Defense could pin hopes on insect life..Westerfield Trial Breaking News: BUG EVIDENCE QUESTIONS!!

Union Tribune ^ | July 10, 2002 | Kristen Green

[rolling_stone]

Horrible thought..what if she was alive in the trunk of a blue vehicle and tried to scratch her way out.. I believe paint can be matched to vehicles even without the vehicle..and then again the long sleeves...last one to see her alive...knew mama wouldn't be home till closing time...

[UCANSEE2]

I can put you on the PING LIST if you would like. It's about time to PING everyone anyway.

[the Deejay]

"Next step, get rid of the van so as not to have any evidence, just in case."


Ya know what? The defense can get access to that blue van. They can find out who has it & can get a court order to have in analized. Not sure they haven't done so. As long as it was in the possession of the vdams, it couldn't have been done. They won't allow the defense anywhere near their home or stuff.

[Henrietta]

Wouldnt traces of sand have showed up in her or on her?

Good point!

[Spunky]

So, are the VDs seperated? Do tell! I have not heard any of this new home, getting rid of van, etc until today!

So far there is no real evidence of a seperation or a new home. Someone supposedly heard it on the radio. I am not real sure about the van.

My personal opinion though is Brenda and Damon will be divorced in the near future.

[Rheo]

IIRC, if lividity has already occurred and then the body is moved..you may not be able to tell.

Some of the blood may reposition or move but the original pooling would be evident...??

[winodog]

I think the word mummify is misleading. How about the word preserved? Which would happen in a cool, dark ,dry place like a root celler which is where food is kept for a long time to preserve it. In the desert bugs would have got to it. I believe.

[RnMomof7]

Can he sue LE ?

[Rheo]

Any idea what kind of van it was?....wasn't a Volkswagon, was it?

[KnutCase]

What is the PING List???

[pinz-n-needlez]

You could be on to something here.

An early article (about the time of John Walsh interview) talked about him entertaining a guest at home while the girls were out (lap)dancing and drinking. Could it have been his highschool friend?

I doubt the body was buried, there would have been dirt and debris noticeable from that. But she was undoubtly alive for 2 weeks, or her body stashed somewhere while DW was being framed.

Interesting that bug activity was so active on her lower abdomen. Maybe the results of injuries/fluids from her father molesting her?

Friend could have made the phone call. Who and where is he?

DW is a good, kind man. Introspective drinkers aren't fun company for bystanders, sure doesn't mean they'll kidnap and murder neighborhood children, though.

Feldman certainly is a showman. What a puzzle to leave jurors with for 10 days!

[pyx]

Will a jury of ordinary people understand this testimony?

Now that's the nub of this, isn't it. I HOPE they do. I fear they won't and will simply borrow the prevailing media opinions. After reading what some media shrews are spewing, it seems obvious that the media and their lackies would love nothing better than to see Republican David Alan Westerfield (accused child porn downloader and viewer) strapped to a gurney and put to death irrespective of whether he is guilty or innocent. In fact, even when the time arrives where some in this forum are finally backed into the corner and have to admit David Alan Westerfield is innocent, they'll scream for the Feds to prosecute him for supposed "child porn".

[sbnsd]

I'm with you. I was the one who had an "AHA moment" on the last thread. I found Faulkner extremely credible & interesting.

Fibers don't seem like the "exact" science they claimed it to be yesterday. Oh, it's made of nylon? Well, that's a similar fiber; can't say it's a match, but it's similar. Cotton, nylon, wool, acrylic -- they're all pretty common.

Blood, can be explained, although no one has tried to explain it. Hair, everyone's hair is everywhere!

[the Deejay]

"Can he sue LE ?"


Only if he can prove they didn't have enough evidence against him.

[RnMomof7]

What if they failed to look for evidence that it could have been someone else?

[UCANSEE2]

See post 185.

[spectre]

Well, JJ...what you suspect is more likely to have happened than what we can even "imagine" DW did. AND it would be easier to prove Damon did something IF he were the suspect, and NOT DW... We can't put Stealth Ninja Dave in that home at all..etc, etc., etc.

Damon wants DW put away, so the focus is off of him...simple as that.

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[connectthedots]

Can he sue LE ?

One thing is for sure, he cannot sue the prosecutor or the judge. He could possibly sue LE if he can prove that LE knew he was innocent and if the affidavits signed under penalty of perjury were not based on personal knowledge and were done for improper purposes. Based on what I have read of the trial, I doubt that DW would be successful in a civil rights action against LE or the city. If the prosecutor forced Dusek to prosecute for political purposes, DW might have a cause of action for malicious prosecution or a common law tort. If so, and he is acquitted, there just might be something there.

[John Jamieson]

Brenda and Damon will be divorced

Divorced H#II! They're both going to be on death row!

[crystalk]

umm...what if it wasn't REally an accident?

OR, What if he feared that her body would be examined/autopsied and reveal evidence of molestation on his part?

Right there is reason enough for him to leave the body up there and let it rot and dry out, and concoct some explanation that would make it look like somebody else may have molested, if worst came to worst and such was determined or suspected.