Detailed entries (37)
O.J. Simpson's white size-12 Reebok tennis shoes, seized from his Rockingham home on June 13 and cataloged as LAPD Item 18. Testimony traced Detective Lange's handling of the shoes and their delivery to the serology laboratory on June 14, with differing reported receipt or booking times and challenges to the custody route. The shoes were used as People's 384 and as civil comparison evidence; testimony stated that they tested presumptively negative for blood and that their sole pattern did not match the Bundy impressions. The LAPD-curated source describes them as not being the unrecovered murder shoes.
A boxed set of Silga factory compression-molded outsoles in European sizes 42 through 47, used as physical comparison references during William Bodziak's footwear testimony and identified as People's 379 and Plaintiffs' 399. The size 46 sole was passed among jurors, and the People's 379 box was later described as empty and permanently released for return.
People's 375 contained two Bruno Magli reference shoes obtained from Peter Grueterich: right shoes in sizes 9.5 and 12 associated with the Lorenzo and Lyon styles. Poser identified the size 12 Lorenzo boot as a style carried by Bloomingdale's in black, brown, and olive.
A board showing athletic, boot, and dress-shoe styles for comparison with the visually distinctive Bruno Magli Lorenzo, incorporating a Bruno Magli catalog depicting Lorenzo and Lyon style numbers and color variants.
Plaintiffs' 395 comprised a box containing a size 9.5 Bruno Magli Lyon shoe and a size 12, European 46, Bruno Magli Lorenzo shoe, both bearing the Silga sole design. William Bodziak introduced the exemplars and used the right Lorenzo shoe for physical comparison demonstrations during the civil trial.
Bronco carpet evidence identified as civil Exhibit 419 and displayed during Bodziak's testimony for examination of an impression potentially matching a Silga sole in connection with Bruno Magli shoe identification. The admission record grouped Plaintiffs' Exhibits 407 and 419 as Bronco carpet samples.
A chart or board of reverse sole photographs showing how design-element counts differ by shoe size. It was used in Bodziak's testimony concerning why size 46 matched the examined impressions.
Pair of foot-form lasts in American size 12 / European size 46, obtained from the 4C factory in Italy — the actual forms used to construct the Bruno Magli shoe. Introduced to demonstrate the manufacturing process and the relationship between European and American sizing.
People's 73, a collection of 30 Polaroid photographs taken by Ronald Phillips over several days within a week of the homicides, showing shoe soles of officers present at Bundy, including Riske and Terrazas. The photographs, rather than impression casts, were submitted to William Bodziak for elimination comparison; he testified that the pictured shoes were excluded and did not match the parallel-line imprint discussed with him.
A board depicting three views of the Bruno Magli shoe, including the sole, used to show design elements matching crime scene impressions.
Bloomingdale's journals, receipts, UPC records, and department codes were examined in connection with a search for a Bruno Magli Lorenzo purchase. Poser could not say whether the retrieved records included such a purchase; three records identified as Discovery 1540, 1509, 1529 were shown during cross-examination.
A chart showing the conversion between European shoe sizing and U.S. sizing, specifically documenting that European size 46 corresponds to U.S. size 12.
Six photographs of shoes worn by Officers Phillips, Fuhrman, and Roberts, introduced and excluded as potential sources of the Bundy shoeprints. FBI Agent Bodziak confirmed Mark Fuhrman's shoe sole did not match the Bruno Magli pattern.
A shoe-comparison board presenting overlays of test impressions on crime-scene photographs for prints E and Q68.
A chart explaining nonspecific and specific methods for determining shoe size from impressions, based on available manufacturer knowledge.
A chart explaining how hand-milled molds are made and how hand milling creates forensically distinguishable variations between molds.
A chart covering the variables that affect shoe sizing, including lasts, sizing systems, and conversion tables between European, American, and British shoe sizes.
A chart illustrating four levels of shoeprint comparison: size and shape, design pattern, wear characteristics, and accidental characteristics.
A diagram identified as Bill Bodziak's mapping of footprint locations on the Bundy walkway. It was discussed during Dr. Lee's cross-examination, when Lee said it was his first time seeing it.
A chart prepared by FBI Agent Bodziak based on his own 500-person study (399 males), correlating shoe size to height; indicates size 12 corresponds to a range of 71 to 77 inches (5'11" to 6'5").
A larger overlay applied to an autopsy photograph to illustrate heel and toe curvature alignment.
A smaller overlay applied to an autopsy photograph to show an alternate heel orientation.
A chart featuring enlarged photographs of the Bruno Magli Lorenzo and Lyon shoe models, used to introduce the two styles at issue in the footwear analysis.
Exhibit 2211 was a demonstrative photograph of a right Bruno Magli shoe worn by a model. Bodziak explained its demonstrative-only purpose.
O.J. Simpson's driver's license, listing his height and weight, was referenced during examination. An attempted question about its accuracy was sustained as beyond the examination's scope.
A transparency of the Bruno Magli Silga sole design physically aligned over the Bronco carpet impression before the jury during closing argument.
Chart titled “Bronco carpet” showing enhanced carpet from the driver's side of the Bronco, introduced and discussed during William Bodziak's examination.
Photographs identified as Exhibit 399 and used during Bodziak's shoeprint testimony were discussed during Kelberg's cross-examination of Dr. Baden to ask whether Baden had reviewed Bodziak's photograph-based analysis.
