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LAPD Item 33, a carpet section removed from the Bronco's driver-side floorboard. Sources describe a bloodstained area with a possible partial footwear impression, enhancement and photographic examination, PCR testing of one thread, use as a known exemplar, and testimony about packaging and storage; closing arguments attributed the blood to Nicole Brown and characterized the impression as consistent with a Bruno Magli design, while one examination produced no typeable result.
Blood swatch or stain from the Bronco steering wheel, also described in one source as from the steering column, designated LAPD or People’s item 29 and Cellmark number 19. Sources discussed its transfer and mixed-DNA testing, including reported DQ-Alpha alleles 1.1, 1.2, and 4; testimony, questioning, and advocacy offered differing or disputed interpretations of contributors, exclusions, allele masking, and statistical significance.
Item 293, stained and control carpet clippings cut by Gregory Matheson from the Bronco driver's-side floorboard on September 1, 1994. Witnesses described DNA results as consistent with Nicole Brown Simpson and excluding Simpson and Goldman, while Robert Blasier challenged the sample evidence in closing argument.
LAPD Item 25 from the Bronco driver's-side carpet, described in the sources as carpet fibers or a blood stain and subjected to PCR typing; DOJ DNA 39 was reported as the corresponding laboratory designation.
Blood stain from the Bronco's driver-side floor mat, identified as LAPD Item 26 / DOJ DNA 40 and People's 26. Testimony reported a PCR D1S80 type of 24,25, described it as consistent with O.J. Simpson, and stated that it fell within the same frequency range as Item 25.
A visual board identified as Defendants' 293 concerning Bronco stains 30 and 31 and later-numbered items 303 through 305, displayed during John Gerdes's civil-trial examination.
LAPD item 31, the second blood swatch from the Bronco console. PCR testing left extract and one small square; testimony described mixed DQ-Alpha and D1S80 findings, while the certainty and interpretation of faint allele signals were disputed, including Gerdes's disagreement with Sims's analysis. Closing argument attributed additional PCR and RFLP conclusions to the item.
Deliberately grouped blood samples or swatches from three areas of the Bronco center console, identified as People's or Items 303, 304, and 305. Most sources describe collection on August 26, 1994, while testimony also referred to an August 29 recollection. The samples were combined for RFLP testing after court authorization. Gary Sims described mixture results consistent with Simpson and Goldman, with other testimony also addressing Nicole Brown; Dr. John Gerdes and Barry Scheck challenged the results or evidentiary value on chain-of-custody grounds.
Blood swatches identified as items 30 and 31 and collected from the Bronco console on June 14, 1994. Testimony addressed their DNA and RFLP results, including prior criticism by Dr. Gerdes and a disputed 1.3 dot for item 31; in closing argument, Barry Scheck challenged the results as unreliable.
LAPD item 23, blood evidence collected from the interior panel of the Bronco driver's door. PCR had been performed and a small extract remained; testimony reported a 1.1, 1.2 typing result as consistent with Simpson and inconsistent with the victims.
Blood swatches from four areas on the right side of the Bronco center console, identified as Items 303, 304, 305, and 306 and described as collected by Gregory Matheson on September 1, 1994. Matheson testified that areas 303 and 304 showed signs of prior swatching.
Testing strips for Bronco console stains collected June 14, 1994; Blasier discussed an unexpected faint 1.3 dot in the positive control.
Chart showing three-contributor mixture-frequency ranges for steering-wheel item 29 across racial-database combinations, from 1 in 2 for two African American contributors and one Caucasian contributor to 1 in 3,500 for three Caucasian contributors.
Table of D1S80 genotype frequencies for Bronco console stains, showing alleles 18, 24, and 25.
Combined DQ-Alpha and D1S80 frequency table for Bronco console stains, showing an approximate population-inclusion frequency of 1 in 4.
Three pages of Cellmark laboratory notes for DQ-Alpha typing of Bronco steering-wheel item 29, identified by Cellmark as item 19.
Photograph of the Bronco console taken August 26 showing stains labeled 303, 304, and 305.
Photographs of Bronco console stains from the August 26 search, identified as items 303–306.
Dr. Weir's table 24-B contained mixture-frequency calculations for Bronco console items 303, 304, and 305. On cross-examination, counsel challenged the table as omitting additional genotype pairs.
Dr. Weir's table 23-A contained mixture calculations for Bronco item 31 and glove item G10. Cross-examination used it to allege the same omission of genotype pairs challenged in another table.
Large board displaying DOJ DQ-Alpha typing strips from Bronco console items, with enlarged photographs and scoring-sheet data.
First set of Bronco swatches
Blood stains from the Bronco; swatched by Fung
In closing argument, Lambert used August 10 photographs to argue that blood was visible at the door, console notch, light-switch area, and carpet before Matheson's September 1 collection; he said item 297 was too faint to see.
Stains from OJ Simpson's white Bronco, including stains from the console and passenger-side carpet.
Second set of Bronco swatches
In the prosecution's opening statement, counsel described blood spots collected from the Bronco interior on June 14 and asserted that blood on a panel matched the defendant.
