Jennifer Shen, trace evidence analyst

Recalled to the stand after testifying earlier in the state's case
Tapelifted samples from 25 pairs of Westerfield's shoes
Said orange acrylic fibers lifted from a blue towel found in the defendant's SUV as well as a pillowcase in his bedroom were similiar to fibers found on Danielle van Dam's necklace

Tanya DuLaney, trace evidence analyst

Recalled to the stand after testifying earlier in the state's case
Analyzed blue fibers found at various places in the RV and determined they were similar to fibers collected from Danielle van Dam's body
Believes that the fibers could share a common source

Dr. Joy Halverson, animal DNA specialist

Compared DNA samples from the van Dam's dog, Layla, to hairs found in Westerfield's home and RV
Testified Layla was the possible donor of the genetic material in hair samples found in Westerfield's trash and comforter as well as the and hallway carpet and bathmat in his RV
Conceded that the hairs could have come from another dog

Rosemary Redditt, volunteer search-and-rescue canine unit lieutenant

Watched as search-and-rescue dog Cielo, trained to sniff a cadaver scent, barked at the passenger side door of Westerfield's RV

Jim Frazee, volunteer search-and-rescue canine handler

Testified he supervised search-and-rescue dogs, Hopi and Cielo, search Westerfield's motor home
Took Hopi into the motor home to sniff for Danielle Van Dam's scent and said that the dog stood on a sofa behind the driver's seat for five seconds
Took Cielo to the RV to search the exterior for a cadaver scent and said the dog displayed his trained "alert" which is to sit up and bark when he was near the passenger side door

Mitchell M. Holland, DNA analyst

Performed DNA testing on Danielle's fingernail scrapings and pajamas
Testified hair found in the sink drain of Westerfield's motor home matched Danielle's DNA profile
Testified that Danielle's DNA was also found in a carpet cutting of the RV

Jim Watkins, computer forensics examiner

Examined Westerfield's computers, CDs and zip disks and identified files he found, such as pornographic photos and video clips, that were shown to the jury
Said some of the graphic pornographic images depict females who appear to be minors
Testified there were about 8,000 pornographic images in total and there were folders named "Young Ones" and "Fun"

Faye Ann Springer, trace evidence criminalist, Sacramento County Forensic Services Lab

Assisted in examining carpet fibers found in the RV
Compared animal hairs found in Westerfield's dryer and on a bathmat in his RV to samples from the van Dam's dog, Layla, and said the samples were consistent
Testified an orange fiber from Danielle's necklace was similar to one found in Westerfield's wash

Jennifer Shen, trace evidence criminalist, San Diego Police Dept.

Testified about hundreds of fibers recovered from Westerfield's home and on Danielle's body
Orange fibers found in Westerfield's home was similar to a fiber found in the necklace around Danielle's neck when her body was discovered
Concluded short blue/gray fibers recovered from Westerfield's home were microscopically and macroscopically similar to the fibers recovered from Danielle's body

Melvyn Cong, trace evidence criminalist, City of San Diego

Examined a dog hair on the bedding from Danielle's bedroom, including a fitted sheet, comforter, pillows and a blanket with a pocket on it
Testified he found no orange fibers on the items
Said that a hair recovered from the back gate of the van Dam yard was from an animal

Dr. Holly Ernest, veterinary genetics lab, University of California at Davis

Testified that none of the animal hairs that are consistent with Layla tested positive for DNA

Tanya DuLaney, criminalist, San Diego Police Dept.

Analyzed hairs found in Westerfield's home and RV as well as Danielle's room
Said she found dog hair in Westerfield's home that was consistent with the van Dam's dog, Layla
Identified a total of 14 blonde hairs similar to Danielle's inside the RV and Westerfield's home

David Cornacchia, criminalist, San Diego Police Dept.

