DW has stated that DVD was not home when he drove by about 10:30, because the VD van was not there. The Barb/Denise vehicle should have been there, but it may have been away from the house or DW did not recognize it. If this is true, that was the window of time for Danielle to wander out of the house or DW to go in. Is this the "confession" that Feldman has alluded to---that DW thought DVD would be gone skiing (because that's what Brenda told him) and he did not see a babysitter or lights on at the van Dam house, so he decided to check the VD house to make sure everything was OK? Is this what he told police during the 20 hour question period?
This "confession" could either be the act of a good samaritan, or DW admitting he checked out the house. How can we know which?
I still think this case will turn on the hair in Danielle's right hand. If it is not DW's the jury will not convict.
If I were innocent of this, I would want to take the stand and defend myself, even if advised against it. Otherwise, the rest of my life would be ruined by an unsolved crime I had nothing to do with.
I want the murder solved, and the right person prosecuted. I worry that there was a rush to nail him and that there isn't enough hard evidence to convict.
I think that you are correct. Considering the hair was clutched in her hand (I think) this sounds like the last act of a dying child. Hair is DW = Conviction. Hair not DW= accquital.
What about DNA on curtains in cab of MH? Blood/DNA on DW leather jacket? Too many occurences of Danielle's body fluids near to Westerfield. That is the case; it doesn't rely solely one one spot.