"The document also said that Westerfield matched FBI profiles of possible abduction suspects."
FROM NBC NEWS, SAN DIEGO
Affidavits Show Why Police First Suspected Westerfield Suspect Made Several Surprising Statements Police documents released Thursday show that statements David Westerfield made two days after Danielle van Dam disappeared immediately aroused the suspicions of detectives who interviewed him.
The documents, five affidavits filed to support requests to search Westerfield's home, Toyota 4-Runner and mobile home, were released at the beginning of an 11-day recess in Westerfield's murder trial. They also allowed police to search Westerfield's computers and gather cellular phone records.
According to one of the affidavits, while Westerfield was driving through the desert to show a detective where he camped the weekend Danielle disappeared, he said, "This would be a great place to dump a body."
Later that day, after investigators searched one of his vehicles, he told them that they had done a good job. When a detective said it would be nice to know where 7- year-old Danielle van Dam's body was located, Westerfield told him "to just be patient and police will get the information they need," the affidavit said. Westerfield added that the information would come "sooner than they think," according to the documents.
Westerfield told detectives that he made his trip to the beach, desert and back alone. But one of the documents noted that he used the word "we" as if someone else was in the motor home with him, an affidavit stated. When a detective questioned him about it, Westerfield said is was just a slip of the tongue, according to the affidavit.
The document also said that Westerfield matched FBI profiles of possible abduction suspects. The detective who prepared the document wrote, "I believe evidence will be destroyed if the warrant is not served tonight and Westerfield is allowed into his residence."