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Good morning everyone. Wirestripper, who is this Beverly Hills guy you are referring to? Is it Walsh from AMW?

No, the child advocate,(forget his name) who spent 7 hours with the VDs and came away suspecting Mr. VD.

http://video.uniontrib.com/news/metro/danielle/20020207-9999_1n7girl.html February 7, 2002 "I visited Danielle's room and it was very emotional, very overwhelming," Pierce said. "There were all her favorite things waiting for her." The room is painted in Danielle's favorite colors, pink with purple trim. Alongside Danielle's bed was her favorite toy, a giant green frog that she hugged at night. A Barbie doll sat near a collection of stuffed toys. A journal was open to the last entry, penned last week about good will, Pierce said.

That was the good version

Here's the bad version..

Parents becoming focus of public's interest in case http://video.uniontrib.com/news/metro/danielle/20020209-9999_1n9fund.html February 9, 2002

He felt the parents lacked emotion, and said he was put off by what he described as their repeated rehearsals before facing the media. The van Dams and several advisers plan what the parents say and how they look on television and in newspapers, Pierce said. "They were talking about their makeup and how they look in the camera," he added. Pierce said the van Dams' two sons, 5 and 10, should be taken from the home while police search for Danielle.

Although he found no evidence to believe the van Dams are tied directly to their daughter's disappearance, Pierce said he decided to ask for outside protection for the children after observing the family, its public-relations team and a journal entry by Danielle that he said suggested conflict with her father. Pierce said he was shocked when Brenda van Dam showed him Danielle's journal. " 'Daddy, please forgive me,' " Pierce said one entry read. " 'Daddy please love me. Danielle.' " "After my personal observation, I'm asking for a wake-up call from the San Diego Police Department to investigate the family," Pierce said.

Pierce's comments enraged the van Dams.

"Douglas Pierce is some kind of freak who came into our house," Damon van Dam told a Los Angeles radio station Thursday. He called Pierce "evil." "He is trying to start trouble for us," Brenda van Dam said. "We did not invite him into our house."