Posted on 03/03/2002 7:49:10 AM PST by FresnoDA
CAUSE OF GIRL'S DEATH COULD REMAIN MYSTERY
Police say they may never know how Danielle van Dam died, or when. The seven-year-old girl disappeared from her San Diego home February first. Authorities are now confirming that a child's body found by volunteer searchers Wednesday is that of the missing child. The district attorney says an autopsy performed confirmed her identity yesterday. The identification was made through dental records because of the condition of the body. Medical examiners are trying to determine the cause of death, but Police Chief Dave Bejerano says it's possible that we'll never know how, or when she was killed. A neighbor has been charged with kidnapping and murdering her. Authorities say they found the girl's blood on his clothing and in his motor home. He has pleaded innocent. |
No, I'm not.
I'll save my breath because it's apparently not getting through to you. You seem to be weaving your own story and it's barely relative to the comments here.
I'd say it's unusual in any upscale neighborhood these days. Most young folks don't know how to fix anything these days, let alone their complicated, computerized car.
My original comments, which I have not swayed from, were totally relevant to the post I responded to.
I think I once heard that an anklet was a sign of a loose woman or something like that. I think it was back in the early 1900s.
Believe me, I am pretty straight laced; FAITHFULLY married for 31 years and the director of my church's Sunday School. Save your judgment for someone else.
If it is true that the van Dams did live out a wild swinging lifestyle, that they may have also developed the means to safely carry out this lifestyle at home, with kids underfoot. My hypothesis in this case would be that the van Dam kids were given sleeping powders on a regular basis. Enough to knock them out for 12 hours on a reliable basis. Put the child to bed after lacing their water cup. Then there would be no need to check on them for 11 or 12 hours, as experience would have shown.
Now enter Westerfield. Perhaps he had knowledge of this "medication" and knew he could have his way without the child protesting. But what if the child didn't get her full dose, or was overdosed by the father? Would the parents ever admit that they medicated their child in this manner?
More grist for the defense's mill.
Come clean, van Dams.
The only other "evidence" comes from the weird VD refusal to outright deny this on Larry King, etc. Personally, I think it's odd enough that a mom would be out until 2:00 am partying in the first place.
Not to mention that it was her second trip to that bar that week.
BTW....I heard about the "lifestyle" from LEO with my own ears long before I heard that Roberts was speaking of it on radio.
When Daddy puts the kid to bed in a hurry because he's getting ready to do something else? I don't know who did what in this sordid tale, but I do know that even good dads will put kids to bed in their street clothes if they are in a hurry and the kid is sleepy!
ROTFLOL!
I thought he had some kind of a classic car. It's not in the least bit unusual for the owner of a classic to be outside tinkering on it.
What gets me is that the neighbors seem to think that wife swapping is perfectly normal, and working on your own car is somehow abberent behavior.
Only in California, I guess. I wonder how many of those neighbors are hoping for a spot on Jerry Springer, or an interview with the National Inquirer.
I'd bet money there is someone being offered a handsome sum right now to speak to the tabloids.
Of course the prosecution is handling a hot potato and will do all they can to water down or counter the rumors.
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