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If whatever the van Dams were doing at the time of the abduction is to blame for Danielle's fate, then they would have been equally as guilty if they were simply sleeping.

I must respectfully disagree with your assessment. If someone chooses to be around people with less than godly morals, they are opening themselves up to exposure to people who do immoral things, if not in the IMMEDIATE circle of trysts, then their trysts trysts. The outer circle gets ever-more immoral group of people, IMO. Some in the outer circle may come and go between several circles, fluctuating between, let's say, the VD inner circle of trysts and those in an outer circle, let's say even less moral group of people. Like attracts like through the full spectrum---it's human nature. There are always people on the cusp, so to speak, who is a sort of on the fence between fitting into one group and another. These types of people are salamanders, changing colors to fit the group their in, fooling others into believing they are like "them." The murderer could have been such a salamander, brought into the inner circle.

We know that Larry King asked them directly, and they chose instead to talk about the subject that they had come to talk about. For the record, had I been in Mr. van Dam's seat, I would have kicked Larry's ass for asking the question to begin with

I don't blame Larry King for asking that question. We know that mother VD was asked a couple weeks ago by a reporter the same type of question. She avoided answering it by changing the subject, saying something like "it doesn't matter what the rumors are (not denying), we are worried about finding our daughter," or something to that effect. Avoidance of answers always raises eyebrows.

Try this scenario..

Let's assume the van dams really didn't know their neighbor, but he's been watching them because they have a pretty little girl with blue eyes and blonde hair. (that is how most sexual predators operate..they stake out their victims and plot the perfect course of action). Lets say that the van dams did have a room built in their garage..similar to the finished wet bar basements that thousands of other parents have. Lets say that he found the perfect opportunity..that night he knew the parents were occupied. It's not like he had to hide in bushes to watch the house. Assuming that's what happened..it's possible that HE HIMSELF called rick roberts and portrayed himself to be a cop..spreading the rumors about swinging lifestyles to put a wrench in the public's perception of the case.

"If someone chooses to be around people with less than godly morals, they are opening themselves up to exposure to people who do immoral things, if not in the IMMEDIATE circle of trysts, then their trysts trysts."

There is a whole world of difference between doing immoral things, and murder, wouldn't you agree?

While what you say may be true, that doesn't appear to be the case here because according to every account of the story that I have read, with the exception of the internet rumour mills, Westerfield was an outsider to that alleged circle of van Dam friends. The contact with the man who will apparently stand trial for the murder, did not come about as a result of their alleged lifestyle, and it didn't come about as a result of that expanding circle that you described, he simply moved into their neighborhood.

Sometimes people do not make the choice to be around people with less than godly morals. Sometimes they work with you, or move in next door to you, or are in the PTA with you. Then, if your statement holds true, you fall into that ever expanding circle whether you like it or not.

Larry invited the van Dams to come to his show and discuss Danielle's abduction, and to give them a forum to plead for her return. To take attention away from what had to be their main focus: doing everything they could possibly do to try and find their little girl, was BS.

I know that under similar circumstances, I couldn't have cared less about Larry's agenda, nor what the world thought about me.

Still, all in all, it's still really unusual that not one neighbor has made the slightest comment about strange going-ons at the van Dams.

One last thing.

I used the Federal Sexual Predator database, and did a search based on my zip code. There are seven listings (with pictures and addresses) listed there of registered sexual predators within two miles of my house.

I did one on my old zip code (I moved in May last year), and found one living a few doors down from my old house.

I used to chat with this guy when we saw each other outside working on our yards or washing a car or something.

What do you really know about your circle of friends?