Twigs questioned whether Damon would have enough attention to detail to be concerned about whether Danielle had a nightlight or not. Considering he has shown about as much consideration of other people as Bill CLinton, I agree.
I question this aspect of it:
.....1030pm and he leaves her blinds open because her nightlight is burnt out. IT'S DARK!
Now, we must take into consideration the following: Maybe it was a full moon
Maybe they have a big light right outside her window somewhere
Does anyone know if either of these is true. If not, then why leave blinds open when it is pitch black outside ????????
Maybe, as another poster suggested, because he didn't put Danielle to bed, and needed an excuse for why her blinds weren't closed?
I'm way behing on the threads, but I thought I'd answere this question.
They live in a suburb of a large city. It is NEVER pitch black. The ambient background light of the city will be lighter that of the BR, and open blinds will provide enough light to relieve the inky blackness children so dislike when they go to bed.
I don't think that opening a blind, because the nightlight is burned out is unusual or suspicious at all. Nor would it be hard to check the bulb to see if it is indeed burned out. I don't see why this testimony is an issue, although I can see why LE would want to establish how the blind were opened to preclude the possiblility that Danielle opened them herself that morning.
It is possible that Danielle, awakened by the early morning light streaming through her opened blind, got up and went outside herself and was taken from the street. The initial reports that LE believed she was taken sometime between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. indicates they may have considered that a possiblity. I wonder what her brothers had to say about what time they got up and if they noticed Danielle was not in her room. That is one of the things I am waiting for at trial, did the boys (specifically the older one) have any useful information or where they oblivious, watching t.v.?