🔍 Plaid Cap from the Bronco (LAPD Item 27)
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Plaid Cap from the Bronco (LAPD Item 27)

Plaid cap recovered from the Bronco's driver floor and catalogued as LAPD Item 27. Sources describe blood and trace examination, transport to the FBI, hair and trace material mounted on slides, a recovered cat hair, and testimony that no Bronco carpet fibers were found on the cap.

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Item 27People's 164-CQ4

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LAPD Item 27: Plaid cap from Bronco
clothing · White Ford Bronco
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Criminal trial (6)

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Civil trial (1)

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