I believe there was a handprint of Danielle's in the motor home too. Was it fresh? Did it get there that weekend? Time will tell.
Look, my comments may certainly pale when evidence surfaces at the trial. Perhaps my skepticism is unfounded, but from the get-go I've wondered how in the heck Westerfield was pegged almost from day one? This just sounds way too easy.
Was Westerfield a registered sex offender? Did the Van Dams finger him? Did someone observe something? How did this guy get fingered so early on? Cases like this linger for years. This one was solved in a matter of days, if not hours. I'm just curious how that took place.
"I'm sure in due time that they will turn their attention to the appropriate and productive use of those funds, but right now they're really still dealing with the loss of their daughter," said family spokeswoman Sara Muller Fraunces.
Trip to Sandals?
Lifetime membership to the CB Club......
Decisions, decisions......
We do know the answer to this one. No, he was not. However, there were 13 registered offenders in the area that were "immediately cleared." The SDPD seems to have done a lot of "immediate clearing," including the 13 registered child molesters, the 4 visitors to the VD "pizza party" that night, and the VDs themselves--and it should be noted that the one person with no verifiable alibi for several hours that night is Damon van Dam himself.
According to various reports, DW seemed to be the ONLY person gone from the neighborhood when the search began...it's that simple. Someone had to give them reason to suspect DW, and it probably was the Van Dams with their fabricated story of DW focusing on Danielle when she sold him GS Cookies.
Course, the van Dams were acquainted with DW much more than they admitted, but as soon as they found out he was made the suspect, they immediately set out to distance themselves from him.
It seemed to spiral out of control, when BVD was caught in her web of deception. (Here's where the van Dams were stupid, and think other's are equally as dumb.) They HAD to realize the events of that evening and early morning would eventually be found out...OR maybe, they figured, by then, DW would be the prime suspect, and no one would give a dam what kind of a life they led....and that seems to be working.
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