Is the wig lady Diane Halfman?
Posted on 06/19/2002 8:45:03 PM PDT by 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".
Which is proably for the best, the FBI crime lab has had some serious problems in the recent past.
BTW, could someone put me on the Ping list? I sometimes have difficulty finding the current thread. Till monday then, darn it, just when it was getting interesting. I had even woke up from the presistant coma/fugue-like state I was in. :o)
The strangest part of todays Trial, which I couldn't get all of, was the mention of the blonde hairs and the exclusion of the three blondes.
Should have been easy enough to tell if one of those hairs was chemically treated, which would have immediately EXCLUDED Danielle...but no mention...go figure.
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Is the wig lady Diane Halfman?
BvD couldn't remember the price of a box of GS cookies-- and yet she was out helping her daughter sell them. OTH, Keith Stone said he thought $6 was a high cover-- he got into Dad's free, as a friend of the band. We don't know if it was a real ladies' nite, or if they avoided the cover by going early. BvD went twice in eight days, that we know and bought drinks. If you start adding it up, it can look extravagant.
-Could she have been watching the kids for Damon while he snuck away?
-Could she have accidenltly killed Danielle?
-Could she have done it to keep Danielle from saying something to Damon when he got back?
-Could the short dark hair be hers?
-Could she have gone to DW's house or into the MH with the detectives? (she says she is a close personal friend of the detectives)
-Could the fingerprint on the handrail be hers ?
-Could she have something to do with the .22 casing?
See, I cut her a break for the momentary statement that they cost $4 instead of $3 because she was testifying at a murder trial in which her daughter is the deceased. I think we all say statements then correct them, which she did.
As to Dad's. She testified to being there about 4 times in about 2 years or so. I'm going by memory so may be off precisely, but she was no regular. And if you are inclined to not believe her, then I would guess employees of the establishment would be contradicting her. I don't believe we'll be seeing that testimony.
The PH.
That shell casing is really an oddball. It's almost as if someone was trying to change the direction of the investigation. Was it getting too hot for the VD's? If they don't own a .22, then LE would be forced to look beyond the immediate family.
REMEMBER, this shell casing was found before the body was found. Maybe this led to the early murder charges being filed before the body was found.
Yeah, but she shifted gears from the PH and remembered the name of the dentist. In PH, did they ask her about the cookie price?-- or was that a trick question for the trial? If BvD wasn't a regular at Dad's, maybe she was a regular at Mom's. /sarcasm
Neil would have had access to the MH, just as DW did. But, I wonder, if were somehow Neil (his reported alibi notwithstanding), if DW would be able to reconcile with that possibility, or would the thought of his son doing such a thing be too hard for him to comprehend?
No-- she was excluded-- all the "pizza guys" were-- in fact, they left no fingerprints, after pizza time. Go figure.
I asked someone who knows about consultants, and no, they don't get options or benefits. Benefits/insurance would come from the consultants' company. QC Options are not given to consultants. They do generally get paid LOTS more to compensate, and the consultants' company gets some of the percentage. The quote I had given earlier was for regular employees, but I had added a little for consultants. I may not have added enough because I didn't know they were paid that much more. Apparently, they are.
"We all have to be patient cuz dusek can't explain why he picked this evidence and that evidence... he has to let the expert witnesses, one by one, explain their role in the evidence gathering..and each tech/expert is a step UP towards the conclusion/finger pointing. the prosecution has to let the experts tell the story..he'll summarize it for "the people" in his closing arguments. Dusek simply CAN'T tell the people why or how this piece of evidence fits in the crime, but he can bring forth witnesses who can. If it turns out to be DW's hair in her hand..how is feldman going to explain it away? If it was not DW's hair....wouldn't it have made sense for Dusek to exploit that little fact during opening statement? It seems to be by the fact that the evidence was not ommitted from testimony...or hidden, that it has value for the prosecution. It does not make sense, BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE that it could be her own hair.. on the other hand, seems that DW's hair is too short to grab and pull. That is ONE of the mysteries I CAN'T WAIT to get solved.. "
I too can't wait:^)
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