Mourners gather at site where Danielle's body was found
Posted on 03/01/2002 4:04:47 PM PST by FresnoDA
Mourners gather at site where Danielle's body was found
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 By Seth Hettena ASSOCIATED PRESS March 1, 2002
"The memory of her soul compelled me to come down here and say a last goodbye," Davis said Friday, cradling her 7-month-old daughter and wiping away tears. "To actually see the place where her innocent sweetness was lying under a tree." Davis, 26, added white flowers to a growing memorial of messages, bouquets, a pink teddy bear and a stuffed blue bunny that marks the place where authorities believe a neighbor dumped Danielle's body weeks ago. Dental records confirmed Thursday that remains found by a rural roadside 25 miles east of San Diego were those of the little girl, who vanished from her bedroom Feb. 2. The cause of death could not immediately be determined – and may never be – because of the body's state of decomposition, said Police Chief David Bejarano. Further tests were under way. Danielle's parents, Brenda and Damon van Dam, said the unflagging efforts of more than 2,500 volunteers who searched a vast area stretching from the ocean to the desert left them with "an overwhelming sense of gratitude and closure." "With love for an innocent child and for one another, the community has brought her back to us, and for that gift we offer our most sincere and heartfelt thanks," the van Dams said in a statement. "Even though the final outcome is horrible, we could not have imagined the rest of our lives without this closure." A memorial service is expected later this month. A neighbor, David Westerfield, 50, was charged Tuesday with murder, kidnapping and possession of child pornography. He has pleaded innocent and is being held without bond. Authorities said they found traces of Danielle's blood in Westerfield's motor home and on an article of his clothing. The self-employed engineer spent the weekend of Danielle's disappearance traveling in his motor home, stopping in the desert east of the city, authorities said. A hunch led volunteers to the area – the remote road was one Westerfield might have taken the weekend Danielle disappeared, said Bill Garcia, a private detective who coordinated searches. Nearby residents said they were unsettled by the discovery of Danielle's body so close to home. "It kind of sickens us," said Charles O'Neill, 28, who lives about a mile away. "We've been driving by this road every day for the past month and knowing she's that close is something we never would have imagined." |
My husband asked me if theses are just rumors about the wife-swapping parents or if it is actually NEWS?? And I couldn't answer him........I didn't foloow the story from the beginning. Anyone????? HELP!!! Please!
For those not in SoCal, you can listen on the net:
Furthermore, Westerfield was known to frequent Syquon Indian Casino on Dehesa Road close to the site where Danielle was dumped!
[THE PROCESS: Church of the Final Judgment] taught that Love conquers Evil, and thereby eliminates conflict. The basis of their religion was the book of Matthew in the Christian Scriptures (New Testament). They believe in a single unknowable God; God simply "is". Jesus Christ was seen as a Unifier; Satan as a separator, perhaps created by God to test mankind. They believe in the "Law of the Universe" which is "as you give, so shall you receive". All matter is seen as sacred, because it stems from God. In its earlier days, Ministers wore large surrounding black capes to promote their "mourning the death of the world unless we change" message.
Is it just me or do you feel a message in these words? If DW is their man, what isn't "over"? I doubt they mean the trial and such. Weird !!!!
sw
If you wanna feel sad, cool. Pray for the kid, sure. Cry, yeah but keep it private where crying belongs. But when people come from all over the place to dump flowers on where the body was found, that's sick and the people that do it need help, very expensive psychological help. There's plenty of sad things in life without joining some TV tragedy. You wanna buy flowers and share someone's pain, go to your nearest cancer ward, you might actually be able to HELP them.
So you know this for a FACT? Or is it, just a hunch that it was NOT a tip?
sw
Sure they could. Do you need a reliable source to make something up?
It started when he "big media" stopped reporting stories that did'nt fit their pc agenda.
I'm signing off before we have to make peace again...nighty nite!
sw
That is a crock of @#$%, anyone who has remotely studied forensic medicine knows this is a lie.
nfcn.
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EL CAJON – Laura Davis said she felt drawn to the quiet patch of shade under an oak tree where searchers this week found the body of 7-year-old Danielle van Dam.