I think I see where you got this.
DW said when he came walking toward home and the neighbor told him what was going on about Danielle, that he headed to his house to see if maybe she got into his backyard and had fallen into the pool.
When asked by police later, he said when he got to the house, he found the garage side door open. (Just like the Van Dam's was found open).
I think you are making up the rest. I don't recall him trying to tell police That is how Danielle got in his house. He only thought she might have gotten into his backyard. If you can show otherwise, I sure would like to see that.
SIGH. No, I'm not making it up. The transcripts are at the Court TV website and you can't cut and paste. I believe this area of the interview starts around page 5.
DW said when he came walking toward home and the neighbor told him what was going on about Danielle, that he headed to his house to see if maybe she got into his backyard and had fallen into the pool.
When asked by police later, he said when he got to the house, he found the garage side door open. (Just like the Van Dam's was found open).
Here is that part of what he says. He says GATE, not garage door:
Westerfield: And I said, well, you know, maybe I should check my backyard because the first thing I think of is a pool and I leave my side gates unlocked so that other people can use the backyard if they want. I have a pool and patio back there.
Redden: So did you go back and check?
Snip
Then here is your next statement that I made something up (!)
I think you are making up the rest. I don't recall him trying to tell police That is how Danielle got in his house. He only thought she might have gotten into his backyard. If you can show otherwise, I sure would like to see that.
The transcript continues right where I left off above:
Westerfield: Mark-yeah, I walked into the house, and you know, the house--I don't know if anybody was in the house, but I couldn't tell. And--
Redden: Why would somebody be in your house?
Westerfield: Well, I leave the side door open...(I posted rest of this area last night).
They were talking about Danielle possibly being in there if you go read the whole thing. He doesn't mention once that he had Neal come by to check the house.