Posted on 07/03/2002 3:36:43 PM PDT by FresnoDA
David A. Westerfield, 50, is charged with kidnapping and killing 7-year-old Danielle van Dam. He is also charged with misdemeanor possession of child pornography. Prosecutors have said the 80 or so images of child pornography taken from Westerfield's home indicate sexual interest in children.Defense attorneys are trying to show that the defendant is not responsible for the pornographic images -- including those of young children -- found on his computer equipment.
David A. Westerfield, a 50-year-old self-employed design engineer, is on trial for the kidnapping and murder of 7-year-old Danielle van Dam.
Lawson told jurors that he examined copies of hard drives, zip disks and compact disks made by police and took numerous screen captures -- essentially photographs of what came up on the computer monitor at a given time.
Defense attorney Steven Feldman asked Lawson if there was a theme to the animations.
"A considerable number of the screen prints showed bondage -- where women were tied in ropes," Lawson said.
A screen print of an e-mail to a DNWesthotmail.com, as quoted by Lawson, said: "Thanks for joining anime.com."
Lawson also confirmed screen prints the defense entered into evidence last week, that a computer in the office of Westerfield's house was used to access pornography on Feb. 4 at 4:47 p.m., when the defendant was busy with detectives.
Feldman mentioned last week's suggestion that the clock on the computer may have been doctored.
"Did you see any evidence that that happened on any of the computers you examined?" Feldman asked.
"No, I did not," Lawson answered. He said there's usually signs when a clock has been tampered with, such as files being accessed before they were created. Nothing like that was apparent on Westerfield's computers, he said.
Tuesday, San Diego police Detective Johnny Keene testified that he collected Westerfield from his Sabre Springs home that Monday around 3:40 p.m. and took him to the Northeastern substation in Rancho Penasquitos. The defendant remained there until approximately 11:30 p.m.
Excellent point.. Who was in charge of that? The buck stopped there. Is that standard operating procedure? Following orders is what happened...they were instructed to find danielle and evidence leading to her. If there are unidentified prints..I suppose feldman might have tried toget them matched.
please explain further..
Do you know why we can't ALL figure out how Danielle was abducted and taken without a trace from her own bed?
Because it never happened.
Do you know why Damon and Brenda said the dog didn't bark (when it in fact could)?
Because it had no reason to bark on that night. ..
Just keep asking the questions "Why?" and it all points back to the obvious answer.
The Van Dams are covering something up.
Sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar...Look at the statistics.
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...I think the defense should force that to happen..but they don't want to jury to get even more biaesd against his client...by blaming the parents..it could help get DW convicted.
And then you have to ask, with all that is already known about them, what can possibly be worse?
And the answers--more than one is possible--are all chilling.
Why do I think this is unlikely?
More likely the
If Faulkner can show that the body was not left at Dehesa until after 2/4. There is no case. David was stalked by both the press and the police. He couldn't even go to the bathroom with out them knowing.
Something wicked this way comes...
This is so cool, now to learn colors.LOL
The DA can't even get a Shrink to testify that DW fits the profile of a Pedophile. I mean, it's the motive for their entire case against him...and still, no one can/will testify that watching the porn actually means Westerfield was one.
Just because the DA wants us to believe DW was a pedophile, doesn't make it so. No proof, not even from a Shrink...zippo!
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My thought exactly.....that "knocks out" that theory..
Do you remember the dentist that testified I believe it was him that said that one tooth was found in her throat..he also testified that the teeth become loose with decomposition..and fall out
Are you suspious of that Chris? Wasn't it his idea to go back over that area AFTER it had already been searched ? He had a hunch?? I would like to know something of his history....swinger? Friend of VD's ? Neighbor?
Did he do this before or after he took her? Where did he "dispose of it? Why did he not also "dispose " of his jacket? his quilt?
BTW I believe there was discussion..or perhaps testimony that the body was never wrapped..but using your thought..so he had a mattress protector on his mattress..he rapes and kills her then puts her body on the floor? Strips the bed..takes the mattress cover..places he on it..wraps her in it ....then what? Where does he put her? Where is she when he takes his laundry in to the cleaners ? Why did he not dump her body ..and then go to another location and bury all the evidence? Blanket ,quilts, sheets,jacket..and then wander into Walmart and replace the stuff..then take it to a laundry and run it once through a cycle so it did not look new?
Wouldn't YOU get rid of ALL the evidence?
Remember the "pottie dance" in daddy's bedroom???
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