WESTERFIELD TRIAL: Week Three - Day Four

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[NatureGirl]

Here's the new thread, all ready for Thursday.

Testimony recently discussed includes fingerprint evidence, as well as Westerfield's clean laundry. The Van Dam home was (strangely) devoid of fingerprints, except for a couple of latents that didn't match any of the pizza party people or, apparently, David Westerfield.

Westerfield's motorhome didn't contain any of his fingerprints, but did have one print from Danielle L. (the daughter of Westerfield's ex-girlfriend), Jennifer (a friend of Danielle L.), and a partial from Danielle Van Dam.

The prosecution said yesterday that they would be finished "in seven court days".

[Rheo]

at no time was victim or suspect items examined in same room at same time

[HoneyBoo]

Everyone is focusing on lack of W's prints in MH. Didn't we also hear yesterday that there were no Danielle prints in her own room? Can you please confirm and if so, isn't that the big story?

[Rheo]

jacket, pants, sweater, t-shirt from cleaners were examined....exam of these items were done in one room and subsequent exams of other items, were done in other rooms.

[Rheo]

jacket...1st observations...sealed in large bag in cleaner bag....blue and green, mostly green, blue in collar, zipper area.......all items were on seperate hangers in different plastic bags.

[Rheo]

front right lapel, front right shoulder, outer neck back collar.....performed chemical presumptive...3 of 4 came out positive..(4th spot that was negative was left outside sleeve)

[spectre]

Dear Jim,

Please consider all the many pleas of your FReepers and opt to right a wrong concerning the banishment of MizSterious from these threads forever. She has never even had a time-out and we all believe that in the heat of the moment, an overreaction happened. She is a vital member of our Forum, and has been dedicated to Free Republic since 1998.

I am making this final plea for a just cause, and will be quiet and rest my case from now on. Thank you for listening. Spectre's wife

[Rheo]

the lapel stain was outside middle of lapel

[FresnoDA]

YES...see post 177, this thread for answers...../rant ON

[Rheo]

lapel stain was near zipper...the cutout on jacket is not even the size of a dime

[mommya]

I'm keeping up with another chat - they're saying the jacket looks like a heavy one? Can you see the blood on the jacket?

[Rheo]

shoulder stain is collarbone area...two cutouts...maybe an inch long for one stain, nickel size for other....collar stain is in middle of back collar..two cutouts..one nickel size, one smaller....2 cutouts are there as a second was cutout after the first tested presumptively for blood

[Rheo]

this jacket is not a blazer type jacket but a thin down type jacket

[cyncooper]

I think it is very possible the hair in her hand will be her own, that in struggling to push a suffocating hand or pillow away from her face her hair got tangled into it.

This was my thought, too, as it is described as "tangled".

[mommya]

Dang court TV - the broke just as they were showing the jacket - I barely got to see it.

[Rheo]

striped comforter...neg....tape lifts on comforter...short and long black hairs...blue gray fiber...paper....short brown hairs, long blk hairs...blonde hairs.

[DUDLEY]

is it the type of jacket he would wear at the time of year she was abducted?

[spectre]

When was it Barb spilled the beans about the Pizza Party? Since Damon and Brenda didn't tell the LE about it till after the 6th interview, perhaps the Detectives weren't looking for them?

sw

[cyncooper]

I believe they did find Danielle's prints on her door? Perhaps someone can clarify.

[Rheo]

examined bean bag chair...cream colored....stains were noted...presumptively tested....7 tested positive

[HoneyBoo]

See post 188.