time of death or whether she was sexually assaulted.

The defense is likely to attack the van Dams' integrity and argue their lifestyle choices ---- including the van Dams' admitted drug use and previous sexual relations with other couples ---- put their children at risk. The van Dams also have two sons.

Prosecutors and the defense attorney have made it their practice to notify the judge before showing jurors graphic photographs of Danielle's body during the six-week trial so the van Dams could be asked to leave the courtroom.

Mudd said he expects the van Dams to leave if any part of the trial becomes too much for them.

"I don't think anybody is downplaying the emotion that both Mr. and Mrs. van Dam are going through," Mudd said.

Westerfield's attorney, Steven Feldman, said Westerfield did not object to Damon van Dam returning to the courtroom, but there still were security concerns. Feldman said Damon van Dam was "mad-dogging" the defense team, or shooting dirty looks at the attorneys.

Feldman said the van Dams have been "verbally attacking" potential buyers who are looking at Westerfield's Sabre Springs home, which is two doors down from their house. Westerfield signed the house over to his attorneys.

Feldman also accused Brenda van Dam of muttering a curse word at one of Westerfield's friends who testified earlier this week.

Prosecutor Jeff Dusek told Mudd that Brenda van Dam denies making any such comment and a victim witness advocate who accompanies her each day backs up her account.

Testimony in the Westerfield trial is on hold until July 22 when Mudd returns from a vacation. At Thursday's hearing, Feldman said he expects the defense will take two or three days more before resting its case. Prosecutors may then present rebuttal witnesses before closing arguments begin sometime in late July or early August.

 

Contact staff writer Kimberly Epler at (760) 739-6644 or kepler@nctimes.com.

7/12/02

89 posted on 07/12/2002 8:41:30 AM PDT by FresnoDA
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To: RnMomof7
Someone on another forum (Jameson's?) posted this link http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/archive/D039640.DOC and I noticed something kinda interesting. At the bottom of the document it shows some areas that are still sealed by warrant nmber. c. Affidavit to warrant No. 27802 1. Attachment "1" to warrant No. 27802, the last 5 lines of page 2 starting with "On 02-04-02" through the end of the first paragraph on page 3 ending with the word "suspect." 2. Attachment "1" to warrant No. 27802, last full paragraph on page 3 starting with "Van Dam stated" and ending with "Westerfield." 3. Attachment "1"to warrant No. 27802 -- first full paragraph on page 5 starting with "On 02/04/02" and ending with the word "evaluation." Warrant 27802 happens to be for the compter. Why would anything the Van Dams say, have anything to do with a search warrant for his compter? Sorry can't get the link to work.
90 posted on 07/12/2002 8:41:50 AM PDT by Krodg
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To: SheLion
I think they used the pot issue to get rid of her!

You may very well be right.

Call me hard-hearted, but I have no sympathy. We reap what we sow.

She knew the rules and chose to break them. It doesn't matter whether or not she got caught; she still broke them.

Apparently the risk was worth it to her. Life's tough.

91 posted on 07/12/2002 8:42:01 AM PDT by Southflanknorthpawsis
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To: RnMomof7
Ok, maybe we can say she was freed for a moment..there is no logical reason for her print(s) to be next to his bed.
92 posted on 07/12/2002 8:42:07 AM PDT by Freedom2specul8
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To: RnMomof7
So DW took a child .Moved her all around the country side [unbound]?

That's it ! Its now solved ! (someone already suggested this) DAW was in the back watching child porn movies and it was Danielle who was driving the Motorhome !
93 posted on 07/12/2002 8:42:21 AM PDT by pyx
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To: redlipstick
A baseball cap?
94 posted on 07/12/2002 8:43:07 AM PDT by Jaded
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~
Are the entire docs available? One of the detectives already testified that they embellished statements made by the Brenda.
95 posted on 07/12/2002 8:44:31 AM PDT by Jaded
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To: Jaded
Jaded, see our compilation of facts above. It says someone was viewed that was on the hardrive. (there is a link to the quote to save space)..even your friend and mine, John Jamieson isn't convinced someone was "surfing". Why would he do it while dad the horndog was being voluntarily interviewed by police? the fear factor? (Hey, "stolen kids guilty parents" will be on court tv tonight)
96 posted on 07/12/2002 8:45:09 AM PDT by Freedom2specul8
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~
See, it's that SND thang. He put the body at Dehesa on the 16th.
97 posted on 07/12/2002 8:45:11 AM PDT by Jaded
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To: Jaded
I guess they're available to news sites--they're the ones who sued for it. Not fair is it. I forgot to mention the fbi article was from websleuths.com..no link available.
98 posted on 07/12/2002 8:46:12 AM PDT by Freedom2specul8
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To: Jaded
HHHmmm Orange vest? Orange fibers? What day was this picture taken?
99 posted on 07/12/2002 8:47:02 AM PDT by hoosiermama
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To: MizSterious
"Because of him, it's just ruined everyone's lives," she said.

Typical liberal response -- it's all somebody else's fault. She doesn't see that her mis-behavior caused her divorce, the loss of her job, and may have contributed to the gruesome death of a child. ('Cause if they weren't stoned out of their minds, one or more of them might have been paying attention to the kids and the locks on the doors.)

100 posted on 07/12/2002 8:47:04 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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