Us courteous posters have to stick together. If you don't toe the "Van Damnation party line" on this thread, you're in for heavy ridicule.
Just today, "Ilbay" and "cyncooper" are getting smacked around. Many who think DAW MAY be guilty have given up and left the thread; not needing the abusive treatment.
It is truly fascinating to observe how RUMORS become virtually FACT-like. How 1 3/16th inches of blood morphs into 3/16th inch, with the quick omission, of one digit, for example.
At a time when many people lease vehicles, a Toyota van gets replaced by a BMW. Do I KNOW the van was leased? No, I don't. But the regulars don't know one way, or the other, either.
I DO KNOW leases expire, even on Toyotas. Yet based on the smallest "clue" they conjur another chapter in some sinister story.
What to make of the regulars' reaction to the BMW? Does it just reinforce the "party line" agenda, that all things VD are by definition evil? Envy (subconscious)?
The blue van is not useful, for finding Danielle's hair, DNA, fibers and (small traces of) blood in it would be expected, just as paint from it under her nails could be expected, yet the speculation persists.
The regulars on this thread are not at all representative of a jury. The regulars are a "self selected" group of folks. Their predominent characteristic is NOT objectivity.
Possibilities include:
1. DAW killed her, or
2. Someone from VD family & friends killed her, or
3. Some other person killed her, or
4. Danielle wandered around for 14 days, eventually collapsing and dying along Dehusa Rd. (giving bug man credit, for TOD)
The largest amount of evidence points to DAW. Three more days of testimony will be in the minds of the jury, before they deliberate.
I don't like the idea of an innocent man getting convicted, but my intuition is that at least one juror will hold out for conviction = Hung Jury. I do not expect a conviction for murder. Would they retry DAW? Most likely yes.
In spite of the regulars, based on just what is known today (not what is speculated or hoped for) it is highly improbable the VDs or friends will be implicated. If further investigation takes place, who knows what facts will be uncovered?
I don't believe there is a statute of limitations for murder (they eventually convicted Skakel). Will one of the regulars write a book about the "Sabre Springs Mystery?" Complete with REAL proof about the "real killer?" Takers?
I'll probably get smacked around (again) for just what little this note reflects.
After all, I once not only drove a BMW, but I owned it outright, after five years of payments. At the time I bought it, I did drink alcohol, did not use drugs, did read Playboy, did not swing, had been on vacations and business trips overseas, owned two houses, danced in nightclubs, lived in California, seldom went to church, and was a diehard Reagan Republican.
That made me guilty of something, for just about everybody posting on this thread, so I quit drinking and dancing in nightclubs, and sold a house (which also generates a Trust Deed transaction, along with many other normal things, like trusts) and leased a different vehicle. I've almost covered my tracks.
If I was on the jury, I would wait until all of the evidence was presented, before deciding. Not being on the jury, I'll nevertheless wait. I will evaluate and weigh the items of evidence, individually and in overall combination.