What started it was back in feb 2002, rick roberts, a jerk of a radio show host, convinced 1/2 his audience that a report of an unnamed upper level police source (aka leaker) was true. The unnamed chicken source claimed that the van dams were having a wild drug and sex party in their garage the night danielle was kidnapped.
For some..The suspicion was that one of the participants went up, raped her...everyone including the parents got scared and then dumped her body. Evidence was planted on dw to throw the heat off the parents.
One of the rumor that was floating around was that danielle was given to westerfield by brenda..oh my gosh you would not believe all the crazy rumors flying.
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Kim, Kim, Kim, remember it also an unnamed police source who leaked the plea bargain info. Or do we know which police officers leaked it?
And did you listen to Rick Roberts show back then? I didn't, so I don't know what he himself actually said. I know such wild rumors were going around, and I know there was a great deal of discussion about the VD's activities on his show, but did Rick Roberts actually say the van dams were having a wild drug and sex party in their garage the night danielle was kidnapped? I know you & Val hate the guy, so in fact I was surprised when I did start tuning in to hear him and he sounded like a smart, rational guy (and, oddly enough, had views of all the participants which were close to my own views :-)