An admission entry collectively identifying Plaintiffs' 2062 and 2211 as comparison boards with shoeprint photographs without distinguishing the contents of the individual exhibits.
A height calculation chart prepared by RCMP Inspector Mike Cassidy correlating shoe size to height range; indicates size 12 corresponds to approximately 6'0" to 6'4".
A chart of photographs taken by Bodziak at the Silga and 4C factories in Italy, showing the compression-molding process and shoe assembly.
An overlay of a Silga outsole used in Bodziak's direct testimony. It was marked during cross-examination and re-displayed on redirect in testimony concerning the framing of the Bronco impression.
Proceedings referenced bloody shoeprints at Bundy, including testimony about their location, direction, fading, size, and sole pattern. Witnesses were challenged about which marks were identifiable, while opening and closing statements advanced competing interpretations about one or multiple assailants.
Witness examinations, a motion, and closing arguments referenced size 12 Bruno Magli Lorenzo-style, Silga-soled impressions at Bundy. Bodziak's examination addressed pattern comparison, distribution, rarity, and price, while closing arguments separately characterized the prints and the wearer's alleged path, including claimed hesitation near the north wall.
Dr. Lee used the Bruno Magli design as a comparison standard and said parallel-line patterns were inconsistent with it, although other configurations might match. During Bodziak's cross-examination, he said he could neither eliminate nor positively associate a Bruno Magli shoe with the Bronco carpet impression.
Depositions and closing argument addressed whether O.J. Simpson owned or wore Bruno Magli shoes. Simpson denied ownership in one deposition and expressed uncertainty in another; Jason Simpson did not recall seeing them, while Johnnie Cochran argued that national and international searches produced no purchase record.
A September 21, 1994 letter or memo from Bodziak to Detectives Lange and Vannatter requesting an inventory of shoes in Simpson's residence and additional shoes for comparison. Bodziak testified that he never received the requested inventory.
Additional references (14)
Brief references from transcripts that don't warrant an individual page. Each has a single source or is mentioned only in passing.
- Bloomingdale's receipt for $38.00 slippers — A Bloomingdale's sales receipt for $38.00 for slippers, reviewed by Poser, who could not identify what specific item was purchased. Used by defense to argue no linkage between Simpson and a Bruno Magli Lorenzo shoe purchase.
- Bodziak deposition excerpt (page 45, lines 16–46) — Page 45, lines 16–46 of Bodziak's deposition was read into the record on redirect to impeach his claim that he was not trying to create a similar photograph.
- Bodziak FBI report on blue-jean footwear impressions — William Bodziak's FBI report concerning footwear impressions, specifically an impression on the lower right leg of blue jeans. Goldberg referenced it while challenging whether Dr. Henry Lee had considered the report before testifying; Lee responded that experts may differ.
- Bodziak February 1995 footwear-impression reconstruction board — A reconstruction diagram or board of Bundy crime-scene footwear impressions made in February 1995 and used by Bailey and Bodziak to debate the L, M, O, and S print configuration and a proposed two-trip theory.
- Bodziak prior testimony on LAPD officer shoe sole patterns — Goldberg referenced Bodziak's prior testimony about the variety of LAPD officer shoe-sole patterns to challenge Dr. Lee's assumption that officers wore standard-issue shoes with non-parallel designs.
- Bodziak testimony on color changes in bloody shoeprint stains — FBI Agent Bodziak's testimony regarding how the color of bloody shoeprint stains changes over time, challenged by defense expert Professor MacDonell.
- Bodziak's textbook 'Impression Evidence' (pages 158–159) — Pages 158–159 of FBI Agent Bodziak's published textbook 'Impression Evidence,' covering enhancement techniques and blood impression analysis, quoted by defense counsel Scheck to bind Bodziak to statements supporting the view that LAPD failed to enhance latent impressions.
- FBI Bruno Magli pattern investigative correspondence (238 pages, multilingual) — Approximately 238 pages of FBI investigative correspondence regarding Bruno Magli shoe pattern identification, some pages written in Japanese and Italian. Discussed in criminal trial proceedings when defense sought a delay of shoe evidence.
- FBI computerized shoe-pattern database — The computerized FBI shoe-pattern database used to identify Bruno Magli prints. Cross-examination referenced it to establish that Bodziak had not searched it for parallel-line patterns matching the envelope or paper imprints.
- FBI shoe evidence memos and correspondence (283 pages) — Approximately 283 pages of FBI shoe evidence memos and correspondence related to Agent Bodziak's investigation, including form letters sent to shoe manufacturers nationwide. Disputed in criminal pretrial proceedings as a late disclosure; prosecution argued the materials were non-discoverable investigative corresponde…
- Kato Kaelin’s Shoes Examined at Rockingham — Kato Kaelin’s shoes, examined by Fuhrman at Rockingham to compare their soles with crime-scene footprints.
- Parallel-Line Shoe Shown to Bodziak by Scheck — A particular parallel-line shoe that Scheck showed Bodziak before testimony. Bodziak testified that its lines were twice as wide as those on the envelope.
- Soil impressions from Bundy crime scene (requested, not provided) — Soil impressions from the Bundy crime scene that FBI Agent Bodziak requested from LAPD for forensic analysis. LAPD never provided them.
- Unlabeled Lorenzo Boot Shown to Sam Poser — A black Bruno Magli Lorenzo boot shown to Sam Poser by LAPD Detective Antonio. Poser testified that he did not recall selling it to Simpson.