Death Row Convict David Westerfield Transferred to High Desert State Prison Amid California Program Changes

San Diego, California – David Westerfield, the man sentenced to death for the 2002 kidnapping and killing of 7-year-old Sabre Springs resident Danielle van Dam, was recently moved from San Quentin to a new state prison facility. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation confirmed that Westerfield, now 72 years old, was transferred to High Desert State Prison in northeastern California last month as part of the Condemned Inmate Transfer Program. This program does not …

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