Went to the scene when Danielle van Dam's body was recovered
Tested blood stains cut from a bean bag chair in Danielle's bedroom and said that the blood likely belonged to Danielle's brother, Derek
Examined evidence from the motor home, bedding from the washing machine, and items from the dryer, and he collected hairs and trace evidence

Dr. Catherine Theisen, FBI Laboratory

Testified the FBI tested various items from Westerfield's home and compared it to Danielle's DNA
Said hair samples from Westerfield's bathroom bathmat and sport utility vehicle could not be excluded as coming from Danielle van Dam, her siblings or mother
Testified that hair found on the items could be excluded as belonging to Danielle van Dam

Lewis Maddox, laboratory director, Orchid Cellmark

Received the victim's rib sample and a mouth swab from the defendant to compare with a stain on the defendant's jacket
Testified the DNA from Westerfield's jacket matched Danielle van Dam's
Said the frequency of such a match would be 1 in 57 quadrillion in the Caucasian population, and considerably higher in the African American and Hispanic populations

Annette Peer, DNA analyst, San Diego Police Dept.

Searched Westerfield's home and RV in the days following Danielle's disappearance and found three blood stains in Westerfield's motor home
Performed DNA analysis and said that a blood stain found on Westerfield's jacket matched Danielle's DNA profile — a frequency being 1 in 670 quadrillion
Testified that a blood stain found in the carpet of Westerfield's RV also matched Danielle's DNA profile — a frequency of 1 in 130 quadrillion

Sean Soriano, criminalist, San Diego Police Dept.

Examined Westerfield's clothing and testified three areas on the jacket tested positive for blood
Testified a beanbag chair found inside Danielle's room had seven blood stains
Said he found two long blond hairs from inside the medium boxer shorts taken from Westerfield's dryer

Pat Wertheim, fingerprint analyst, Arizona Dept. of Public Safety

Explained fingerprint analysis to the jury
Testified the latent prints lifted from the cabinet in Westerfield's RV matched Danielle van Dam's

Jeffrey Graham, Jr., crime lab latent print examiner, San Diego Police Dept.

Had Danielle's hands removed and rehydrated for print analysis
Compared her prints to those found on a cabinet in Westerfield's motor home and testified the prints matched
Testified the origin of a print found on the sliding glass door of the van Dam residence could not be identified

Karen LeAlcala, forensic specialist, San Diego Police Dept.

Collected evidence from Westerfield's residence and motor home as well as the location where Danielle's body was recovered
Among the items she collected were clothes and towels from Westerfield's dryer, a carpet sample, computer discs, an item labeled "juicy lube," bedding and various items from the trash can inside the garage
Confirmed that she received two mouth swabs from the defendant

Detective James Tomsovic, homicide investigator, San Diego Police Dept.

Identified the layout of and items found inside Westerfield's house and RV
Said that items such as gas station receipts, an advertisement for Linens-n-Things showing a bedding set that matched Danielle's and binoculars were found in his house
Upon the discovery of Danielle's body, testified that he and his team crawled on their hands and knees for evidence in the area

Dorie Savage, forensic specialist, San Diego Police Dept.

Collected evidence at the van Dam's residence, Westerfield's car, the location where Danielle's body was found and from Danielle's body
Obtained samples of a three browning-red stains on the stairway of the van Dam's home and a hair collected from the gate outside the house
Found a spent cartridge casing in Danielle's bedroom

Ron Dougherty, police officer, San Diego Police Dept.

Testified he went to a San Diego gas station to check that the gas pumps were producing accurate receipts
Testified Westerfield made five transactions at the same San Diego gas station — three on Feb 2. and two on Feb. 3
Said the times were accurate within a minute

Rosalyn Youngblood, custodian of records, Chevron Credit Bank

Detailed Westerfield's credit card transactions on Feb. 2 through 4 at gas stations
Testified Westerfield made five transactions at the same San Diego gas station — three on Feb 2. and two on Feb. 3
Said Westerfield also made a gasoline purchase at a gas station in Poway on Feb. 4

Detective Terry Torgersen, San Diego Police Dept.

