Bundy Rear Gate Blood

A collection of photographs of the rear gate at 875 South Bundy Drive introduced in the civil trial across multiple witnesses and exhibit numbers, depicting the gate from varying angles and distances, the blood drops and smear on the bottom and top bars and outside grating, and the surrounding alley. Photographs include both June 13, 1994 images (Exhibit 76, Exhibit 719, Defendant's 81/82, Plaintiffs' 81/82/83/85/86/142, Exhibit 82/83) and July 3, 1994 images, used by plaintiff to establish that blood was present on the gate from the night of the murders and by defense to raise planting and collection-timing arguments.

Three blood stains collected from the rear gate at 875 South Bundy Drive on July 3, 1994 — approximately three weeks after the June 12 murders. Item 117, the primary stain, yielded approximately 150–166 nanograms of DNA and produced a nine-probe RFLP match to O.J. Simpson; Items 115 and 116 also matched Simpson's PCR profile. Defense experts argued the delayed collection, anomalously high undegraded DNA quantity, and detection of EDTA indicated the samples had been planted; prosecution criminalists Gary Sims and witnesses documented the stains had been observed on the gate on June 13 by multiple officers.

A series of six photographs admitted in the criminal trial as People's 53 (sub-exhibits 53-A through 53-F), showing blood on the Bundy rear gate including a blood smear on the top rung, two droplets on the lower rung, and Item 117 on the outside of the gate. Sub-exhibits 53-D, 53-E, and 53-F were identified as July 3 photographs showing Items 116 and 117 in close-up. The series was used to establish evidence marker positions and the numbering sequence 115–117, and was compared to People's 48 to resolve numbering confusion.

A set of FBI chromatograms testing bloodstain Q204 — the rear gate sample (LAPD Item 117) — for the presence of EDTA preservative. Run No. 4084 (Defense 1260-A / Defendants' 1218, dated 2/22) and Run No. 4049 (Defense 1260-B / Defendants' 1219, dated 2/28) were both read by Dr. Fredric Rieders as positive for EDTA; a third repeat test (Defendants' 2292) returned negative. The chromatograms were central to the defense planting argument and were extensively disputed between Rieders and FBI Agent Roger Martz regarding whether a full daughter spectrum was present.

A cluster of photographs taken on July 3, 1994 during the District Attorney's walk-through at the Bundy crime scene, showing criminalist Dennis Fung pointing at or near the rear gate blood stain area (People's 105 / Defense D-1007 / People's 1007) and a close-up of the blood smudge on the upper portion of the rear gate (People's 106). Defense D-1008 shows a gate with an evidence card numbered '116' and was challenged by defense counsel as potentially depicting the front gate mislabeled as part of the rear-gate sequence. These photographs were used to establish the three-week delay in collection.

Three photographs of the Bundy rear gate marked and initialed by Sergeant Rossi during the civil trial to indicate the locations of blood spots he observed on the night of June 13, 1994. Defendants' 2100 bears Rossi's initials with circled blood spot locations; Defendants' 2101 shows blood spot 116 circled by Rossi, taken approximately three weeks after the murders; Defendants' 2102 is a June 13, 1994 photograph newly marked during examination. Defense challenged whether Rossi understood certain photographs were not taken on the night of the murders.

A series of crime scene photographs taken at the Bundy rear gate area and admitted in the criminal trial as People's 48-F, 48-G, and 48-H, showing blood drop markers on the ground at and inside the rear gate, including a blood drop just inside the gate and a blood drop near the Jeep in the rear driveway. The photographs were identified and discussed by Sergeants Rossi and Detectives Phillips.

Four LC-MS/MS (liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry) graphs produced by FBI Agent Roger Martz from testing of Q204 (rear gate blood) in positive ion mode, plus a known EDTA control using Simpson's reference blood on cotton swatch (People's 544-A through 544-D). People's 544-E is a separate chromatography chart from the same back gate evidence showing the 160 and 132 ion peaks; Martz interpreted the results as showing no full daughter spectrum in the evidence stain, inconsistent with preserved blood, while Rieders disputed the interpretation. Raw full-daughter-spectrum data for the gate and sock stains was generated but subsequently destroyed and never printed.

