While I tend to believe that Westerfield is probably guilty, it is interesting to look at the position of Paul Pfingst, District Attorney. I happen to like him and plan to vote for him in the primary next Tuesday. But..........
I hope in the desire to make an arrest, there has not been other evidence overlooked or disregarded. I have always been puzzled that we have heard so little about other characters in this drama, such as the "swinging" participants, etc. Who else was around in the hours preceding and immediately following Danielle's abduction and the discovery of it? Are they looking at Westerfield with no allowance for the possibility of more than just him being involved? I hope not.
She held it up and talked about an entry in it. I can be wrong, but I THINK it was one of the last entries. It said (paraphrased) "Please love me, Daddy" and " I am sorry, Daddy". That clicked on the red light for me. Why would a little girl, age SEVEN say a thing like that? I think this was a first interview, and at the time, I was first hearing the story, but I sure remember thinking how ODD that was. This was before I learned of their lifestyle. Does anyone remember that?
1.A piece of unverified information of uncertain origin usually spread by word of mouth.
2.Unverified information received from another; hearsay.
I'm not as good at html as you. But I point out once again that all the nasty talk about the parents comes from one alleged unverified source, Rick Robert and his "highly placed LEO". This source is unidentified, all articles (FrontPage, Newsweak) posted on the threads consistently cite RR as their source along with "internet chat rooms".
Not one independant secondary source has surfaced since RR made himself famous with his allegations on Friday, 2-8-02. The news media has been on this like flies on ****, they have not come up with one former player, or even someone claiming to have turned down an invite.
As for Douglas Peirce's claims, Well, why has no media followed up with him. Possibly because he's a kook and a waste of bandwith, someone who tried to insert himself into the drama and got kicked out.
The parents flat or unatural affect - everyone handles grief and despair differently, according to their nature and the happy pills that are generally given.
Did Westerfield "dance" with Brenda? He says yes, She says no, 3rd party verification has not been published. Think the cops don't know whose story is inconsistent? Who did the investigators focus on, on Monday 48 hrs after the disappearance and why?
The evidence so far released seems to show that LEO's got their man. It also appears that the VD's are working closely and cooperatively with LE and that LE was taking time to keep them apprised of events and pending arrest. Not likely if they were under suspicion, and not likely if RR's allegations had held any water.
My guess is that if there turns out to be a second perp, it will be Westerfield's friend "Gary" who was at the bar with him that night.
As for how someone could sneak in a take a child. Well 30-40% of stranger abductions are night time home invasions and they are uniformly fatal, unlike daytime snatches where money is more likely to be a motive.
It's sad, it's scary and it happens all the time, because there are rabid, predatory deviants who live and work among us and are fed by the growing porn industry.