Was Danielle kidnapped and murdered by this man?
Those who believe Westerfield is innocent continue to see the Danielle case as an unsolved mystery. If Westerfield didn't do it, then who did? The true perpetrator may still be out there.
According to LE, hundreds of items of forensic evidence remained unanalyzed in the SDPD labs and evidence rooms at the end of the trial. Only about one third of SDPD'S latent fingerprint lifts were ever identified. There remained many "unknowns." There
was simply no time to examine everything.
An "unknown" DNA sample from the crime scene (Danielle's bedroom) was analyzed and profiled. It was compared to van Dam family members and to Westerfield. It did not match any
of these "knowns." And Westerfield was clearly excluded.
But, as far as we can tell, our D.A. never submitted this "unknown" DNA profile to the FBI, to be compared against the DNA profiles stored in CODIS.
James Selby's DNA profile was already in CODIS in 2002. Was it ever compared with that unknown?
August, 2003: James Allen Selby Confesses to Danielle's Murder
A new potential solution to Danielle's disappearance and murder popped up in 2003-2004 in the form of a
handwritten confession by James Allen Selby to the murder of Danielle. See acandyrose.com
or unposted.com for comprehensive and detailed information and links, and biographic details. It is quite a story on its own. Arizona reporter A.J. Flick, among others, wrote extensive reports on his odd life.
Selby was a young white male Gulf War veteran with both military training, and criminal experience. He specialized in breaking and entering women's homes, ambushing them at knifepoint. He was wanted in five
states for attacks on adult women and at least two young girls. His DNA was taken and tested and
eventually entered in CODIS, where finally the police departments of five different states (CA, NV, AZ, OK and CO) converged.
By coincidence, Selby became known to SDPD by name and face only on August 21, 2002, the same date as
Westerfield's conviction.
Due to Selby's attacks on women in San Diego in 2001, SDPD already had his DNA profile locally, but not his name or face. His DNA was submitted to the FBI's CODIS index system as an "unknown" (perpetrator).
Next, Arizona police got a "hit" on that submission and connected with San Diego in spring of 2002. Selby was now threatening college women around the University of Arizona. A manhunt was under way, but no one knew who exactly they were looking for.
Only in August 2002 did Selby's full identity (name and face) become known, from information submitted from two additional states, Oklahoma and Nevada, where had kidnapped young girls.
A manhunt ensued, and Selby surfaced in Colorado. He raped an older woman in Boulder CO and was convicted in 2002. His crimes had spread over a five-state area by the time he was caught.
According to LE, hundreds of items of forensic evidence remained unanalyzed in the SDPD labs and evidence rooms at the end of the trial. Only about one third of SDPD'S latent fingerprint lifts were ever identified. There remained many "unknowns." There
was simply no time to examine everything.
An "unknown" DNA sample from the crime scene (Danielle's bedroom) was analyzed and profiled. It was compared to van Dam family members and to Westerfield. It did not match any
of these "knowns." And Westerfield was clearly excluded.
But, as far as we can tell, our D.A. never submitted this "unknown" DNA profile to the FBI, to be compared against the DNA profiles stored in CODIS.
James Selby's DNA profile was already in CODIS in 2002. Was it ever compared with that unknown?
August, 2003: James Allen Selby Confesses to Danielle's Murder
A new potential solution to Danielle's disappearance and murder popped up in 2003-2004 in the form of a
handwritten confession by James Allen Selby to the murder of Danielle. See acandyrose.com
or unposted.com for comprehensive and detailed information and links, and biographic details. It is quite a story on its own. Arizona reporter A.J. Flick, among others, wrote extensive reports on his odd life.
Selby was a young white male Gulf War veteran with both military training, and criminal experience. He specialized in breaking and entering women's homes, ambushing them at knifepoint. He was wanted in five
states for attacks on adult women and at least two young girls. His DNA was taken and tested and
eventually entered in CODIS, where finally the police departments of five different states (CA, NV, AZ, OK and CO) converged.
By coincidence, Selby became known to SDPD by name and face only on August 21, 2002, the same date as
Westerfield's conviction.
Due to Selby's attacks on women in San Diego in 2001, SDPD already had his DNA profile locally, but not his name or face. His DNA was submitted to the FBI's CODIS index system as an "unknown" (perpetrator).
Next, Arizona police got a "hit" on that submission and connected with San Diego in spring of 2002. Selby was now threatening college women around the University of Arizona. A manhunt was under way, but no one knew who exactly they were looking for.
Only in August 2002 did Selby's full identity (name and face) become known, from information submitted from two additional states, Oklahoma and Nevada, where had kidnapped young girls.
A manhunt ensued, and Selby surfaced in Colorado. He raped an older woman in Boulder CO and was convicted in 2002. His crimes had spread over a five-state area by the time he was caught.
Selby mailed his confession letter from Boulder CO to San Diego Police in 2003, a year
after Westerfield's conviction. Selby was in jail, awaiting extradition to Arizona for his attacks
on women there. One count was for an attempted murder.
No action was taken on Selby's 2003 confession by the San Diego DA. KFMB-TV interviewed former prosecutor, Jeff Dusek, in 2005. For some reason LE apparently did NOT check the Selby
DNA profile, to which they had access, against the "unknown" in the Danielle case, to which they
had access.
Because Selby was already on file with SDPD as the "Banker's Hill Rapist," the D.A. did not even need
to consult CODIS. But yet they did NOT say, "Oh, we checked and it wasn't him." One must
wonder why they didn't say that. We have seen no evidence that anyone from San Diego interviewed him. (An Arizona reporter did interview him extensively before his death.)
Selby died in Arizona, in his jail cell, in 2004, an apparent suicide.
Did he kidnap and kill Danielle as he claimed?
James Selby's DNA profile was already in CODIS in 2002. Was it ever compared with that unknown from Danielle's room?
after Westerfield's conviction. Selby was in jail, awaiting extradition to Arizona for his attacks
on women there. One count was for an attempted murder.
No action was taken on Selby's 2003 confession by the San Diego DA. KFMB-TV interviewed former prosecutor, Jeff Dusek, in 2005. For some reason LE apparently did NOT check the Selby
DNA profile, to which they had access, against the "unknown" in the Danielle case, to which they
had access.
Because Selby was already on file with SDPD as the "Banker's Hill Rapist," the D.A. did not even need
to consult CODIS. But yet they did NOT say, "Oh, we checked and it wasn't him." One must
wonder why they didn't say that. We have seen no evidence that anyone from San Diego interviewed him. (An Arizona reporter did interview him extensively before his death.)
Selby died in Arizona, in his jail cell, in 2004, an apparent suicide.
Did he kidnap and kill Danielle as he claimed?
James Selby's DNA profile was already in CODIS in 2002. Was it ever compared with that unknown from Danielle's room?