Photographs of the Bundy rear gate admitted in the criminal trial as People's 166 and People's 166-A. People's 166-A is a close-up of the rear gate taken on June 13, 1994, used by the defense to challenge whether blood drop 116 was visible on that date. People's 166 shows the rear gate with iceplant or foliage touching the gate hinge, introduced by the prosecution in the context of discussing environmental contamination and substrate conditions around the gate blood.

Photographs of the Bundy rear gate mesh area marked and initialed by Officer Terrazas during the civil trial, introduced and admitted as Plaintiffs' 2098 (also referenced as Exhibit 82) and Plaintiffs' 2099. Terrazas circled and notated the location on the gate mesh where he observed the blood drop on June 13, 1994; the photographs were used to establish firsthand officer observation of the blood at the gate on the night of the murders.

Close-up and wider photographs of the Bundy rear gate area showing iceplant, leaves, soil, and berry-like material on and around the gate substrate, introduced during Gary Sims's testimony in the criminal trial as People's 78 (foliage and berries on the gate area), People's 294 (close-up of leaves, soil, and berry-like material), and People's 97 (orientation photograph of the front/back gate used for substrate comparison). The photographs were displayed in the context of Scheck's cross-examination regarding environmental contamination of the gate blood samples.

A blood sample collected from the ground at the Bundy crime scene near the rear gate, designated LAPD Item 50 / DOJ DNA 8. Gary Sims testified that Item 50 showed no detectable pattern on the yield gel, indicating severe degradation. The sample was discussed in contrast to Items 115–117, which showed no comparable bacterial degradation despite being collected on the same July 3 date.

A large poster board or photo board admitted in the civil trial as Exhibit 80 / Plaintiffs' 80 displaying side-by-side photographs taken at the Bundy rear gate on June 13, 1994 and July 3, 1994. The board was introduced during Detective Lange's testimony and displayed for the jury to compare the appearance of the gate blood across the two dates; it was also retrieved from the jury room during Sergeant Rossi's testimony for additional examination.

A photograph of stain No. 116 from the front gate at the Bundy crime scene, collected June 13, 1994, introduced in the civil trial as Defendants' 2134. Defense counsel used this exhibit to highlight the numbering coincidence between this front-gate item labeled 116 and the rear-gate stain also labeled 116 that was collected on July 3, raising questions about labeling consistency across collection dates.

A chart introduced by the prosecution during Dr. Rieders's cross-examination showing comparative EDTA levels across multiple evidence samples — including the K65C dress cloth, the K65 dress with Nicole Brown Simpson's blood, the rear gate stain, the sock stain, and Agent Martz's unpreserved blood — versus reference blood samples from O.J. Simpson and Nicole Brown Simpson. Prosecutor Marcia Clark used the chart to highlight an approximately 100-fold difference between EDTA levels in preserved reference tubes and the evidence stains.

A chart entitled 'Comparison of Swatched DNA Samples to 117' introduced by the civil plaintiff, comparing DNA nanogram quantities recovered from the back gate stain (Item 117) against Bundy walkway swatches and Rockingham drops. The chart was used to illustrate that Item 117 yielded substantially more DNA than contemporaneous Bundy drops, a disparity that defense experts argued was inconsistent with environmental exposure and consistent with introduction of preserved reference blood.

A printout of the annotated electrophoresis plate from Gary Sims's DOJ analysis, introduced at trial with the Item 117 lane physically cut off per court order. The underlying item 117 EAP marker result was called inconclusive; the lane was excluded from the jury exhibit per the court's ruling while the RFLP analysis of item 117 proceeded separately.

High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) graphs produced by FBI Agent Roger Martz from February 23 testing of gate stain Q204, sock stain Q206, Nicole Brown Simpson reference blood, and O.J. Simpson reference blood (People's 546-A through 546-D). Martz presented these graphs as corroborating his earlier LC-MS/MS findings that no EDTA was detected in the evidence stains.

Three photographs admitted in the preliminary hearing as People's 20-A, 20-B, and 20-C, showing blood droplets at and near the rear gate at 875 South Bundy Drive, with Nicole Brown Simpson's Jeep Cherokee visible in the background. The photographs were introduced through Detective Lange's testimony to establish the blood trail extending to the alley and garage area.