Westerfield also attracted suspicion because in conversations with detectives he mentioned that Damon van Dam and Danielle were going to an upcoming father-daughter dance."Only Danielle van Dam could have told him about the dance and only after she had been abducted," police write in one of the affidavits.
This is a good example of their wish to pin everything on him. What a foolish deduction !!!
We have now heard that perhaps Brenda van Dam told DW about it. So how could police have decided that the ONLY way he knew it was from the child herself.
This is another example of customizing interpretations to fit the suspect they want it to fit. It's very disturbing, IMO.
This is a good point, South. I am trying to recall----did Brenda state she told him this info?
I remember a few weeks ago this was being discussed and some wondered how or why she would have brought it up and I said I could imagine a neighborly conversation along the lines of "Danielle's going to her first dance, it's a father/daughter dance. Damon thinks she's growing up too fast."
It is possible that in early interviews the police, too assumed Brenda wouldn't have brought up the subject and made the above conclusion.
My question is, does someone have the transcripts handy that show Brenda gave him this info? If not, I'll try to dig through later. Thanks.
This is a good example of their wish to pin everything on him.
This is another example of customizing interpretations to fit the suspect they want it to fit. It's very disturbing, IMO.
Did you catch yesterday's NCTimes front page headline concerning the case?
Westerfield's ex-girlfriend takes the stand
Nothing about the "bug man" until the end of the article on the following pages.
How about another good example of their wish to pin everything on him.