Posted on 06/05/2002 3:57:07 PM PDT by FresnoDA
Not speaking from personal experience, mind you, but it's common knowledge that they really can't perform all that well, under the influence. If he was soooo drunk, how could he have wondered without detection into that home without stumbling all over himself, the stairs or even into the right room?
Alcohol is a wonderful drug, isn't it?!
Are YOU watching CTV reruns of Damon's cross examination? He's a real charmer, LOL!
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It could also be a matter of saying something to get PD off his back after hours of grilling. This technique has been successfully employed by other LE in San Diego County.
While it is certainly possible that the nightlight burned out, I am suspicious of this story as well. My nightlight burns out frequently (I do not like to sleep in the dark) and I do not always change the bulb right away. Instead, I keep the bedroom door open so that I catch the nightlight from the bathroom across the hall. What I do have a hard time believing is that someone as negligent a parent as DVD obviously was, and as consumed with alcohol, drugs and other women as he seemed to be that night, would have the wherewithal to even care about Danielle's nightlight. I realize that he was home before Brenda and her crowd came in, but I have not heard anything to suggest that he would have cared about this type of detail.
If I remember correctly, this family had not lived in such affluent conditions for all that long. They sold an earlier house for a very modest price and then moved up to this house with no obvious change in employment or inheritance. It always seemed to me that HOW the VD's made their money was important, especially if it was made in services like porn, etc. Mere speculation, but it bears investigation IMHO.
Good policy. If you lived 2 doors down from the van Dams, and the police were looking for a missing child, would you make them cool their heels on the street until your attorney arrives?
Danielle is not an accident victim made to look like a murder victim,
There is no reasonable doubt that she is DEAD, or that her death was under suspicious circumstances rather than accidental circumstances, that's why HOMICIDE is on her death certificate, that's why we have a murder trial underway. Whodunit is a whole different argument.
It hasn't been verified. However, there was an incredible push to find Danielle's body a few days before they actually found here, and Rick Roberts was reporting this rumor--from the same "highly placed LEO source" that reported the swinging info, which panned out.
Methinks the trial is going to get very interesting.
Yes. If the cops want to talk to you in that situation, it's because they think you know where she is and are thus a suspect.
Wouldn't bother me. If the local fishwrap did an Atlanta Urinal-Constipation schtick on me (think Richard Jewell), I'd be smirking all the way to the bank with a largish chunk of Mrs. Helen Copley's money in my pocket.
Some cops have very fragile egos, and if they think you aren't being cooperative (submissive) enough, they know how to bust your balls.
I spent eight years in the Marine Corps. Anything the cops could do for ball-busting would be trivial by comparison with what I have experienced.
I was conceding that I may have interpreted it wrong, which is why I stated: "Now, maybe that's not what you meant, but it struck me as being rather intolerant and in fact, rather close minded."
All Hergus had to do was make clear which of the two possible meanings was intended.
Hergus has been attending to other things and has not had time to come and help you understand my comment. Please forgive me.
I want to thank Amore, who has several times attempted make it clear to you what I meant. If I hadn't been perceived by you as anti-DW I doubt you would have had such a hard time understanding my statement.
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