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From the board on websleuths.com, for what it's worth:

Intheknow
Posted on Friday, March 08, 2002 - 08:33 pm:

I work in the media and this is what I know:

* I know The Van Dams do have an attorney, and have had an attorney since day one of Danielle missing. His name is Steve Yunker, and he is qouted in the print media. Not local print media, however, because, well...they suck.

* I know the following is very graphic so if you don't want to read further...don't.

Danielles body was found in such a condition that it will be nearly impossible to find any of Westerfield, or others, DNA (sperm) on it. The animals ate much of her. Animals go for soft tissue first. Many seasoned cops on the scene threw up. The investigators were forced to look through the surrounding area through animal feces for body parts like fingers. The searchers that came upon her body can not sleep at night, nor can the police on the scene.

* I know that KUSI is very angry with this message board.(KUSI LOCAL TV STATION IN SAN DIEGO)

* I know that the PR and legal representation for the Van Dams manipulated police into ignoring trace amounts of cocaine found in their house. The Van Dams pr/legal group told police it was probably brought in by the other guests in the home that night. One of those guests has an attorney and refused to take a polygraph.

* I know that Brenda Van Dam had a hairstylist come to her house 3 days after her daughter went missing to have her hair done around 1:30 am to be on the Today Show. Brenda was upset Katie Courik didn't do the interview.

* I know that some members of the Laura Recovery Search team found Brenda's reaction to her daughters death very credible, but have their doubts about Damon's reaction.

This is what I know. I won't post again until Monday at the same time.

[Valpal1]

Intheknow
Posted on Friday, March 08, 2002 - 08:33 pm:

I work in the media and this is what I know:

Right, very credible, anyone can say anything, and claim to be anyone. It's a great way for cranks to exercise their desires for attention and notoriety.

Other media accounts state the searchers and finders have steadfastly refused to give accounts of the body's condition.

But Mr. Media Intheknow has scooped them all, at posted it on a chat board, instead of getting his own byline. Right.

[Freedom2specul8]

Maybe at some point in the future, details such as body condition will be in the public. I wonder if the trial will be on court tv or something...I'd like to watch it.

[spectre]

OMG..how graphic can it get. So I still have the question (albeit naive) "Is there a blood to blood DNA sample left" and is it necessary for Westerfields conviction?

Val? Any thoughts?

sw

[demsux]

* I know that the PR and legal representation for the Van Dams manipulated police into ignoring trace amounts of cocaine found in their house. The Van Dams pr/legal group told police it was probably brought in by the other guests in the home that night. One of those guests has an attorney and refused to take a polygraph.

Aha...I've said from the beginning that for DVD to get up out of a deep sleep AND for BVD and her friends to be up partying at 2:30 - 3:30 a.m. there had to be coke involved. Brings in a possible money motive.

[MizSterious]

On Steven Yunker:

Source: "AS WE SHARE OUR MEALS WITH THE RESIDENTS, they sometimes tell us about employers who withhold their wages or pay less than the minimum wage. In such cases, Steve Yunker, an attorney in our parish, volunteers to contact the employers. He sends them a letter demanding payment and advises the workers on settling the matters in small-claims court. Most of the judgments in these courts have been successful, but few are able to collect their back pay.

Source:

Beaten Migrants To Settle Civil Case

Workers To Be Awarded Over $1 Million

SAN DIEGO, 4:45 p.m. PDT July 6, 2001 -- A judge approved a settlement Friday in a civil case for two out of eight Rancho Penasquitos teenage boys accused of beating and traumatizing five migrant workers last July, 10News reported.

The families of another two of the teens also reached a tentative settlement agreement, which is expected to be approved by Judge Mac Amos next week.

Attorney for the plantiffs, Steve Yunker, verified to 10News that the families of four of the boys had agreed to settle the case. The families of Michael Rose, Kevin Williams, Bradley Davidofsky and Morgan Manduley reached an agreement that would award the plaintiffs a total of $1 million.

All eight teens were named in the civil suit alleging that they violated the men's civil rights, accusing them of battery, assault, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

The suit also names parents and step-parents of the teens, accusing them of negligent supervision.

The teens allegedly shot at the men with pellet guns, beat them with sticks and pipes and robbed them at their migrant encampment.

If the judge approves the settlement Friday, the four settling families will be completely removed from the civil suit, according to an attorney for one of the teens.

All eight teens still face a criminal case, which is in judical limbo.

The state supreme court still must decide whether or not the teens can be tried as adults as directed by Proposition 21.

Proposition 21, approved by nearly two-thirds of voters March 2000, required youths 14 and older to be tried in adult court for murder and sexual assaults and allows prosecutors, rather than judges, to decide whether youths will be tried in adult court for other serious crimes.

None of the criminal attorneys would make an official comment, but those 10News spoke with said they do not feel the settlement would affect their case in any way.