Obtained a search warrant for the items at the dry cleaners
Picked up Westerfield's clothes and bedding on Feb. 7
Identified the items for the jury

Kelly Belom, employee, Twin Peaks Cleaners

Testified that Westerfield came into the store on Feb. 4 between noon and 1:30 p.m.
Said he brought in a black sweater, black pants and a black tee shirt that he dropped off
Testified Westerfield asked if he could have the clothes back the same day and was told he could not

Julie Mills, employee, Twin Peaks Cleaners

Testified that on Feb. 4 Westerfield arrived at the store wearing shorts and no shoes despite the cold weather
Said he appeared distant, wouldn't make eye contact and was looking down
Said he brought in a sport jacket to be cleaned with a couple of comforters and pillow shams; she did not observe blood on any of the items

Michael Britton, police officer, City of Coronado

Was working the overnight patrol on Sun., Feb. 3, in the area near Silver Strand State Beach Park
Said he observed an RV illegally parked in the parking lot at approximately 2:46 a.m. — a vehicle with Iowa license plates belonging to a man named Cecil Haltermann
Did not observe any other RVs parked there, contradicting Westerfield's claim that he parked there all night

Debra Catherine Martinez, camper

Went to Glamis the weekend of Feb. 1 with her family
Observed Westerfield's RV stuck in the sand
Said by the time they went to help him there was someone else there helping already

John Hoffman, camper

Testified he went to Glamis with a large group that included Chris Redden the weekend of Feb. 1
Said he passed Westerfield's stuck RV on the way back from an early morning ride and gathered up his group to assist him; by the time they go there another vehicle was pulling the RV out of the sand
Testified the curtains on the windows of the RV were open

Chris Redden, camper

Testified he was part of a group that went to assist getting Westerfield's stuck RV out of the sand on Sun., Feb. 3
Said that Westerfield was wearing Dockers-type pants and a nice shirt, which he thought was not proper desert clothing
Testified he looked through a window into the cab of Westerfield's RV to see the console because he was impressed with the motor home, but didn't see anything unusual

Ryan Strathearn, camper

Was camping at Wash 14 in Glamis on Sat., Feb. 2, the day of Danielle's disappearance
Said Westerfield approached his camp on Sunday morning and asked him for help because his RV was stuck in the sand
Tried to pull Westerfield out with his Ford Bronco, but doing so caused the Bronco to get stuck in the sand as well

Joseph Koemptgen, camper

Was camping at Wash 14 in Glamis the weekend after Danielle's disappearance and observed Westerfield's RV stuck in the sand
Said he hadn't the RV the night before when he went to bed at 11 p.m., contradicting the defendant's claim that he arrived at the campsite between 10 and 10:30 p.m.
Observed Westerfield sweating profusely despite the weather — it was about 29 degrees

Ronald Woods, resident of Sabre Springs

Testified when he learned a little girl was missing in his neighborhood, he and his wife walked down the street to see what had happened
Said he saw a motor home pass and that the defendant was driving at about 4:30 p.m.

John Meerchaum, resident of Sabre Springs

Testified that he returned to his neighborhood at around 3:30 p.m. after a football game and notice police vehicles, media trucks and neighbors outside on Feb. 2
Said he saw the motor home drive past his house sometime between 3:30 and 4:30 p.m., though he hadn't seen neighbor Westerfield's motor home parked in the neighborhood in a couple of months

Jon Stinebaugh, resident of Sabre Springs

Testified that at about 9:15 a.m., he saw the motor home stopped at a stop sign across from his house, with Westerfield driving it
Said he drove behind the motor home for some time and observed it traveling passed Westerfield's home and out of Sabre Springs
Admitted that he told a defense investigator that he would make a terrible witness because he could not make a positive identification of Westerfield as the person driving the motor home

Martin Franklin, resident of Sabre Springs

Testified he saw an RV parked on the side street near Westerfield's house and that the defendant was standing next to it at approximately 9 a.m. on Feb. 2.
Said that when he returned home about an hour later, the vehicle was gone

Barbara Crum, resident of Sabre Springs

Testified she has a clear view of Westerfield's house on a diagonal from her home
Said that when she left her house at 8:30 a.m. on Feb. 2 she did not see the RV parked in the area near his home
Said that around 4:15 p.m. she observed Westerfield driving the motor home in the neighborhood, but she didn't see where the RV went

