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Criminal

Jun. 22, 2002

DNA Expert Links Westerfield to Van Dam

SAN DIEGO - A police DNA analyst testified Thursday that blood from slain 7-year-old Danielle van Dam was on the carpet in David A. Westerfield's motor home. The analyst said that the chances of the blood coming from any other person were astronomical.

By Claude Walbert
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN DIEGO - A police DNA analyst testified Thursday that blood from slain 7-year-old Danielle van Dam was on the carpet in David A. Westerfield's motor home. The analyst said that the chances of the blood coming from any other person were astronomical.
        Criminalist Annette L. Peer, w...

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