Posted on 02/27/2002 10:38:50 PM PST by FresnoDA
I don't know this to be a fact,but chances are they had been having a lot of false alarms with it. Otherwise the security people or the police would have come to the house to check it out.
Huh? I don't live in Florida. Never even been there.
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Danielle was first reported missing Feb. 2. Her father, Damon van Dam, told authorities that the last he'd seen of his daughter was when he had put her to bed after 10 p.m. the night before.
On that night, Brenda van Dam had gone out with several female friends and came home around 2:30 a.m. She then stayed up for about an hour with her husband and friends, according to 10News.
She said she made sure the childrens' bedroom doors were closed to keep from disturbing them, but didn't check on the children. Danielle has two brothers.
Westerfield previously told reporters that he saw Brenda van Dam at a bar near their home the night before Danielle was reported missing. The design engineer told 10News that he danced with his neighbor; she later denied that story.
Since then, the case has drawn national media attention and drawn hundreds of people, including a group of Miramar Marines, into searches of the desert and various rural areas in San Diego County.
A hearing to unseal search warrants in the case is scheduled for Wednesday.
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Several posts over the past few days have mentioned the peculiar knowledge that Westerfield had of the van Dam's comings and goings. The inference being that Brenda and David Westerfield may be more than the casual acquaintance she has told the general public. This may come out to be a love triangle, or paragon, or octagon, or who knows??
Carmen Genovese | 02/26/02 | 15:43 |
Carmen has known David Westerfield, the accused kidnapper and killer of Danielle van Dam, for over 20 years. He claims that rather than being a brutal psychopathic murderous pedophile, Davids actually a sweet puppy dog (accused of being a brutal psychopathic murderous pedophile). |
One of the only character witnesses for Westerfield........Interesting.
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Just listened to the Carmen Genovese interview (Post #137). He said that there are big rumors swirling around the entire neighborhood in Sabre Springs, with regards to "alternative lifestyles". Weird....
Genovese claims that Westerfield was home around 10:30 P.M. He woke the next morning, and loaded up his Motorhome. He left his house for the desert around 9:45 A.M. He said that Westerfield is a clean freak, and that he always cleaned the Motorhome like he did when he returned. He had no comment about the DNA and Blood evidence however....
He does imply that Westerfield was framed. Guy sounds fairly credible, but hard to tell. Need more Freeps to listen and post their spin on the interview.
Genovese denies that Westerfield is a member of Mensa! Fascinating interview, especially in light of today's tragic events. Does San Diego Law Enforcement have the right guy? I want to read that diary......
Wrong. THEY are the ones who create and keep alive the child porn industry,not the opposite. If you have no interest in or find this stuff repulsive,no force on earth will make you buy or watch it,
How many 7 year old girls do you know who have a diary? They can barely write at that age. This just seems strange to me.
Carmen has known David Westerfield, the accused kidnapper and killer of Danielle van Dam, for over 20 years. He claims that rather than being a brutal psychopathic murderous pedophile, Davids actually a sweet puppy dog (accused of being a brutal psychopathic murderous pedophile).
Ted Bundy was a sweet character too who even worked the suicide hotlines with Ann Rule.
It could have just been the result of good basic police work,too. They asked the VD's who they had made contact with that day,if any of them acted strange,etc,etc,etc. His name was on the list,and it may have rung a bell none of us know about yet for fear of "poisoning the jury pool". Chances are this guy had been arrested for crimes involving children in the past,but the charges were dropped.
Uh, no way! I don't know of anyone who doesn't lock their door at night. It would be tantamount to -- child endangerment maybe???
Why even have a security system, then??
Joseph Acton, a priest at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church in Rancho Penasquitos, where the van Dams are members, said a friend of the family called him and asked him to go to their home Wednesday.
"We prayed together," Acton said. He was asked if the discovery of a body brought the family any closure.
"Closure is a difficult thing to talk about now," he said. "They're obviously in a great deal of pain. They are devastated by this."
Acton thanked "every single volunteer who has led to this point. I want to thank them on behalf of the family, because you've blessed them so much by your love and outpouring."
SDPD Capt. Ron Newman also conferred with the couple Wednesday night.
Afterward, as he walked to his car, surrounded by a mob of reporters and camera crews, he declined to comment on what had transpired, calling it a "family matter."
Apparently, the VD's have told the police about their "lifestyle." That's how Rick Roberts found out about it in the first place.
Look, if this happened to me, the first person I would call would be a priest, NOT a PR person. I wouldn't care what I looked like to the public. I would need the spiritual guidance of a religious.
But, of course, that's just me...
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