Westerfield had earlier told the Union-Tribune that he encountered Brenda van Dam and two of her girlfriends at a popular Poway bar and restaurant Friday night. He said he danced with Brenda van Dam and had a few drinks before leaving alone before midnight.
Brenda van Dam said she ran into Westerfield at Dad's, the Poway restaurant and bar, and that he asked her to introduce him to one of her friends. She agreed, but they did not talk long. She said she danced and played pool during the evening at Dad's, but did not dance with Westerfield, as he told The San Diego Union-Tribune. When Brenda van Dam and her friends left the bar, Westerfield was gone, she said. She and her two girlfriends ran into two other friends that night, and they all headed to the van Dams' home.