Episode 36 - The Murder of Danielle Van Dam

We're not making this up: another little girl is snatched right out of her room in the middle of the night, this time in 2002. Natalia takes us through the rollercoaster disappearance and most OUTRAGEOUS trial tactics we've ever heard a defense attorney use so far. Keep the lights on kids and lock all your windows - nobody is safe. 

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Dickey, Fred. “How Detective Mo Parga Pinpointed Danielle Nicole Van Dam's Killer.” The San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2017, https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/columnists/sd-me-dickey-column-0501-story.html.

Allenbaugh, Mark. “Patents, Pedophilia, and Punishment.” Findlaw, 23 Sept. 2002, https://supreme.findlaw.com/legal-commentary/patents-pedophilia-and-punishment.html.

“Westerfield Guilty of Danielle Van Dam's Murder.” Edited by CNN No author listed, CNN, Cable News Network, 27 Aug. 2002, http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/08/21/westerfield.trial/.