(06-13-2002) - Day seven of the David Westerfield trial focuses on where Westerfield went in his motorhome the weekend his neighbor, Danielle van Dam, disappeared.
Five witnesses have been called today, including a Sabre Springs resident, a cell phone representative, who testified about phone calls made from Westerfield's phone, and then three women who camped in Coronado where Westerfield first went that Saturday morning when Danielle was reported missing.
We know that David Westerfield was trying to reach people all weekend from his cell phone and that the calls were as scattered as his meandering trip from the Silver Strand to Glamis and back.
Three women who were at the Silver Strand campsite, where Westerfield went on Saturday morning, February 2, were on the witness stand today.
Beverly Askey of El Cajon was at the Silver Strand in her RV on that weekend. She said that it was a nice day out, but she did have to wear her jacket because it was cold. That testimony is consistent to Westerfield's statement, saying he left the Strand that Saturday afternoon because of the cold weather. But Askey did notice something about Westerfield's motorhome that caught her attention.
"He pulled in and just parked and closed everything up and never came out," said Askey.
"Are you able to estimate for us when it pulled in?" asked the prosecution.
"I think, not really. I think between eight and ten o'clock in the morning," she said.
"Why do you estimate that?"
"Well, eight o'clock in the morning the gates open. And ten o'clock the generators can go on and my daughter was waiting to dry her hair," replied Askey.
We also heard about Westerfield's cell phone use that weekend. Records presented by a representative from Verizon reported a total of ten entries from Westerfield's cell phone that day. They range from calls from the Chula Vista, Ramona, and Imperial County areas.
Looking at a map, the cell phone calls do correspond with the route Westerfield said he took that weekend in his RV excursion.
One witness, yet to be on the stand today, is the ranger from the Silver Strand, who says he returned money to Westerfield in his RV after he overpaid for the campsite.