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. |
I'll bet Slick thinks we women should be wearing burkas! Then he can't see our Mickey Mouse earrings.
Yep. Once upon a time, refusing to wear a chastity belt made a woman "loose". Once upon a time, wearing an ankle bracelet was considered riske in some areas. Once upon a time, wearing one's hemline above the ankle was SCANDALOUS. And leaving the house without a corsette...well, don't get me started on THAT.
Although the posecution has filed "Special circumstances" required for the death penalty, they have yet to file capital charges. Such filings may partly depend on the strength of the case. In the OJ case, they did not ask for the death penalty, something I never fully understood.
What many of us are saying is that "swinging" may well have had something to do with the cause at hand. The fact that they regularly had strangers coming to the house looking for one thing ...sex might have something to do with the case.
A person's lifestyle does have consequences ... both good and bad. The example of having gang members over or having alcoholic binges, or drug dealing ... all of them may have an impact on something having gone awry.
Yes, it would. Bruising and ruptured blood vessles.
Does this include blush and various other female cosmetic articles?
I learned this while living in Asia where jewerly is worn many different ways (toe rings, nose rings, belly button rings, etc....... The folks in India even wear dots on their foreheads to show their marital status.
Now, I don't know about that tight ass neckless that Danielle was wearing, but personally I don't like it on kids that young 24/7, just my opinion.
I wonder what the lethality of chloroform on top of sleep drugs would be. My guess is that Westerfield would not have molested the girl in her room, but removed her as quickly as possible. He may have planned to take her to a secluded location and have his way with her in a sleep-state. He may have planned to use a mask to conceal his identity and perhaps return the child. Perhaps he fed her additional barbituates [this is why it's important for the coroner to undertake a complete toxically and drug analysis in this case].
Westerfield is not a stupid man. He probably planned this thing out like a chess game.
ROFLOL !! Thanks, I needed that!
Interesting question but I haven't a clue.
In fact I have a wonderful choker that I bought at Neiman Marcus years ago that always gets comments. A black cord tied around my neck with an astounding heavy Barry Kieselstein-Cord cross. Oh, and one from Barney's New York ... a 24K choker chain with a filigreed cross with an emerald in the middle. Hmm, think I'll wear that one to work tomorrow.
I'm 90% certain Danielle was in a drug induced stupor when the abductor carried her out. Did he step over the gate at the top of the stairs (to prevent Danielle from falling shen she sleep-walked) or did he open and [maybe] shut it, while carrying the limp body?
If Westerfield's goal was simply murder, he would have been light years ahead of this sordid game by suffocating the girl with a pillow and then leaving the body.
He wanted her for a reason, his opportunity meter was off the scale, and his actions alone may not have killed her.
Ack. Thanks for reminding me about the belly button piercings. Now my fuzzy jammy pants feel somehow....abrasive. My oldest daughter got her belly button pierced...it was so uncomfortable, she let it heal up. Sometimes, we just have to learn the hard way.
I agree about the ugly, tacky choker. One of my girls wanted one years ago...I forget which one. She was around 16. I STILL didn't let her have it.
Personally, I think that all little girls are encouraged to dress like cheap hookers. Look at a Barbie doll. Shop for Barbie clothes for your girls...Barbie dresses like a cheap hooker.
I have no independent knowledge of it but someone last night said the police put them there (our tax dollars in action).
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