Posted on 06/19/2002 8:45:03 PM PDT by NatureGirl
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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".
Danielle was in the MH, possibly playing hide and seek...Danielle L and Jennifers prints will be from outside the window (tech did not specify for examiner).
Witnesses will testify the MH had been parked down at the park on occassion and kids seen in/around.
Blood on curtain was from a cut or bleeding scratch on her left arm while "driving" the MH, the jacket was hanging on the drivers seat at the time, which she brushed against right shoulder when getting into seat, neck area when she pushed up to look out window to see if anyone was looking, getting a 2-3mm smear of blood on curtain.
The blood stain on the comforter was made when she was in bedroom of MH peeking in cabinet for a band-aid.
BVD and DW have had a relationship for 6-8 months, not necessarily sexual but did have communication.
More happened at the bar than we know...Barb will testify for the defense as a hostile witness or with immunity (not sure for what).
DVD accidently, in anger perhaps, suffocated her with something...possibly the dog bed or the dog in despair at what was happening, did tear it up.
This did not happen in Danielles bedroom, but in the MB.
Danielle was placed in her bed with the bean bag obstructing her view from the door in case she was looked in on.
There were no door incidents that night, those were red herrings to give the appearance of a kidnapping...DVD opened the side door so BVD could attest to a breached door.
After BVD fell asleep, DVD had made arrangements w/UNSUB to come to the house and take Danielle...DVD would not have left her body so uncaringly.
BVD did not know what really happened but has had suspicions...along w/alcohol fog of that night and family preservation based on suspicions, she appears guilty.
DVD knew of her "involvement" or friendship w/DW and played on it from the beginning, using information BVD had mentioned about DW to cast doubt and direct the investigation towards DW from the start.
DVD knew Danielle had been inside the MH in the past, with the inside workings of forensics, Diane Halfman, he suspected they would find some trace of her
In doubt, on 2/3, he placed a shell casing on the floor in her room...had blood not been found in the MH (inside info from Diane), I suspect something matching that casing would have been found in DW's possession.
Diane Halfman was a patrol officer and I don't see her as having high placed contacts in LE, her use was inside info on forensics and the case.
The pressure from the DA to solve this case for political reasons, the steering of info from the VD's and the pressure upon LEO's, resulted in the zeroing in on DW.
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Someone as perpetrator, that is. Of course, Danielle was at her home and the MH (at some point).
Camped in it all weekend, and only 6 latents, and none are his? Sorry, whether they printed the cab or not, none of his prints in the living area after camping all weekend is highly improbable and points to the conclusion that it WAS wiped down.
He left no prints after getting dirty and sweaty trying to dig himself out? NIMO
Re: Receipts. Even though the receipt "x's out" most of the numbers so people can't pick up someone else's receipt and see their credit card number, the police would certainly be able to trace the number. They would be able to see if the card is his. If it is not, they would be able to see if the parties are affiliated in any way. If DW told them he had a habit of picking up litter, including receipts left behind, the investigation would show that the purchase had nothing to do with DW.
I'm amazed how people can say lack of "X" number of prints is suspicious when they have no idea how many prints should be in a typical household or vehicle. Remember, LE did not look at the front of the MH for prints. They knew there would be plenty of DW prints there. so what.
I find this unpersuasive because the prosecution has shown the MH had not been in the area close in time to her death. Plus, all this speculation on kids going in the MH has yielded exactly one set of prints from the neighborhood. And they just happen to be Danielle van Dam's. No other children from the neighborhood......too unlikely. Add in the blood (some of her teeth were found in her throat---bleeding from the mouth is what I would think happened)and her hair--in the drain, no less, and it doesn't add up to such evidence being left due to an episode of innocent play.
What's that got to do with the price of tea in China?
The video of Danielle reminded of one of our children that just ran into everything and fell down all the time, still does!
What's that got to do with the price of tea in China?
Haircut: I think Danielle's recent haircut is important. Although we all have hairs of different lengths on our heads, the fact that they found no hairs as long as hers were PRE haircut is significant, imo.
Also opportunity.
This probably vindicates DW's version of where the scratches came from. Another myth bites the dust.
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