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[Dusek is going to look stupid] going to.......?

Dusek is doing the best he can with what he has.
Pfingst was the problem with this case, again in my opinion.

This is not only case the SD DA is prosecuting or the only case the SD PD is investigating. There ARE budgets these people have to work within. And there are other cases. Investigating to the level of detail some of us on these threads seem to expect, is just not practicable, in my opinion.

And on the other hand the Van Dams. I don't believe they killed their own daughter. (or perhaps I don't want to believe that.) As much as I personally loathe their proclavities and disgusting activities, and as much as I personally am convinced they were (and perhaps still are) fairly neglectful of their children, I don't believe they had a direct hand in Danielle's death. As to the other "pizza partiers", I haven't thought much about them.

My own opinions on David Alan Westerfield.
David Westerfield does indeed have evidence against him. He was the suspect. The SD PD are obligated to follow up on investigative leads. When things are rushed and hurried, as they are during a missing child search, mistakes and ASSUMPTIONS are going to be made. The extent of those mistakes in some cases makes me somewhat disturbed. The appearing and disappearing towels is bothersome. (I've heard of throwdown guns, perhaps there is such a thing as throwdown evidence but I have no idea if that's the case here .) There are other parts of some of the physical evidence that, in my own opinion, has questionable chain of custody considerations and in some cases (the blood) wonder if questions about profession miscoduct might be in order. Again, that's my own opinion, YMMV.

More speculation on my part below. I have NOTHING to substantiate or base the following on other than gut instinct.

Why was David Alan Westerfield focused on ?
I really have to wonder if it was Brenda Van Dam who was REJECTED by David Westerfield at Dad's on February 1, 2002. Brenda had been turned down by Ryan and LePage's daughter (Ryan was official boyfriend for the night)) (forgot her name for the moment while writing this).) I have to wonder if Brenda being turned down by David Westerfield fueled a bit of revenge and "get eveness" in Brenda and she turned her worry, fear and anger about Danielle into a swipe in the form of an accusation at David Westerfield on February 2, 2002. Again, this is pure speculation on my part. This may have focuse the SD PD on David Alan Westerfield.

At this point in time, I am inclined to think David Alan Westerfield is innocent. As far as his drinking, I suspect it is partly because of his early life. He was rejected by his parents when he was 18. Some of us had to fend for ourselves much much younger and we didn't end up being a suspect in a murder trial or end up with drug or alcohol problems. I suspect like most of us, David Westerfield has spent most of his life trying to belong to something that was taken away when he was younger. In his case, he never succeeded. Drinking can make one quite introspective. There are some of us who should not be crossed when we do go those those places in our own minds to be introspective. In fact, dare I say it, some of us don't desire others tromping blindly about inside our heads trying to second guess our thoughts.

I suspect someone else entirely took Danielle either from inside her home or outside of her home in the early morning hours of February 2, 2002. From the unIDed finger and palm prints on the sliding glass doors, I am leaning towards an abduction from inside the Van Dam home and Danielle may have been unconscious or dead and removed in a blue blanket slung over someone's back like a sack. Beyond, the above, I won't even guess.