I found information here on this thread that apparently Rich, Keith, and the 2 girls were not the only ones invited back to the Van Dam's.
It would appear Brenda invited other strangers at the bar back to her house.
Now, Dad's closed, Brenda and the girls leave, then have to come back after the pack of cigarettes (my guess is the reason they had to come back after them is that is where the joints were). What if Brenda gave one/more of these strangers directions to her house? (I believe it was very close, about 5 minutes).
Back at the VD home, Damon played video games with the boys, Damon was going snowboarding on Sunday with the boys, Damon did this, did that , with the boys.
Danielle reads books, writes in her diary. Writes, "daddy, please love me" (this from Daniel Pierce).
Mommy was with her girlfriends earlier in the day. Mommy went partying with her girlfriends at the bar. Mommy doesn't come home until 2,230am and parties with here friends. Daddy (supposed to be babysitting) allegedly was partying with a female neighbor friend sometime between 830pm and the 2am time Brenda and friends come home anyway.
No wonder Danielle could have written, " daddy, please love me" in her diary. NOBODY HAD TIME FOR DANIELLE.
Someone tell me, what do children do, when no one will spend time with them ???????
Danielle, according to her brothers, had gotten out of the yard, OUT A LOCKED GATE, and gotten in trouble for it before.
So..... what if that evening, after DAD puts her to bed, or later during the party in the garage, she sneaks out? She could have been abducted by any kind of weirdo if she was walking down the street late at night.
I think this may have had a lot to do with the Van Dams behaviour. It's not that they were involved in Danielle's murder directly, or any of their friends, or Westerfield. It is that they had already abandoned the child mentally, due to selfish behaviour, and probably suspected Danielle had runaway. They were hoping she would be found, but once she wasn't, and everyone figured she was dead, the Van Dam's needed a scapegoat. Westerfield became that goat.
NOPE. Not at all. LIFE on FR would suck. First, you would never learn anything new. Second, it would be boring as hell.
Ever see the TWILIGHT ZONE episode where the guy wishes everyone was just like him? And he gets his wish ?
Bad thing.