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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, David’s 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.

Van Dam Family Coping With Discovery

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.

alt "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."