Alick Lau, resident of Sabre Springs

Said he did not see a motor home parked near Westerfield's home when he passed at about 7:15 a.m. during an early morning run on Feb. 2
Testified he passed the house on his run again at around 8:40, but still did not see the RV
Said the RV was normally parked on the side of Westerfield's house

Sandra J. DeLong, lives across the street from the property where the defendant keeps his RV

DeLong, who is deaf, testified through an interpreter that there are two motor homes on Sherman's property, one belonging to Sherman
Testified that two days after Danielle's disappearance she was driving when she passed a motor home like Westerfield's on the road
Was unable to identified the driver

Keith Sherman, owner of property where defendant stored his RV

Testified that Westerfield had parked his RV on his property on Feb. 1 and Feb. 2.
Said that Westerfield warned him he had a sensitive alarm system in the RV, leading Sherman to warn his granddaughter Holly and others to stay away from the RV so they wouldn't set it off
Before Westerfield left the morning of Feb. 2, he looked "like he had camped out" and his clothes were in "disarray"

Holly S., 11-year-old granddaughter of Keith Sherman

Said on the morning of Feb. 2 she saw Westerfield at his RV when she went outside in her pajamas to get the newspaper for her grandfather
Testified she did not see anyone else at the RV that morning, but it was closed up
Said when she first saw Westerfield, he was on the driver's side of the RV, but he then moved to the passenger's side; as she returned to the house, he drove away

Det. Howard Labore, San Diego Police Dept.

Took Hoeffs' report
Prepared a "tip sheet" after talking to Hoeffs about the lights being off and the curtains being closed in Westerfield's house

Christina Hoeffs, lives directly behind Westerfield's house

Testified her master bedroom window looks out onto the rear of Westerfield's home
On the evening of Feb. 1 she noticed an exterior light was on at Westerfield's home at around 10 p.m, but that when she woke up at 2 a.m. she noticed the light was still on, which was unusual
Said that she also noticed that the house appeared "locked down," with all the blinds drawn — which she thought was "weird" since she had never seen it that way before

Paul Redden, interrogation specialist, San Diego Police Dept.

Conducted an interview with Westerfield which he audiotaped three days after Danielle's disappearance
An excerpt of the tape was played for the jury
On the tape, Westerfield detailed where he said he was during the hours Danielle's disappearance, from getting stuck in the sand in the desert to forgetting his wallet

Mark Matthews, television reporter, KGTV

Interviewed Westerfield outside his house three days after Danielle was discovered missing
The videotape of the interview, admitted into evidence through his testimony, was played for the jury
In the interview, Westerfield says he left Dad's at 10:30 p.m. and does not admit being friends with the van Dams

Det. Maura Mekenas Parga, robbery division, San Diego Police Dept.

Testified that with Keene spoke to the defendant for about 35 to 40 minutes in the days following Danielle's disappearance and that by the end of the interview, conducted on a cold February day, Westerfield was sweating profusely
Noticed there was loose dirt on a comforter in Westerfield's laundry room, which the defendant said was dirty laundry from the desert
Smelled bleach in Westerfield's garage

Det. Johnny Keene, San Diego Police Dept.

Detailed for the jury the numerous locations David Westerfield claims he visited during the hours following Danielle's disappearance
Testified searching Westerfield's home, the first time with Westerfield being "overly helpful"
Keene said he asked Westerfield to tell him everywhere he had been that weekend, and Westerfield did not tell him about the trip to the dry cleaners

Yvette Wetli, friend of Garry Harvey

Testified Harvey came to meet her at O'Harley's, where she tends bar, at approximately 12:15 a.m.
Said Harvey stayed about 30 minutes before going to Dad's between 12:45 and 1:00 a.m.
Said she did not see Westerfield there

Garry Harvey, acquaintance of the defendant

Went to Dad's on Feb. 1 to meet Westerfield to finalize a business deal between Westerfield and his roommate
Recalled Westerfield was still at the bar around 11:30 p.m.
Said he left briefly to meet a friend, and that when he returned to Dad's Westerfield had left

