Posted on 03/31/2002 1:52:12 PM PST by FresnoDA
The family hasn't decided how to use the remaining $24,000."
This much seems very clear. The van Dams lied again. Perhaps they felt they needed to replenish their swinging supplies instead of payig for the people who did their best to help them find their daughter.
The people who donated this money have every right to feel ripped off. True enough, the website did state that it would be used at the van Dams' discretion, but I think most people expected it to be put to use either to find Danielle, or to help find other children. Especially when they told the press that is what they would do with at least $5,000 of it.
Like I said, these people have a lot of class. It's just all low class.
Going from memory, I think the vDs said the PR firm was brought in on the advise of the guy from America's Most Wanted or the Polly Class Foundation. They were told the most important thing in a child disappearance was to get word out as far and as quickly as possible. Once they trail goes cold the child is almost never found alive.
Whether or not the PR firm actually acted in this capacity is another question. But it would have been a legitimate request from parents trying to find their daughter.
Trust me this is not enough to help this bunch of sicko's
I believe what they said of Damon's personality and the emotional abuse of his wife..that is how he got to be her pimp..and why she had to be drugged up to co operate
I agree with Frisco..I think Daddy did it..
*******************************U P D A T E ****************************
Douglas Pierce, President- Founder of Millennium Children's Fund Made the following report on 02-09-02, 2:44pm PST. Reported to Department
of Social Services- Child Protective Services-San Diego County 1-858-560-2191 The C.P.S. report is available to the general public on 02-11-02, call 1-858-694-5191 under the name (van Dam). The statements to C.P.S. are as follows:
California Child Welfare Act provides and is mandated to provide the following requests made by Douglas Pierce:
1. IMMEDIATE REMOVAL OF THE REMAINING van DAM CHILDREN.
2. TEMPORARY CUSTODY TO GRANDPARENTS.
3. IMMEDIATE GRIEF COUNSELING FOR CHILDREN.
THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS BY DOUGLAS PIERCE, IN THE C.P.S. REPORT (I DIRECTLY PLEA WITH THE van Dam PARENTS TO PLEASE LET YOUR TWO REMAINING CHILDREN TO GO HOME WITH GRANDPARENTS) (A DANGEROUS LIFESTYLE IN THE van Dam HOME EXISTS, ALL CHILDREN ARE TO BE CONSIDERED IN DANGER.) (ADULTS LIFESTYLE AND THE SHAME OR MORAL JUDGMENT THAT MAY COME SHOULD BE SECONDARY TO THE WELFARE, AND RETURN OF DANIELLE, OR ANY OR ANY CHILD IN DANGER.)
****************** THIS IS THE ENTIRE STATEMENT TO C.P.S. ***********
|
van Dam neighborhood | 02/15/02 | 16:13 |
Excerpts from the live broadcast on the street where Danielle van Dam was abducted 2 weeks earlier. John is accosted by members of the Psychic Friends Network, David Westerfield leads undercover cops to fried chicken, then slams the door in John and Kens face. Neither Mr. Westerfield nor Mr. Kobylt were arrested over the course of the broadcast. |
Brenda and Damon van Dam | 02/07/02 | 11:05 |
Brenda and Damon van Dam join the John & Ken show via telephone to discuss their efforts to find their missing 7-year-old daughter. |
Van Dams outline events before child's disappearance |
By Kristen Green UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER March 15, 2002 A chronology of events surrounding Danielle van Dam's disappearance, as outlined by Brenda and Damon van Dam in court yesterday: FRIDAY, FEB. 15:30 p.m.: Brenda, Danielle and Danielle's two brothers arrive at their Sabre Springs home after running errands. Brenda orders a pizza from Domino's, then leaves to pick it up. (1-60" Sabre Swings Pizza Hut Special)6:30: Damon comes home from work. Brenda returns a few minutes later and the family eats dinner. Damon plays video games with his sons while Danielle reads and writes in her journal. (Quality time?) About 7:30: Two of Brenda's friends arrive. The women go to the garage, where they smoke a marijuana cigarette. The friends, Barbara and Denise, share a beer. Damon joins them for a few minutes, taking a drag or two off the joint. They open a side door to let out smoke. (Notice, 1 joint, 1 beer) THE VD'S ARE MIRACLE WORKERS, LIKE BREAD LOAVES AND FISHES....1 joint, last all night, 1 Pizza, feeds an orgy.... About 8: Brenda and her friends leave for Dad's Cafe in Poway, about a five-minute drive. Brenda notices David Westerfield is there. (Denise, Barb and the Brenda!!!) Reminds me of that ZZ Top video, "Sharp Dressed Man!" Within the hour, the women run into some male friends -- Keith and Rich. They talk for a while, then the women play pool. They dance for hours, and at one point go outside to smoke marijuana in Brenda's truck. (1 little blue pill will do you!!) Back in Sabre Springs, Damon puts the children to bed about 10 and watches television downstairs for a while. He then retreats to the bedroom. (I thought The Damon said 10:30 P.M.??) 10:45: Damon turns off the TV and drifts off to sleep.
