Private Lives-Public Trial:Are Sexual ?'s Relevant In The Van Dam Trial? (TRIAL THREAD-BARB WATCH)

Newsweek ^ | June 12, 2002 | Jamie Reno

[FresnoDA]

When asked on the witness stand why he didn't initially tell police about his activities the night Danielle disappeared, Damon van Dam answered, 'It didn't seem relevant'

June 7

[Rheo]

talked to Detective Morris on 2/4 during rush hour going home...around 4pm or so

[UCANSEE2]

Why that morning, after a late night of drinking did he wake up and make this totally unplanned trip? Especially if he was hungover and tired?

Good question. My guess would be that, as he said, he had just broken up with his girlfriend. So, time to do something different, get back out on the road. Wouldn't this probably be part of the reason he had not been using it? Had a girlfriend and too busy with her to go out in MH by himself

[BigBobber]

He had not gone traveling in the MH in months (Keith the storage guy said the MH had not been taken out in at least a couple months).

December and January are winter months, even in California. People are less apt to go camping then with cold rainy weather, holidays, etc. By February conditions are getting better. This is not necessarily sinister or unusual.

[demsux]

You got that right...all they are doing is confirming DW's story.

[Rheo]

phone message from his supervisor to call Morris when he got home from work....communicated to him to call Morris...phone conversation w/Morris...physical contact days later...can't recall when

[Rheo]

met Morris at a park in SD that he also works...Old Towne...didn't discuss activities of the days...Morris wanted to talk to Ranger Brian

[demsux]

Hey, why didn't Ducek ask about DW's wallet...everyone was saying that the ranger would claim that DW had his wallet (when DW was claiming it was missing).

More media misdirection

[Lanza]

SW, you better stop! I am laughing so hard I am wiping my eyes from the tears. I think my favorite was.. "and the BIGGIE...hose left unrolled." You are too funny. BTW, my curtains (or shall I say "treatments" just to be a smarty pants) are closed most of the summer with this darn heat. Do you think my neighbors suspect anything?

[Karson]

Good point. Wish they would have asked DWs neighbors if he normally left his curtain/blinds open or closed when they saw the MH at his home. Bet they would say closed.

[Rheo]

Morris tt Ranger Brian....missed where....he was near by....self registration is trust issue...DW put home # and license # on envelope

[Lanza]

LOL!

[droid]

Thanks to you and all the others for your posts.
Re: the article up at #633, "Defendant Said 'We' in Telling of Trip ..." I just sent the e-mail below to the writer.

Dear Alex Roth:

If David Westerfield using "we" a few times instead of "I" in his taped interview is suspicious and significant enough for a headlined story ("Defendant Said "We" in Telling of Trip to Desert, Tape Reveals" http://www.uniontribune.com/news/metro/danielle/20020613-9999_1n13tape.html), what about Brenda Van Dam, in her testimony of June 6th, wishing "they" had taken anything other than Danielle?

From a few paragraphs into a June 6 article on the channel 10 site (my emphasis):

Brenda van Dam told prosecutor Jeff Dusek she disclosed to officers everything about her "open marriage" once they made it clear that it was important.

The mother said she didn't discuss her decision not to disclose information with her husband.

"I would have told (the police) anything they needed to get Danielle back," the mother said.

Brenda van Dam said nothing else was taken the night Danielle was abducted.

"I wish they'd taken everything else but her," the mother said tearfully.

http://www.thesandiegochannel.com/sand/news/stories/news-150094320020606-210615.html

They'd? Shouldn't she have said "he'd?" After all, this was nearly four months since Westerfield had been fingered as the sole perpetrator, and she had all that time for that fact to be burned into her consciousness. Perhaps she knows there was more than one person involved in Danielle's abduction and death.

Of course, it might not mean anything, just as Westerfield's "we" might not mean anything. But shouldn't fairness dictate you point out such inconsistencies on both sides of this trial?

Regards,

(signed)

Note: the channel 10 article was posted on FR at http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/696054/posts

[Rheo]

Envelope calls for ...date..not always correct...license# of unit..payment and for how many days......Did envelope on DW contain license #, did you give to Morris...yes.

[Southflanknorthpawsis]

Do you think my neighbors suspect anything?

It all depends. Do you own a motor home? Does Mrs. Cravitz live where she can peer into your backyard? Have you cleaned your house or vehicle in the past week?

I'd check these things if I were you. If any apply, change them quickly.

[Politicalmom]

Also, the weather was beginning to get better. We avoid going out between Thanksgiving and the end of January or the middle of Feb. That was in the Bay Area, and it is even warmer in SD.

[Rheo]

When park closes....gates are locked..sign says hours...PA within camp to let people know......biggest lock the company makes is used to lock gate

[demsux]

darn good catch, droid...

[Rheo]

units can no longer enter or leave park when gate is locked

[Rheo]

phone..missed.......any illegal entries w/MH's..No

[demsux]

Judge Mudd is playing solitaire on his laptop again.