Keith Stone, ex-brother-in-law of Richard Brady

Was with Brady at Dad's the night before Danielle was discovered missing
Said the two arrived at approximately 9:30 p.m. and that Westerfield was there when they arrived
Testified that upon returning to the van Dams' house after the bar, he recalls their dog was downstairs but doesn't remember anything about which doors may have been open

Richard Brady, friend of the victim's family

Was at the local bar where Brenda van Dam was the night before Danielle was discovered missing
Said he saw Brenda van Dam and her two friends at the bar with Westerfield and that Brenda introduced him to Westerfield
Said he did not notice anyone going out the sliding glass door in the van Dam's kitchen after the group returned to the house after leaving the bar

Denise Kemal, friend of the victim's parents

Testified Westerfield was acting "creepy" at the bar she went to with Brenda van Dam the night before Danielle was discovered missing
Said she saw Westerfield on the curb across the street from his house hours after Danielle was discovered missing, and offered the comment, "I can't believe what happened. Well, I left at 9."
Confirmed a sexual "swap" between her and her husband and the van Dams

Sean Brown, manager/bartender, Dad's Cafe

Testified seeing Brenda van Dam and her friends having a good time at the bar on Feb. 1, the night before Danielle was discovered missing
Said he only witnessed one 20-second interaction between Westerfield and Brenda van Dam and her friends

Brenda van Dam, victim's mother

Testified about several contacts with neighbor David Westerfield, including two occasions when she sold Girl Scout cookies with Danielle
Said she encountered Westerfield at a local bar the night before Danielle was discovered missing
Admitted to having sexual relationships with female friends

Dr. Brian D. Blackbourne, medical examiner, San Diego County

Examined Danielle's body the night it was found and said it was badly decomposed and had a great deal of "animal feeding"
Though he cannot determine a definite cause of death, has ruled out strangulation, gunshot and stabbing as causes of death
Said that there was not enough evidence to determine whether Danielle was sexually assaulted

Damon van Dam, victim's father

The night of Danielle's disappearance babysat his children while his wife went to a local bar
Woke up at 3:30 a.m. and saw the alarm blinking before going downstairs to see the sliding glass door in the kitchen open and the alarm panel lights off
Admitted to smoking pot the night his daughter disappeared and to having sexual relationships with other women with his wife's knowledge

Dr. Norman Donald Sperber, forensic dentist

Matched Danielle's dental records to identify her body
Testified four teeth were missing, a situation common in decomposed bodies

Deputy Larry Alston, Lemon Grove substation, San Diego County Sheriff's Dept.

Received a radio call at 2:40 p.m. on Feb. 27, 2002, to respond to the scene where the body of a small child was found
Arrived at the 4400 block of Dehesa Road at 3 p.m. and was led to the body by the volunteer searchers there
Described the decomposed body, including that there was a necklace around the neck

Erin Miller, employee of Club Sequan

Works at a casino located near where Danielle's body was found
Testified the defendant joined the player's club on Oct. 1, 2001 and that records show he had not used his card after Oct. 2
Said a member can frequent the casino without using the card, leaving no record

Chris Morgan, volunteer searcher

Testified he and Heinburger discovered Danielle's decomposed body after noticing a rancid smell
Said the body had blonde hair, its head was turned to the side, was about four feet in length, and was missing a foot and flesh on her legs
Identified photographs taken of the body at the site

Karsten Heinburger, volunteer searcher

Said he searched near Singing Hills Golf Course and on Dehesa Road without success
With searcher Chris Morgan, found Danielle's decomposed body
Testified he called 911 and took three photographs of the body

Julie Hennes, neighbor

Identified aerial photographs of the neighborhood where the defendant and victim lived
Testified she left her children at the van Dam's the morning Danielle was discovered missing
Said that when police arrived Brenda and Damon van Dam were asked by police to leave their home so they could collect evidence, and that the van Dams stayed at her house that night