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Criminal

Jun. 11, 2002

Strange, Sad Tales Mark Trial's First Week

SAN DIEGO - Some observations - some strange, some funny, some sad - from the first week in the trial of David A. Westerfield, the self-employed engineer accused of kidnapping and murdering 7-year-old Danielle van Dam in a case that has gripped the nation since the blue-eyed second-grader was discovered missing from her bedroom:

Reporter's Notebook

By Claude Walbert
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN DIEGO - Some observations - some strange, some funny, some sad - from the first week in the trial of David A. Westerfield, the self-employed engineer accused of kidnapping and murdering 7-year-old Danielle van Dam in a case that has gripped the nation since the blue-eyed second-grader was discove...

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