In the prosecution's opening statement, counsel asserted that Bronco blood spot 34 matched the defendant.
The prosecution's opening statement asserted that blood on the Bronco console matched the defendant and that item 31 was consistent with a mixture of the defendant and Ron Goldman.
In the prosecution's opening statement, counsel described a console stain recovered after June 14 as consistent with a mixture involving the defendant, Ron Goldman, and Nicole Brown.
In the prosecution's opening statement, counsel asserted that Bronco blood stain 33 matched Nicole Brown.
Posterboard titled 'Bronco Evidence' containing photographs of blood on the driver's door and a blood smear on the passenger-side console, with evidence tags 21, 22, 23, 30, and 31.
Bronco results board showing DQ-Alpha and D1S80 typing results for Bronco items, including center-console stains 30 and 31.
One-page document titled 'Percentage of population included in LAPD no. 29,' presenting a mixture-frequency calculation for DQ-Alpha results from Bronco steering-wheel item 29.
Photograph showing blood in console area of the Bronco (areas marked 30, 31)
DOJ typing sheet showing DQ-Alpha scoring for item 31, designated DNA 18, and signed by Renee Montgomery and Gary Sims.
Board of four photographs of the Bronco interior showing numbered blood stain markers
Photo of driver's door panel with blood stain markers 21, 22, 23; date June 14, 1994 (one week before Blasini entered the Bronco)
Photo with markers 296, 297, 298, 299; dated September 1, 1994 (after Blasini's visit)
Harmon's chronology summarizing the timeline of work on samples 303, 304, and 305, reviewed by Gary Sims before the hearing and used to structure his examination.
Exhibit 170 with Thompson's markings indicating blood smears on console, passenger seat
Chart: 'Bronco Carpet LAPD No. 33' — three photographs of the driver-side Bronco carpet before and after chemical enhancement with Luminol and leucocrystal violet
A blood swatch collected from the Bronco console on June 14 and cataloged as LAPD item 30. Testimony reported DQ-Alpha alleles 1.1 and 1.2 and D1S80 alleles 24 and 25, and described the sample as a single-source profile consistent with Simpson.
Bronco center-console stain or sample 305, sent to the Department of Justice for DNA testing and rebooked as item 401 after its return. Testimony reported DQ-Alpha and D1S80 mixture results, while cross-examination questioned whether the stain visible in an August photograph had been swatched or noted on June 14.
Phenolphthalein presumptive blood testing performed by Andrea Mazzola on the Bronco's accelerator, brake pedal, and emergency brake with a single swab on June 14. Mazzola testified that she observed no red stains and collected no swatches, while cross-examination challenged the single-swab procedure as improper and contrary to protocol.
The Ford Bronco examined for fingerprint dust and console blood, with biological evidence collected on June 14 and again on August 26. Testimony addressed its storage at Keystone Tow, the August 26 re-examination with defense experts present, and Michele Kestler's later learning of unauthorized entry between the collection dates.
Grouped blood stains from the Bronco console identified as items 30, 31, and 305. Stains 30 and 31 were collected by Dennis Fung, while stain 305 was not noticed until August 26; the swatches were typed with the DQ-Alpha and D1S80 systems, and Gary Sims confirmed that Simpson was characterized as the sole or main contributor rather than a minor contributor.
A blood swatch from the Bronco instrument panel cataloged as LAPD item 24. Testimony reported DQ-Alpha alleles 1.1 and 1.2 and described the result as consistent with Simpson.
Blood swatch from Bronco driver seat
Blood swatch from Bronco passenger backrest
Baker said Michele Kestler discovered the console stains on August 26, 1994, while challenging the collection as a staged media event and noting that the vehicle had been unsecured for 10–12 weeks.
Sample from Bronco driver side wall
Additional references (39)
Brief references from transcripts that don't warrant an individual page. Each has a single source or is mentioned only in passing.
- Aston's observations of blood inside the Bronco — Officer Richard Aston testified that he saw a blood smear on the center console and a blood drop between the steering wheel and windshield, but no blood on the door sill.
- Blood attributed to three individuals in the Bronco — During Simpson's redirect examination, blood in the Bronco was attributed to Simpson, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ron Goldman, including blood on the driver's-side carpet.
- Blood evidence inside Simpson's white Bronco
- Blood in the Bronco
- Blood stains observed in the Bronco — During cross-examination, Fung said he saw only one stain, on the door handle, on June 13 and had not considered testifying otherwise.
- Bronco Brake-Pedal Phenolphthalein Swabbing — Discussion of phenolphthalein swabbing of the Bronco brake pedals.
- Bronco carpet blood and shoe-print claim — In opening statement, plaintiffs' counsel described Bronco carpet blood as Nicole Brown Simpson's and said a shoe-print shape was consistent with a Bruno Magli sole.
- Bronco carpet imprint cited in closing argument — In closing argument, Marcia Clark cited the Bronco carpet imprint to explain her account of blood transfer from a shoe to the carpet.
