Bugs: The Best Witnesses? (Westerfield's Son Neal Forced To Testify By Desperate D.A. Dusek!!)

Court TV ^ | July 25, 2002 | Harriet Ryan

[BunnySlippers]

Be right back looking for source.

I provided a URL ... I don't know how to do links yet. :(

[Krodg]

The second mistake is one of strategy. When the real bug guy testifies he will know exactly how Feldman is going to cross so he will be better prepared. Goff won't make the same mistakes.

Are you suggesting that you will believe the third bug guy but not the one hired by the prosecution or the one that backed him up?

[UCANSEE2]

I'm suing Free Republic because they made a message board so addictive that it's robbing me of truly productive activity...

Just wait, it only gets worse.

Here is the applicable part of the DW TRIAL THREAD GLOSSARY...

COKEYS=What happens to your keyboard when you read a humorous reply on FR and SPEW your favorite sugar-laced beverage on your keyboard. First, your fingers stick to the keys, then later, you end up with multiple replies and repeating characters due to the keys sticking. Later you end up buying a new keyboard.

DESPERADO SNACK= (AKA Party-Mix) What you do for food after being addicted to the net and FR for so long that you eat and sleep at the PC. Finally you get so addicted you won’t even get up to go get FOOD, so, you turn the keyboard upside down and shake it out over a piece of paper. You then funnel the crumbs into your mouth.

SWEET-TREAT= What you get if you just SPEWED on your keyboard and now you are thirsty and hungry. You quickly make a funnel out of paper and turning the keyboard upside down, funnel the Mixture of PARTY-MIX and COKEYS into a cup, then DRINK IT.

[BunnySlippers]

Well, I'm not going to argue with you here. You may be right. As I mentioned to Spectre earlier I have not reached an opinion on the issue of pornography and its link to criminal assault ... not that its been a pressing issue in my life.

[John Jamieson]

Sure, A guy from Hawaii where they snow ski alot, knows more about the snow falls in SD than the local bug experts.

[BunnySlippers]

MUDD MAD! Threatens To Close Westerfield Trial To Media-Reports Of Mad-Dogging!!!

Fres, I think you've topped yourself! Brilliant!

[bird humming]

Thanks for your perseverance/persistance during this trial. I always just do a search for poster 'fresnoda.' Then read the opines. Have never watched CTV be4, never will again. Those harridans! Those crones! Those frumpy/dowdies! Once the trial ends, 'buh-bye,' Lisa/Nancy/Rikkidon'tlosethatnumber/ & lastbutdef the least, Catherine with a 'C.' To count the times Cathy reminded the audience of her judgeship is unfathomable. And Rikki w/her many mentions of being a prosecutor & a defense so she has such a wise perspective.

.I think, based on the testimonies/evidence, that DW is not guilty. He had no motive & he had no knowledge of the van Dam home layout. The killer was a family member or friend. IMHO. Thanks again, fresnoda!

[gigi]

We moved from CA a 1 1/2 ago and I miss farmers market. Avacados, artichokes, yummy fruits ... all of it. It's just not as good here in FL..


Also, I miss, In-N-Out, (animal cheese), Jumbo Jacks and Super Tacos,
great mexican food, great chinese food, and Raleys, my fav. supermarket when I lived in No.CAl. SIGH!!


They have good Barbeque here but cannot make a decent hamburger!! again SIGH!

We lived in Fairfield, close to Davis, but I grew up in Ventura.

[demsux]

Whoever dumped the body had a 'lookout' &/or knew the Dehesa location very well. Say, someone who has dumped rubbish in the area often???

OR road mountain bikes on the trail that runs right by the recovery site (see aerial photo)

[ernie pantuso]

My GUESS is that the ME did not want to be involved with that issue in this case: He obviously found physical evidence to support the 10-day basis. He also knew that Faulkner had been called in to examine the body and bugs. So, not wanting to upset the State's investigation/theory and not wanting to become involved in the TOD fight, he concludes a broad enough range such that he is not put on the spot and the other experts can hash it out in court over TOD.

I do not know this ME so I can not state if he is spineless--i.e.,does not want to cross the DA so he "punts"--or if he is being intellectually honest with such a broad range of TOD.

[John Jamieson]

What people can't grasp is that even it were proven that guys who collect porno kill ten times as many girls as guys that don't (It never has been proven either) it still is not proof that any one particular person killed Danielle. It's essentially useless information, just he same as who drinks, who uses dope, etc. It's in no way, shape or fashion "proof".

The prosecution has a "burden of proof", not

a "burden of suggestion".

[Krodg]

Kim,

I think you missed the point. No one cares what this witness had to say, he isn't credible!!! His opinion doesn't count.

You can't make a mountain of evidence out of a nonexistant ant hill.

[BunnySlippers]

Sugar & carbs are the body's worst enemies.

I just found out I have high blood pressure and bought (at my doctor's instigation) an automatic OMRON blood pressure monitor.

They are fascinating. Just whip the sash around the left arm and hit the "GO" button. It automatically inflates and in a few seconds gives you blood pressure reading and pulse.

But it intersting to see the changes according to stimulous ... petting my cat Harley (pressure down) ... thinking nice thoughts (pressure down), listening to the news (pressure up), posting on FR sometimes (pressure up).

I wish I'd gotten one earlier. I got HEM-711 model.

[BunnySlippers]

,i> it still is not proof that any one particular person killed Danielle.

True. It is only part of a big puzzle.

[ernie pantuso]

Not trying to argue; just discussing some issues before heading to happy hour. Have a good night.

[cyncooper]

Most reputable ME's do not like giving an exact TOD...

I am aware of that. I was pointing out this particular period of time cited by the ME to Spunky because he was saying today's witness using six weeks in particular discredited his testimony.

[Krodg]

I'm impressed!

[rolling_stone]

I wonder if the prosecution will bring in an expert to testify about local conditions of squid & grunion and its effect on mummification & decompostion in the Strand beach area, and suggest Danielle was asphyxiated by beach sand and that the sea creatures could have affected TOD estimates?

[John Jamieson]

In engineering when one data point is so far of the others, we first try to explain the difference, and if we can't, we toss it, calling it an outlier.

It not just that some, of his probable death date range is before Danielle could have died, ALL OF IT IS.

[ernie pantuso]

Dusek is calling Howard Stern to explain the whereabouts of his sea creature from "Son of the Beach."