The day was dominated by extended examination of Detectives Tom Lange and Philip Vannatter, with Robert Baker challenging LAPD evidence-handling procedures through multiple rounds of examination. Lange faced questions about delays and documentation involving a pendant, keys and shoes, the handling of the blanket placed on Nicole Brown Simpson's body, and the knit cap's position at the crime scene; disputed premises about a two-hour intended absence and blanket contamination or abandonment were not established by his testimony. Vannatter described transporting Simpson's blood reference vial to Rockingham and other reference vials to SID. Baker questioned the period when Simpson's vial envelope remained on Vannatter's desk, although Vannatter could not say how long he was away from it, and elicited testimony about his relationship with the Goldmans, meetings with plaintiffs' attorneys, and book-deal negotiations.

• Lange was questioned about a pendant kept in his desk drawer for ten weeks, keys omitted from a personal property report, and the timing and transport of Simpson's shoes before lab delivery.
• Baker challenges the position of the knit cap found at the crime scene, arguing it contradicts Lange's explanation that it was kicked under the gate.
• Baker questioned the placement and preservation of the blanket on Nicole Brown Simpson's body; Lange said his intended absence was 10 to 15 minutes and accepted responsibility for the criminalist not picking up the blanket.
• Revelation that Detective Vannatter had access to Simpson's travel bag on June 13, four days before it was formally confiscated on June 17.
• Detective Vannatter testified that he personally transported Simpson's blood reference vial; on cross-examination, he said its envelope remained on his desk for a period but could not say how long he was away from it.
• Baker establishes that Vannatter considered the Goldmans friends, had multiple meetings with plaintiffs' attorneys, and was actively negotiating a book deal.