- Bronco console as potential source of children's DNA
- Bronco Console Blood — Mulldorfer Transcript Reference — During closing argument, Johnnie Cochran challenged the Bronco's chain of custody and read transcript material stating that Kelly Mulldorfer had no specific recollection of seeing blood on the console.
- Bronco Console DNA-Mixture Stain, Item 29 — Item 29, described as a DNA-mixture stain on the Bronco console and discussed with two-contributor frequency ranges from 1 in 59 to 1 in 11,300.
- Bronco driver-side door-panel blood discussed by plaintiffs' counsel — In opening statement, plaintiffs' counsel described blood on the Bronco's driver-side door panel as matching Simpson's DNA.
- Bronco Evidence — Board showing console stain locations, including stain 305 — Large board titled “Bronco Evidence” showing Bronco console stain locations, including stain 305.
- Bronco stain 303 — console area sample collected August 24
- Bronco swatches taken August 26 from areas sampled June 14 — A defense motion cited Bronco swatches taken August 26 from the same areas as June 14 samples and stated that testing begun in March produced different results.
- Bronco-console RFLP results described in closing argument — In closing argument, Marcia Clark described Bronco-console blood collected June 14 and sent to the DOJ as yielding RFLP results matching Ron Goldman and Simpson.
- Bronco-console RFLP results discussed during rebuttal-scope motion — During the motion hearing, DOJ RFLP results from the Bronco console were described as a four-probe match to Ron Goldman and Simpson and associated with Gary Sims's laboratory work.
- Closing-argument claim concerning Ron Goldman's blood in the Bronco — In closing argument, Marcia Clark discussed blood in the Bronco as Ron Goldman's.
- Combined Bronco Stains for RFLP Testing — Bronco stains numbered 30, 31, 303, 304, and 305, combined for RFLP testing at DOJ; the timing of the testing was disputed.
- Defense closing-argument description of Bronco console blood — In closing argument, Johnnie Cochran described the Bronco console blood as .07 of a drop and as a mixture.
- DOJ lab report — Item 305 testing chronology — The Department of Justice lab report records item 305, renamed DNA 30, as received by Mr. Stevens on September 7, 1994; a slot-blot result by Renee Montgomery on September 23; and a D1S80 result on October 17.
- Dr. Weir expert-report excerpts and item 29 frequency tables — Dr. Weir's expert report—including page 10 on NRC criticism and tables 29C and 30 on pages 38–39, listing 30 frequency permutations for item 29—was used for impeachment.
- Flow chart — Chain of custody for LAPD items 303, 304, and 305 — Flow chart tracking the chain of custody for LAPD items 303, 304, and 305 between LAPD and the Department of Justice.
- Ford Bronco — smear on saddle of driver's door; Dennis Fung's alleged presumptiv — Ford Bronco — smear on saddle of driver's door; Dennis Fung's alleged presumptive field test in early July 1994
- Gonzalez's handwritten report on Bronco blood observations — Handwritten report prepared by Gonzalez several weeks after June 13, documenting blood observations on the center console and door panel.
- Hand-drawn diagram by Goldberg showing concentric-circle proximity of stain loca — Hand-drawn diagram by Goldberg showing concentric-circle proximity of stain locations 30/31 and 303/304/305
- Items 21-24 — Bronco interior blood stains — Blood stains on the Bronco's interior door, door-handle well, and dashboard near the light switch.
- Items 305 and other Bronco stains
- LAPD items 29, 30, and 31 and victim reference samples — At the exclusion hearing, Robert Blasier cited these samples as subjects of proposed Gerdes testimony concerning extraneous alleles; item 29 was identified as a steering-wheel stain.
- LAPD items 29, 31, 303, 304, and 305 — Bronco bloodstains — The examination addressed LAPD item 29 from the steering wheel and items 31, 303, 304, and 305 from the Bronco console, collected on June 14 and September 1. Mixture interpretations and contributor genotypes were debated.
- LAPD items 303 and 304 — Bronco console DNA mixtures — Testimony described the mixtures from Bronco console items 303 and 304 as excluding none of the three reference individuals.
- LAPD items 31, 303, 304, 305 — blood samples from the Bronco center console
- Luminol testing conducted on the Bronco — previously ruled inadmissible by Ito d — Luminol testing conducted on the Bronco — previously ruled inadmissible by Ito due to lack of confirmatory testing
- Photograph of Bronco console stains 303 and 306, taken September 1, 1994 — Photograph taken September 1, 1994, showing red stains at positions 303 and 306 on the Bronco console area.
- Property report — Collection location for items 303–305 — Property report stating that items 303–305 were collected from “the same location as item 31, right rear top of the center console.”
- Prosecution slide: 'Bloody Bruno Magli shoeprint on driver's side carpet'
- Prosecution's Bronco bloodstain pattern board
- Red stains observed on the interior driver's side door, driver's seat, and conso — Red stains observed on the interior driver's side door, driver's seat, and console of the Bronco
- Shipp's Account of Simpson's Blood Disclosure — During cross-examination, blood reportedly found in Simpson's car and house was discussed as information that Ron Shipp claimed Simpson disclosed to him.