SATURDAY, FEB. 2 (NO Comments needed!!)About 1:45 a.m.: The family dog wakes Damon. He lets it outside for a few minutes. Then he crawls back into bed, switching on the TV while he waits for Brenda to get home.1:50 a.m.: Brenda arrives home with her friends. The male friends follow in another car. The group goes inside for leftover pizza, and Brenda notices that an alarm light is flickering. She walks upstairs to tell Damon she's home. Barbara goes upstairs and climbs on top of the covers next to Damon, who is under the sheets. He puts his arm around her, kisses her and rubs her back. Brenda heads downstairs to look for an open door or window. The side door in the garage is open, and one of her friends closes it. Brenda goes back upstairs, tells Damon and Barbara they are being rude and asks them to go downstairs. They have pizza. 2:30: The visitors leave and the van Dams go to bed. About 2:45 to 3: Damon wakes and notices the security light blinking. He finds a sliding glass door open downstairs. After closing it, he goes back to bed. 8:15: Damon wakes. Just before 9: Brenda gets up and takes a shower. About 9:30: A neighbor drops off her children for Brenda to baby-sit. Brenda goes upstairs to check on Danielle and finds her daughter's door open and "an empty bed." She and Damon frantically search the house. Unable to find Danielle, Brenda calls 911. |
Didn't work this time, huh?
Questions to Fingerprint expert Jeffrey Graham SDPD Under direct Exam by DA Dusak
Q) In this case were you provided uh latent prints for comparison?
A) I have been provided over 200 latent prints for comparison, yes.
Q) Were you able to make a match on one of them?
A) I made a match on several, yes.
.........break...
q) Were you provided known prints in this case?
A) I have uh known prints of 18 individuals.
.......break....
cross exam by Atty Feldman
Q) You said that you have matched several prints um when you used the word several on direct examination sir, what number were you meaning to communicate?
a) Two to Danielle Van Dam which are simultaneous touch so that I have identified the left middle as well as the left ring in that touch
Q)I'm sorry, left middle and left ring?
A)Left ring yes and I have also developed or actually identified prints to two other individuals, two prints to each.
.......break......
Q) But with regard to the fingerprints seized at the Van Dam residence you've not been able to make identification on any of those yet, is that correct?
OBJECTION beyond the scope
Judge-Sustained.....
Didn't work this time, huh?
Don't forget there is a power shortage in Kalifornia......maybe not enough whatts to prod the answers?
One quote...
And they snicker at the part of the prosecution's dismissal motion that quotes this observation by Sherlock Holmes:
"It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories instead of theories to suit facts."
Attridge said that is exactly what Escondido police and prosecutors did in the Crowe case.
"They made a hasty and unwise judgment and stuck with it," she said. "It was the wrong call not to keep an open mind. They got this idea that it was not going to be another JonBenet Ramsey investigation, and they set out on a path, the wrong path."
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