A chat room helped Westerfield prosecutors

San Diego Union Tribune ^ | 12/12/02 | Alex Roth

[ican'tbelieveit]

is redsh!tstick giving you lip service?

[Jaded]

So WHAT PART OF TRIAL TRANSCRIPTS constitutes a fan site? You just can't stand it that people don't fall in line like nice little sheeple.

Besides the picture was 2 of your favorite people.

[I. Ben Hurt]

The bugs don't lie but the jurors believe they do. Yeah.......

They didn't believe the search dogs either. I read the dogs traced Danielle to the empty house next door that was being painted (blue, maybe?) by it's new owners. I wonder how much time, if any, prosecution spent checking that angle.

[EllaMinnow]

This is from a transcript:

(THE FOLLOWING OCCURRED OUT OF THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY: PROCEEDINGS NOT PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD. (END OF PROCEEDINGS OUT OF THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY.) THE COURT: GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND WELCOME BACK. I HAD HOPED WHEN WE NEXT MET THAT THE PADRES WOULD BE ON A LENGTHY WINNING STREAK. UNFORTUNATELY THAT WAS NOT TO BE. AS YOU ALL KNOW, HAVING GONE THROUGH THE ORIENTATION PROGRAM THAT WAS PUT ON BY THE JURY COMMISSIONER, TRIALS IN THIS STATE ARE CONDUCTED IN VARIOUS PHASES OR STAGES. YOU FOLKS HAVE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH THE JURY-SELECTION PROCESS AND ARE NOW THE TWELVE JURORS AND SIX ALTERNATES THAT HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO HEAR THIS MATTER. THE NEXT PHASE OF THE TRIAL IS ANOTHER ORIENTATION. THIS ORIENTATION, HOWEVER, IS A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC, BECAUSE IT NOW DEALS WITH SOME OF THE DOS AND DON'TS OF THIS NEW JOB THAT YOU HAVE. LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE IN THIS STATE, THIS..."

This is from a fansite:

"In closing, if any of David's friends or family have the chance to see this, I wish you strength and peace, this has to be a difficult time for all of you. Just know that there are more people than you think that support David and hope only for the best outcome for him. There are also people who admire your integrity and character for standing behind the man you know, in the face of the opposition."

I know the difference.

[cyncooper]

And? Do the words "IMPOSSIBLE, IMPOSSIBLE FOR DAVID WESTERFIELD TO HAVE DUMPED" many any thing to you? What part of that says he did it?

What part says he didn't *kill* her? Look again. It doesn't deny that Westerfield is in fact the killer.

[Jaded]

MC/RL, why do you bother coming here? Stalking? It took close to 4 hours for y'all to show up. Hey, why don't you do your own site. It would give you something ELSE to do. Sheesh

Regarding the paragraph, should I wish mad cow disease on them, perhaps the plague? Would that make you happy? GET A GRIP!

I have to find a different color next time, perhaps a nice purple.

[cyncooper]

The Van Dams ORIGINALLY said it wasn't true.

No, the van Dams originally said it wasn't true because they had never heard about it. Big diff.

[Jaded]

whatever. thanks bye have a nice day.

[cyncooper]

The van Dams originally said THEY DIDN'T KNOW - not that it wasn't true.

Thanks red. I was replying as I read through the thread and hadn't read your post yet. I just said the same thing.

[cyncooper]

So WHAT PART OF TRIAL TRANSCRIPTS constitutes a fan site?

Now, now Jaded. Post a link to your site and let others see that there is much, much more than mere transcripts.

Note, I am not posting any critcism here, just noting that you are mischaracterizing your website.

[cyncooper]

I read the dogs traced Danielle to the empty house next door that was being painted

Please post your documentation for this assertion.

However, in the search warrants the one dog was noted to have acted interested in part of Westerfield's garage. It was noted that it wasn't considered a strong enough reaction to be called a hit, but the dog was interested, and the judge made note of it when ruling on the warrant.

Also, the jurors must have believed the cadaver dog.

[cyncooper]

why do you bother coming here?

Because Free Republic is a place to discuss. Part of discussion is refutation of the absurd. Your position is absurd and not founded in fact.

I'll be here to counteract your disinformation campaign as long as you continue to post.

[EllaMinnow]

I just checked the FR homepage - the forum still belongs to JR.

[let freedom sing]

He also criticized the media for overhyping the testimony about the van Dams' spouse-swapping and the couple's use of marijuana on the night their daughter vanished.

overhyping? The poster family for s-s, ca, and mj are taking all the hype they can get. /sarcasm

[Jaded]

Oh, spare me you trite b/s, your highness, knower of all things.

[Jaded]

Actually, in one of the interviews they said "you can't believe everything you see in the paper". That was one version. There are others.