Posted on 02/09/2002 6:53:27 AM PST by crypt2k
"His house was one of the first of more than 200 Sabre Springs homes that officers searched with the aid of police dogs. Police later returned with a search warrant."
I also think the porn came from Gnutella.
What did the police dogs find that caused the police to come back with a warrant?
I thought the same thing.
But I wonder if we are right to judge "normal" people based on how they act on TV. I mean, it's such a freaky thing to have bright lights and cameras pointed at you, that maybe it would be more surprising if a normal person seemed "normal" with that kind of thing going on.
I don't know what to think about these kind of things. We're so used to seeing slick and polished professionals on TV, that when we see someone who looks downright odd, we assume there's something dubious about them. It could just be normal people reflecting the odd situation around them (especially when they're probably mind-numb and heart-broke from dealing with their missing daughter...).
Mark W.
Then how did the parents dispose of the body? I think the parents MAY HAVE conspired with the neighbor. And I'm not so sure the child is dead. She may even have been passed off to someone else. Of course, all of this is just wild speculation.
"This is in no way related to the investigation," Brenda van Dam said. "Nothing would get in between me checking on my children. It's a rumor. I don't know why people would want to be hurtful."
That's not exactly a denial, is it?
Actually, Walsh was just the opposite -- he was super-emotional and angry. I saw a biographical special on him a few weeks ago, and he was just filled with rage back then. He even called his book about that time "Days of Rage."
True, there are innocent people in jail and on death row. This is unacceptable. But I think it is proper to acknowledge that the right person is convicted by an overwhelming degree.
I understand what you are saying. In Susan Smith's case and in Diane Down's they had a hard time faking the crying (which women are so apt to do). In both cases, their crying was so fake it looked almost like laughing ... very strange.
Has anybody mentioned yet the strong repeated rumors that the Van Dams' garage is "party central" for the swingers, with locks on the INSIDE of the garage to keep out the nosy, (or their kids)?
Were the Van Dams having a sex/drug party locked in the garage, leaving their kids upstairs open to abduction from one of the "swingers" or Westerfield?
This stinks on so many levels.
/1/ The Van Dams didn't check Danielle's room from 10pm to 930AM when a friend of hers came looking for her to play???????
/2/ Mommy Van Damm just "happened" to run into Westerfield at the bar, and isn't sure if she danced with him or not???????
I don't know if you have children...but if you do, wouldn't you display *some* type of emotion if one was missing?!
You REALLY have to "parse" every word from the Van Damms. It's "Clinton speak", every word of it.
Westerfield's movements are damning. The ONLY reason people go to the desert there is to go dune buggying. No dune buggy, no reason. So what's his reason? As as experienced desert traveler, he's very aware that anything buried will be windswept "clean" on top very fast. No tracks, no trail, no scent.
A few years ago in NewYork City, a man claimed to be sexually assaulted on deserted subway platforms. He claimed this about 30 different times, consequently, about 30 men were arrested.
He did this all over the city and since the precincts weren't coordinating arrests, it was not noticed that one man was putting in so many complaints.
About 25 of the 30 who were arrested plea-bargained because they were afraid of going to trial.
Luckily for them, a policeman responding to a sexual abuse complaint realized that it was the same man he had responded to once before. This led him to investigate as to whether the man was making up stories and he found all the innocent people and had them exonerated.
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