And trouble us all.
It is called MOB PSYCHOLOGY.
When Danielle disappeared, it caught the attention of the nation. WHY? Because it was an attractive blonde-haired blue-eyed white girl with parents that had a decent amount of money.
THe news jumped on it because it would sell newspapers, TV news, (I.e. Advertising money).
The local DA jumped on it because he is in a bid to win RE-election and he needed something BIG to get the voters to pick him. The opportunity was there (the girl was gone). The Van Dam's had hired a PR team right away and had taken over the Laura Recovery Center , put their own people in it (including their retired LEO friend Diane Halfman), and renamed it the Danielle Recovery Center.
SO the DA needed a PERP that he could charge, arrest, and CONVICT. The police were directed by the mother to a likely PERP , and from then on seemed to lose interest in other suspects, and concentrate on DW. Then they concentrated on FINDING PROOF (whether it was really there or not) that he did it.
The News media helped out by exxagerrating and outright LYING about events/times/statements and plastering them all over the MAGS/NEWSPAPERS/TV.
They got practically every MOTHER to swallow every word about DW because he had some PORN. Take a MOM with children, mention a MAN with PORN and the MOM will ACT LIKE a MOTHERBEAR protecting her CUBS. CLAW AWAY and KILL HIM.
It is an understandable EMOTION.
However, it has nothing to do with this.
BUT the DA, the MEDIA want it to have everthing to do with THIS CASE, because the EMOTION will SELL,SELL,SELL. The TRUTH won't.
no, YOU SAY,,,,, WELLLLLL THEN how come you hear some many cries of LYNCH HIM, LYNCH HIM, from the OVEREMOTIONAL,UNDER......... MOB?