Aug. 21 -- A neighbor of 7-year-old Danielle van Dam was convicted today of first-degree murder and kidnapping for snatching her from her San Diego home and killing her to act out what prosecutors ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — David Westerfield, the San Diego man convicted of the 2002 kidnapping and murder of 7-year-old Danielle van Dam, was transferred off of San Quentin’s death row and moved to ...

The man who kidnapped and murdered 7-year-old neighbor Danielle van Dam was sentenced to death Friday after the little girl's sobbing mother branded him a "monster" deserving of no mercy. David ...

As she awaited hearing whether her daughter's killer would be sentenced to death, the mother of 7-year-old Danielle van Dam said Friday that what mattered most was that he never be allowed near ...

Aug. 28 -- Danielle van Dam's parents told a tearful California courtroom how their daughter's kidnapping and murder had devastated them as jurors today began hearing testimony that will determine ...

SAN DIEGO -- The man who kidnapped and murdered 7-year-old neighbor Danielle van Dam was sentenced to death Friday after the little girl's sobbing mother branded him a "monster" deserving of no mercy.

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 3 -- David Westerfield was sentenced to death today for kidnapping and murdering his 7-year-old neighbor, Danielle van Dam, whose mother called him a heartless "monster" who ripped the ...

SAN DIEGO — A neighbor was convicted Wednesday of kidnapping 7-year-old Danielle van Dam from her home and killing her in the first of a string of brazen child abductions that have drawn national ...

EL CAJON, Calif. -- Investigators believe the gruesome discovery of a nude, partially burned girl's body ends the hunt for Danielle van Dam, the 7-year-old who disappeared more than three weeks ago.

At press time, the jury in the David Westerfield case was still deliberating the convicted murderer’s fate. This strikes some people as odd seeing as how the San Diego man had been convicted of one of ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Authorities now believe a 7-year-old girl abducted from her home more than three weeks ago is dead and on Monday charged a neighbor with her murder. “I must conclude that Danielle van ...

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 22 -- Police arrested a neighbor of Danielle van Dam today, but they still had not found the missing San Diego 7-year-old, who disappeared in the middle of the night three weeks ago.