SAN DIEGO -- Two clerks at Twin Peaks dry cleaning store said David Westerfield seemed rushed and distant when he brought items to be cleaned days after Danielle van Dam's disappearance.

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The clerks testified Monday that Westerfield came to their Poway store twice on Feb. 4 with comforters, bedding materials and clothes to be cleaned.

Julie Mills (pictured, below) said Westerfield entered the store around 7 a.m. with a jacket and bedding materials to be cleaned.

She explained that Westerfield had been a customer for many years and usually comes to the store in the late morning or noontime.

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Desert Campers, Dry Cleaners Take Stand

Mills also said he was wearing a thin T-shirt and shorts with no shoes and socks. She noted is was very cold that morning.

The other clerk, Kelly Belom, testified that he returned to the store about 1:40 p.m. with three items of clothing that he wanted back that day. Those items included a pair of pants and a shirt.

Both women said Westerfield was a regular customer but he seemed distracted and less outgoing than normal.

Other witnesses that took the stand Monday traced Westerfield whereabouts in the desert the weekend Danielle disappeared.

Joseph Koemptgen (pictured, right) said that Westerfield parked in an unusual spot in Glamis, 20 to 30 yards from a hard surface.

Koemptgen said that anyone who had been to the sand dunes of Glamis before -- especially at night -- wouldn't have parked where Westerfield did.

"Why not?" prosecutor Jeff Dusek asked.

Because "you're guaranteed to get stuck," Koemptgen testified.

The Sun City, Ariz., man said that he was camping near "Wash 14" in the Glamis area the night of Feb. 1. He said that he didn't hear any motor homes pull in close to him.

"It was very quiet," Koemptgen testified. "You would have heard anything driving in. He did not come in while we were awake."

Koemptgen said that a man -- he identified him as Westerfield -- appeared in his campsite the next morning and asked for help.

"He said he was stuck and was looking for someone to tow him out," Koemptgen said.

The witness said that he told Westerfield he couldn't help him.

"He tried to convince me that it would not take much," Koemptgen testified. "He was a little persistent in trying to convince me that the (motor home) would roll right out."

Westerfield is charged with kidnapping and murdering 7-year-old Danielle van Dam. He could receive the death penalty if convicted.

There is also a misdemeanor charge of possession of child pornography against the self-employed design engineer.

Van Dam was not in her bed when her mother went to wake her up the morning of Feb. 2. Westerfield was arrested Feb. 22, five days before the victim's decomposing remains were discovered east of El Cajon.