Posted on 07/22/2002 3:02:31 PM PDT by FresnoDA
Westerfield's trial had been in recess since July 11 so the judge could take a previously scheduled vacation.
Westerfield, 50, lived two doors from Danielle, who vanished after her father put her to bed the night of Feb. 1. Searchers found the girl's nude body on Feb. 27 along a rural roadside east of San Diego.
A forensic entomologist, testifying Monday for the defense, said Danielle's body could not have been dumped at the roadside before Feb. 12, according to his analysis of flies and larvae collected during an autopsy. The blow flies that were found on the body typically descend on a cadaver shortly after death, but it can take longer in cooler temperatures, entomologist Neal Haskell said. Based on his analysis of the temperatures in the area at the time, Haskell (pictured, right) put "the time of colonization" likely at Feb. 14 and no earlier than Feb. 12.
Prosecutors challenged the defense's weather data.
Haskell's testimony puts the time the body may have been dumped several days earlier than suggested by a previous defense witness, entomologist David Faulkner. The defense has seized upon the time of death, which could not be precisely determined, to suggest that the body was dumped at a time when Westerfield was under constant police surveillance.
Westerfield was put under observation soon after Danielle disappeared, according to police testimony. He was arrested on Feb. 22.
During Haskell's testimony about insects devouring Danielle's body, the girl's parents, Brenda and Damon van Dam, stared at the floor as they sat in the back row of the courtroom. It is the first time that Damon van Dam has been in court since Judge William Mudd banned him from the proceedings almost a month ago as a security risk. Mudd restored his trial privileges just before going on vacation.
Lawyers for Westerfield have said they expect to offer two to three more days of testimony.
Maybe, maybe not. Or not "around" close by perhaps. Who knows.
I wouldn't be surprised if he tries that. Bring a little O.J. and the LAPD to San Diego. I'm sure Feldman is getting a little desparate at this point seeing how bad it's going for his client so far. He might figure he has nothing to lose at this point.
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Would you please help me out on that.
I have seen lots of different 'desert,' and it would be nice to know what kind of place we are talking about, more precisely.
Is it like lots of joshua trees? sagebrush-type? dunes and camels? just kinda arid with junipers?
I get the impression it is more like where I lived as kid in Colorado Springs. Lots of rocky outcroppings(we called the big ones "bluffs"), kind of arid, sandy soil but not really barren, most of the naturally occurring trees were conifer types like pines and cedars, and there was sagebrush and tumbleweed. Is that about right?
Have you ever seen the movie "polyester"? I think Divine could be Chrokee's mom.
You forgot Nazi, mysogynist and homophobe.
Up to the rest of us to question and challenge before another urban legend is born.
I guess we could make some assumptions as to how long the generator is on but without a reading of the generator hours we wouldn't know how much fuel was used for driving vs. electrical generation. If he just sat at the truck stop and used the generator all weekend and you tried to use the gas usuage to to determine mileage driven you would come up with miles driven when in fact he never moved. <
Who is trying to be fair ? I am forming an opinion. An opinion requires choosing, not being fair. If I wanted to be fair I wouldn't be choosing.
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