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".

[meadsjn]

DNA on 94D-2..shoulder of jacket...and other 2 locations of jacket..stain from lapel...94D-3..back of collar...(

Consistent with BVD drooling on shoulder and lapel during slow-dancing?

[Rheo]

significance of population statistics....software program mathmatically calculates from population databases from different racial groups from around the world to determine how common a match is....

[Rheo]

carpet profile...causcasion-approx likelyhood of carpet and Danielle...1 in 130 quadrillion

[GoRepGo]

Bless you Rheo, for all your hardwork!

[cyncooper]

Consistent with BVD drooling on shoulder and lapel during slow-dancing?

No, since the blood (not "drool" as you so elegantly state it) is Danielle's, not Brenda's.

[Rheo]

American-African--1 in 1.7 quantrillion...larger #...Hispanic--1 in 6.6 quintillion

[Rheo]

jacket--C..1 in 670 quadrillion...AA-1 in 14/ quintillion..H-1 in 31 quintillion.

[Rheo]

lapel....inconsistant w/Danielle....consistant w/DW

[jokar]

His goose appears all but cooked. It's going to be an interesting cross.

[Rheo]

Clarke is showing table exhibit of her tests

[Space Wrangler]

Another thing that bothers me is that people are making a big deal about the lack of prints in the MH, and that there was a "thin" layer of dust as well. It's a well known fact that DW was a neat freak, so it stands to reason that he thoroughlly cleaned the MH after each use. I don't own an RV, but I do have a boat, and I would be willing to bet that my boat would have very few latent prints in it as well. It's not that I go through it trying to wipe prints away, but most of the places that would be most likely to accumulate prints are the areas that get cleaned after each use. You really do have to clean the insides of boats and RV's pretty good after use, as they spend most of their time just sitting, and any mess you leave will be that much harder to clean up if you let it sit closed up for any length of time. You also need to make sure that all messes are cleaned up becuase of odor problems as well. You leave a little drippings of food on a surface inside, you can get ready to vomit if you walk through the door and left that sitting for a week! IMO, the lack of latents in the MH does not raise any red flags to me, and that's from someone who is far from being a neat freak, but understands that the boat or RV better be cleaned up BEFORE you leave it, or you'll have an even bigger job the next time you want to use it.

[spectre]

So what is the conclusion from Danielle's underpants? Did the DNA just state that the stains were indeed hers, or her's with someone else's?

sw

[ThinkingMan]

so is there or isn't there DNA from Danielle on the jacket. (having a hard time following)

[GoRepGo]

It aint over till the fat lady sings...(or in this case perhaps, Barb!) lol - or at least until the trial is over.

[EllaMinnow]

Yes - there is Danielle's DNA on the jacket.

[ThinkingMan]

thanks

[Rheo]

The shoulder blood is Danielles...the lapel is not..but matches DW's genetic markers

[spectre]

The underpants were just a "reference sample" for Danielle's DNA. Hasn't a thing to do with DW.

sw

[Rheo]

DNA on underwear is Danielles and matches the blood on carpet and shoulder of blood of jacket......missing some of this

[Rheo]

lost feed....checking notes for something..