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Unposted.com: The trial of David Westerfield
| I kind of wished I played the Lottery that day to tell you the truth because maybe it was my day to win the Lottery. Who the heck knows? Brenda Van Dam Extract from the Larry King Show - December 3rd 2002 |
Trial: Westerfield's jacket
Feldman: "If any of the items would have had blood on it, you would've spotted it?"
Clerk: "Yes,"
April 30th 2005 - James Allen Selby
March 2005 - The confession
01/12/03 - MEET THE EXPERTS !
01/12/03 - "new secret" motions unsealed !
01/08/03 - The videotaped interrogation
01/06/03 - The others
1981 - Adam Walsh
1989 - Tiffany Sessions
1991 - Jared Michael Negrete
1994 - Amanda Dougherty
1999 - Michael Negrete
THE INTERVIEW
Intro
David Westerfied
My theory about DNA - I
Computer and porn
12/7/02 - CHILD PORN RING & VAN DAM CASE
12/6/02 - BABYSITTER & TRIAL DINNER
BRENDA VAN DAM on Larry King Live - 12/03/2002
DANIELLE VAN DAM killed at home
Danielle's discovery: WILL MEDIA TELL THE TRUTH?
Video rape: 1 LITTLE GIRL AND 2 MEN
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Identifying Danielle's bedroom Danielle's bedroom (2), Van Dams vacuuming Danielle's last day |
Blood on jacket (updated)
Fingerprints
DEATH SENTENCE
MEET THE JURY
WHY WESTERFIELD BECAME SUSPECT!!!
(updated)
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PLEA BARGAIN MY POINT OF VIEW |
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NEWS |
TRIAL EVIDENCE
Neal Westerfield
Molestation in the family
What is a penalty phase - definition
Penalty phase and the niece
Niece testimony (transcript)
Niece cross-exam (transcript)
My questions
My comments
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Questioning the evidence: Danielle's fingerprint found in Westerfield's RV:
More than 300 fingerprints were lifted from surfaces in the Van Dam's house. An expert testified that after testing them against Danielle's parents and brothers only 122 were positively identified. He also testified a backward palm print found on the handrail of the family's staircase did not match the Van Dams, nor Westerfield nor the sexpals that were there that night.
Danielles' hands couldn't be examined because they were mummified. The medical examiner had to remove them from Danielle's body and rehydrate them to get back to appearing natural.
According to the preliminary hearing, a San Diego Police expert compared the fingerprints from Danielle's rehydrated hand with a photograph taken in Westerfield's motorhome and concluded that prints of the middle and ring fingers were made by Danielle Van Dam.
Extracts from preliminary hearing:
Feldman: All right. And, sir, are any universities or colleges offering degrees in fingerprints?
Mr. Dusek: objection. irrelevant.
The court: overruled.
The witness: I really don't know. I don't believe so, no.
Feldman: you don't have a college degree in fingerprints?
The witness: no, I don't.
Feldman: there is no test you take to be a fingerprint examiner, is there?
The witness: there is not.
Etc. etc.
The expert acknowledged having found no fingerprints at all from Westerfield in his own motorhome and having no idea who is the owner of the backward palm print found in the Van Dam's house.