Westerfield On Trial (WEEK 1 Recap): Brenda Van Dam, Dad's Bar

KGTV 10 News-San Diego ^ | June 7, 2002 | KGTV

[Rheo]

Strange is the understatement of the year!!...I had not heard about the pee pee dance, what is next??...

[FresnoDA]

BUMP for "most likely" to be true...if not proven...POST 162

[John Jamieson]

CNN.COM 3/11/2002

Investigators say Danielle was killed by Daniel Alan Westerfield, a 50-year-old engineer who lived just two doors away. The motive was sex, they say. Searches of Westerfield's property revealed child pornography and spots of blood matching Danielle's DNA.

[nycgal]

she sometimes slept in her younger brother's room. Why?

To hide from daddy...or others?

[John Jamieson]

Maybe Westerfield's blood is has very similar DNA to Danielle's.

Could Brenda have once been Brenda Westerfield, one of Daniel's ex's?

[tetelestai]

How similar is a child's DNA to his or her father's? Just curious...

[Jaded]

I need to look that up. It's that sleepwalking thing. DvD went next door to ask the new neighbor if he's seen her because she sleepwalks. Why the heck didn't he ask David. He was there loading the RV. Or was DvD using that opportunity to throw a rag or two in the RV? Besides, is going to the bathroom really sleepwalking, I don't think so.

Apparently Danielle liked to sleep other places than her bed. Why did this child barricade herself in the bathroom as well? This is all to weird and sinister. Some of the stuff separately isn't that big a deal. It's just that there's all of it.

[John Jamieson]

Should be half mom, half dad, I think.

[Jaded]

No. DW's first marriage was in the early 70's. Divorced 79, I think. Shortly there after married second wife. Married 16 years 2 kids, divorce 1996. Her name is not Brenda.

[Rheo]

Was DW's girlfriends daughter, Danielle, ever questioned in regards to the bikini pics of her?

[Karson]

To hide from daddy...or others?

Thinking back to when my children were growing up, the only times they ever slept in each others' rooms was when they were afraid, such as bad weather etc..

When 2 of my daughters were small they "spent the night" with each other on Christmas Eve because they were afraid of Santa coming into the house during the night. But they didn't tell me the real reason until they were grown. I thought it was just a tradition with them. lol

[Karson]

Apparently Danielle liked to sleep other places than her bed. Why did this child barricade herself in the bathroom as well? This is all to weird and sinister. Some of the stuff separately isn't that big a deal. It's just that there's all of it.

Exactly. I need to make a list of things that bother me about all this. The "sitting in the bathroom for a long time" is one of those things too.

[John Jamieson]

Brenda could have been the third woman for the later one, about the time Danielle was born?

[Politicalmom]

Well, much as I loathe the VDs, I have to say my kids sleep in each others' rooms all the time. Some people just prefer to sleep with someone else. However, I wouldn't be surprised if there were a more sinister reason in this case.

[Karson]

Maybe Westerfield's blood is has very similar DNA to Danielle's.

The authorities took DNA samples from DW and the VDs, therefore they could determine if Danielle is not DvD's child if they wanted to. It would be very easy to do. I doubt they would tho with no reason to suspect it.

[John Jamieson]

Daniel's girlfriend had a daughter Danielle, and Brenda had a daughter Danielle. This is getting weird folks.

[John Jamieson]

Just the names are enough to do it. Why are police not using his real name?

[Karson]

... I have to say my kids sleep in each others' rooms all the time. Some people just prefer to sleep with someone else.

True. As Jaded has posted "Some of the stuff separately isn't that big a deal. It's just that there's all of it."

Did you hear Brenda when she said something about having to admit that "our poor dog is neglected" because they don't walk her often enough? I think it was more than their dog that was neglected and possibly abused... in more ways than one. JMO

[Karson]

This is getting weird folks.

Yep, it sure is.

[Rheo]

So, Detective Armstrong looked thru over 68,000 images from DW's 4 computers and a Palm Pilot and found no prepubescent child pornography.

So they have some animation cartoons (disgusting all the same), and downloads from websites showing "teens" but did not try to verify if those were in fact teens or over 18 gals that look young....didn't dust the zip drives or CD's for prints....gotta keep reading to see what they do have I guess.