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

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

[MizSterious]

I do remember that interview. Look for it on either the SanDiegoChannel or maybe the SD U-T site, signonsandiego.com. Check for the headlines about Klaas being in town; it will be around that same time.

[Lucky]

I'm pretty sure BVD was on the stand. They went to side bar and Court TV went to commercial. She must have said something important to the case on that phone call. I guess we need to video tape the proceedings to try and figure these things out.

[RnMomof7]

This and the "eyes were green" are very telling comments..but may have been missed.

[ethical]

The way Westerfield looks at BVD makes me think that she led him on or had sex with him, and he is stunned that she is denying it.

[ethical]

"They both passed polygraph tests." Kinda hard to believe with all the lies they have been caught in since.

Not really. Polygraphs are most likely passed by liars, people who tell the truth or are bad liars tend to fail them. That said a polygraph does not measure truth or lie, just breathing, heartrate etc. Liars seems to be able to give the polygraph what it wants more often than truthful people.

[MizSterious]

I just checked the "running" transcripts over on Jameson's, and there was some mention of a wiretap: "Do you recall Dusek asking you about a phone trap on your phone?" The transcript shows an immediate sidebar, then the person taking the notes got knocked offline. Ouch. Maybe someone else was taking notes, so I'll keep looking.

[Jaded]

I really don't think that both of them being named Danielle means anything more than they were named Danielle. Not part of the puzzle, IMO.

[Jaded]

Story is all but one of the guests took a poly. The remaining guest lawyered-up and refused to take a poly. Guess is it's everybody's fave coach, Rich.

[BARLF]

I don't understand the "flusteration" part either. Did they not call 911 and report Danielle missing? Just where did the vD's think the police were going to start their investigation?

So was the "sleepwalking" statement to the next door neighbor the first seed planted but a better idea came up later,then "she only sleepwalked to the bathroom", to explain away the remark to the neighbor? Who gave them a better scenario for her disappearance?

Speculation only folks.........Silly questions running thru my head,per usual.

[spectre]

"...she walked away"

Add this comment to what I think I heard in the back-ground of the 911 tapes, of the kids yelling "she went outside, she went outside"...

Can anyone confirm what I just quoted from the 911 tapes?

sw

[spectre]

The first "alibi" can be heard in the 911 tapes when Brenda told them the door was open...(something like that)...The sleep-walking came next with Damon telling his neighbor that she was known to sleepwalk.

Later, we find out, it was only to the "bathroom".

His description of her "potty-dance" in the midst of this "sleep-walking" experience, was about a lame as it gets.

sw

[BARLF]

Oh my goodness!

[Jaded]

That seems to be a question that a number of people have. Will it be answered though, is anyone's guess.

The looks she's giving him, could wither anyone. It's almost like she knows he told something she didn't want out. Wonder what? The currents going on here are bizarre.

[Jaded]

Oh, Mr. Feldman's server is working overtime these days.

[RnMomof7]

"They both passed polygraph tests."

Depends what they were asked don't ya think?

[RnMomof7]

Is the dog a female? The kids may have been talking about the dog..that was often said by my kids of our dogs:>)

[BARLF]

#312 about hearing the kids in the back ground!

I missed PDvD's testimony regarding the potty dance. I can't help on the 911 tape because of a hearing impairment, background noise a big problem for me.

[RnMomof7]

Perhaps future cases could be brought to FR for evaluation..*giggle**

[Jaded]

Damon went to ask the new neighbor if he'd seen Danielle because she sleep walked. WHY didn't he walk a few steps further and ask David if he'd seen her as well. He was out there, loading his RV. Did DW see DvD and assume he knew something that happened the night before at Dad's? Why did DW really come back to the 'hood? Who was he meeting at the beach? Who stood him up?

[Jaded]

Not a bad idea, Mom.