This is from the AMW website, read closely....
AMERICA'S MOST WANTED February 16, 2002
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Danielle was last seen wearing blue flowered pajamas with flowers
Her favorite colors are pink and purple
Danielle belongs to her local Brownie troop
Family friends have set up a website at: http://daniellemissing.tripod.com
San Diego police are scouring the Sabre Springs area for 7-year-old Danielle van Dam. Police say Danielle's parents, Damon and Brenda van Dam, reported her missing when they discovered Danielle was not in her room at about 9 a.m. Saturday, February 2, 2002.
Damon told police he put Danielle and her two brothers to bed at around 10:30 Friday night while Brenda was out celebrating with friends until about 2 a.m. Saturday, a send-off for a woman who was leaving the area, detectives said. When Brenda arrived home with four friends at about 2 am, police say they ate pizza with Damon and talked for about an hour. Shortly after the friends left, police say Damon and Brenda told them they noticed lights blinking on their burglar alarm panel and found a sliding glass door and a side garage door open. Police say the alarm was not set, but the panel is a type that indicates when doors and windows are opened and shut at all times. The couple told police they closed the doors and went to bed, and did not check on the children. (!!) FDA
Saturday morning, police say the couple told them a friend stopped by at about 9 a.m. to see Danielle. Damon and Brenda told police that they thought Danielle was still sleeping and Brenda went to wake Danielle. That is when police say the couple discovered Danielle was missing from her room and called 9-1-1.
Police began investigating immediately, using helicopters, horses and dogs to search the area canyons for Danielle, a second-grader at Creekside Elementary School in Sabre Springs. Officers also conducted neighborhood searches and provided the Border Patrol and Customs Service with photos of Danielle to keep watch for her at the border. Detectives additionally interviewed family members, neighbors, schoolmates and friends about the disappearance, hoping to develop leads, but had no luck. A door to door search of over 200 homes in the area was then conducted.
Since then police have concentrated their search on an area of the desert near Danielle's house where a neighbor told them he camped that weekend. The neighbor came under suspicion after the police searched his home during the door to door search. There has been much speculation about the neighbor but police have not arrested him.
Danielle was wearing blue pajamas with flowers on them when last seen. She is white, 4 feet tall and weighs about 58 pounds. She has blue eyes and blond hair.
Danielle's parents are offering a $25,000.00 reward for her safe return. Additionally, a $60,000.00 reward is offered for information leading to a conviction in Danielle's disappearance.