🔍 Blue Knit Cap
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Blue Knit Cap

12 items · 12 physical · 12 with detail pages

A dark blue knit cap recovered from the Bundy crime scene in June 1994 became central to connecting Simpson to the murders through hair and fiber analysis. Examined by LAPD criminalist Susan Brockbank and FBI examiner Douglas Deedrick, the cap's forensic evidence—including hairs microscopically consistent with Simpson—anchored the prosecution's physical case. The defense challenged collection procedures and presented alternative caps found at Rockingham, creating a battle over chain of custody and forensic interpretation.

Detailed entries (12)

Crime scene photos of knit cap and glove near Goldman's body
🔍 Physical

Multiple crime scene photographs documenting the dark blue knit cap and leather glove as found beneath a plant near Ronald Goldman's body at 875 South Bundy Drive, taken from varying angles and distances, including close-up views showing a bloody shoe print in the vicinity and the cap's position near the gate support pole.

People's P-12People's P-13People's P-14P-14People's 44P-60 +6
11 procs · 8 people
Blue knit cap found at Bundy crime scene
🔍 Physical

Dark blue knit cap (LAPD Item 38) found near Ronald Goldman's feet at 875 South Bundy Drive and collected June 13, 1994. Examined by LAPD criminalist Brockbank and FBI hair examiner Deedrick; the interior contained head hairs microscopically consistent with O.J. Simpson and acrylic fibers consistent with the carpet of Simpson's Ford Bronco.

People's 78People's 78-AItem 38People's 446-BPeople's 56-IPeople's 78 / 78-A
63 procs · 28 people
Hair photomicrograph comparison boards from the knit cap
🔍 Physical

Photomicrograph boards and comparison exhibits (People's 480 and 481; Plaintiffs' 2178/Q14) showing hairs recovered from inside the Bundy knit cap that were microscopically consistent with O.J. Simpson's known head hair standard, alongside hairs recovered from Ronald Goldman's shirt; prepared by FBI hair examiner Douglas Deedrick.

People's 480People's 481Plaintiffs' 2178Plaintiffs' 2178 (Q14)
3 procs · 3 people
Photographs of the physical knit cap as evidence exhibit
🔍 Physical

Close-up photographs of the dark blue knit cap (Item 38) as a physical evidence exhibit, including a standard photograph (People's 441), a laser image (People's 56/56-I described as difficult to see), and a photograph showing the cap with its numbered evidence tag (Exhibit 2218).

People's 441People's 56Exhibit 2218People's 56 / 56-I
4 procs · 5 people
Photograph of knit cap in evidence packaging
🔍 Physical

Photograph showing the dark blue knit cap contained in a brown paper bag as packaged and stored in evidence, identified by Detective Lange as the same type observed at the Bundy crime scene; cross-referenced in civil and criminal proceedings as Plaintiffs' 131 and Criminal Exhibit 77.

Plaintiffs' 131Civil 131Criminal 77Civil 131 / Criminal 77
2 procs · 3 people
Knit caps recovered from Simpson's Rockingham residence
🔍 Physical

Navy blue watch caps recovered from O.J. Simpson's Rockingham estate, catalogued as LAPD Items 95 and 98 from the master closet area, along with additional caps observed there; referenced in defense cross-examination about whether law enforcement conducted size comparisons between these caps and the Bundy crime scene cap.

Item 95Item 98
3 procs · 3 people
Crime scene video and photo of evidence card placement near cap
🔍 Physical

Prosecution crime scene videotape (People's 192) and photograph (People's 179) depicting criminalist Dennis Fung placing evidence identification cards near the knit cap at the Bundy scene; the videotape was enhanced by the prosecution and disputed by defense as an 'after' photo suggesting evidence handling irregularities.

People's 179People's 192
2 procs · 2 people
Fiber comparison exhibits from the knit cap
🔍 Physical

Photomicrograph chart (People's 485) and fiber samples (K8B2) comparing acrylic fibers recovered from the blue knit cap (Q47) to fibers from Ronald Goldman's shirt and Nicole Brown Simpson's dress; prepared by FBI trace examiner Deedrick to establish contact between the cap and the victims' clothing.

People's 485K8B2
3 procs · 2 people
Cardboard storage box containing cap, gloves, and Bronco carpet
🔍 Physical

Cardboard box (Defendants' Exhibit 2260, designated 'box number 2') in which LAPD criminalists stored the Bundy knit cap together with both leather gloves and the Bronco carpet sample; central to defense contamination arguments because the proximity of these items could explain the Bronco fiber found on the cap by FBI examiner Deedrick.

Defendants' 2260
3 procs · 2 people
Photograph of Fuhrman pointing at knit cap and glove
🔍 Physical

Photograph taken near 6:35 AM on June 13, 1994, showing Detective Mark Fuhrman pointing to the leather glove and watch cap beneath the bush on the Bundy walkway, taken after Fuhrman had returned from Rockingham; cited by both prosecution and defense regarding the chronology of Fuhrman's movements that morning.

People's 55
3 procs · 3 people
Crime scene photograph of cap position near gate/fence rung
🔍 Physical

Crime scene photograph (Defendants' Exhibit 40) and display board depicting the knit cap partially beneath the lower horizontal rung of a fence near a gate support pole bearing a vertical blood smear pattern; used by defense to challenge the physical plausibility of how the cap came to rest in that position.

Defendants' 40
2 procs · 2 people
Knit cap inside Bundy residence, not collected (defense walkthrough)
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A dark blue or black knit cap discovered inside Nicole Brown Simpson's Bundy residence—described as located in a hallway box near Sydney's room or a second-floor closet—during the August 27, 1994 defense walkthrough by defense investigator Pavelic and Johnnie Cochran. Detective Lange declined to seize or photograph it and it was never officially booked; defense later argued its existence undermined the evidentiary significance of the cap found at the scene.

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