Only one more month until trial time. Can RR and FDA keep flogging the parents for this length of time. If the prosecutor reveals additional and damning evidence at trial, making Westerfield's conviction a slam dunk, or if DW plea bargains at the last moment, will the Court of Public Opinion turn and bite the hand that fed it?
Seriously, if prosecution can place David Westerfield in Danielle's room or at Dehesa, or even DNA under her nails, I will admit I was wrong. If they can show beyond REASONABLE DOUBT that he acted alone in this crime, I will learn shrieking html to say I missed the boat. However, with what we know thus far, I still don't see it. I wouldn't be surprised to see neighbors testify that BvD and DW were a great deal more familiar with one another that we have been led to believe. That said, the parents life-style created an unsafe environment for the children, no matter how you slice it or dice it.
Still, the saddest thing beyond the crime itself, is the number of other lives that will be ruined, particularly those who had no active participation.
The Neaves family contends in its federal lawsuit that Michael and police conspired to alter evidence, falsely report findings and misrepresent results of the investigation.
San Diego police told Michael that his daughter passed the test, indicating she did not kill Scotty. But a videotape of the exam shows she vomited when asked if she had harmed the boy. An independent expert contacted by the Union-Tribune said that in more than 30 years of conducting polygraph tests, he had never seen a subject vomit during a test. He said it made the exam "meaningless." "I don't think you can come to a reliable conclusion if someone vomits during the test," said Paul K. Minor, a Virginia polygraph authority who set up and ran the FBI's polygraph program.