Westerfield will get his day in court. I will keep repeating he needs to give a full and complete confession, let the truth about that evening come out, no matter how ugly it is to hear.
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I'd like to see him confess, but I don't expect it. Although they can link the forensic evidence together to provide a sufficient case, the evidence can't be characterized as overwhelming. And since it isn't, he will probably take his chances at trial. (i.e., hope for a stupid OJ jury)
The only remaining reason for confessing would be so that he could throw himself upon the mercy of the court. But with all the publicity this case has received, I don't think any judge would feel that he could let the defendant off lightly (i.e., give him life instead of death).
I heard a report that there was a child that was abducted and murdered a couple of miles/or blocks from the Van Dams', and the police were digging up old records for forensic evidence and checking it against that of Westerfield.