Bundy Scene Overview Photos

Series of photographs displayed sequentially to the jury showing a single trail of bloody shoeprints and blood drops from the Bundy front gate down the walkway, through the rear gate, and into the driveway.

Seven individual crime scene photographs (photos 1–8 of a series) mounted on exhibit board 2211 and admitted into evidence in the civil trial.

Five photographs used to trace Steven Schwab's walking route on the night of June 12, 1994, annotated by Schwab with his initials and time markers (10:35–10:40 p.m.).

Photograph of the alleyway behind 875 South Bundy Drive, taken from Dorothy Avenue looking north, showing the asphalt surface and crime scene tape. Annotated versions (38-A with circle for witness Eva Stein, 38-D with arrow marking witness Mark Storfer's sightline) were admitted as separate exhibits.

Photograph of the front entrance to 875 South Bundy showing the walkway along the north fence, crime scene tape, and the neighbor's path used by Officer Riske to approach Goldman's body. Annotated versions were marked by multiple witnesses including Detective Phillips and Lieutenant Spangler.

Photograph of the front walkway from the Bundy sidewalk to the front steps of 875 South Bundy, showing the left side where officers walked on the grass to avoid blood. Sergeant Rossi annotated a printed version (43-B-1) with a red arrow marking his approach path and initialed it 'D.R.'

Two photographs of the Bundy front gate area introduced during Gary Sims's testimony: People's 291 shows overhanging vegetation at the front gate, and People's 292 is a close-up of the front gate handrail at the location where blood sample item 45 was collected, used to establish biological contamination potential from vegetation exposure.

Large board displaying multiple crime scene photographs from the Bundy Drive murder scene, including blood spatter on the fence bar, a soil depression near a tree, Ron Goldman's boots, keys, and beeper. Used in both the criminal and civil trials — designated Criminal exhibit 1341 and Defendants' exhibit 1342 respectively — and analyzed in detail by Dr. Henry Lee and challenged during Dr. Werner Spitz's testimony.

Photograph showing the view of the alley behind Nicole Brown Simpson's condominium at 875 South Bundy, displayed to the jury during the prosecution's opening statement.

Blood samples collected from the Bundy front gate handrail, discussed during Gary Sims's testimony and contrasted with rear gate samples to explain bacterial degradation due to vegetation exposure and improper storage.

Defense photographs of the Bundy crime scene showing an unidentified LAPD officer on the walkway with blood still visible, used by Cochran on recross to argue the crime scene was still active when the photographs were taken, implying continued access and potential contamination.

Photograph of the exterior side of the front gate near Ron Goldman's body, discussed during Officer Riske's testimony regarding the perimeter of the crime scene.

Photographs showing white and black shoes on the landing directly above Nicole Brown Simpson's body; Detective Lange identified the white shoes as belonging to photographer Rokahr and the black shoes as likely his own.

Photograph of the intersection of Dorothy Avenue and Bundy Drive showing police cars and crime scene tape, used with multiple witnesses to establish where officers parked and how the perimeter was set up.

Defense photograph of the exterior of 875 South Bundy taken the morning of June 13, 1994, showing at least eight individuals including LAPD officers, coroner representatives, photographer Rokahr, and criminalist Dennis Fung with an unidentified woman in the foreground later suggested to be trainee Andrea Mazzola. Used to challenge witness accounts of where personnel were standing relative to the crime scene perimeter.

Photograph of 875 South Bundy showing the gates and lawn area near the crime scene, marked for identification in the civil trial and used to pin down witness Thomas Tallarino on the location of his claimed observation.

Crime scene walkway photographs showing left and right footprints alongside blue ovals marking additional blood areas that lacked sufficient design detail for positive shoe-print identification, discussed in the civil trial by FBI shoe-print expert William Bodziak.

Two crime scene photographs showing photographer Rokahr's white shoe near the Bundy walkway; Detective Lange confirmed no blood was present in that area of the photographs.

Photograph of the bushes along the left side of the walkway at 875 South Bundy, displayed to show the path officers used to approach the crime scene while avoiding blood evidence.

Photograph showing dog paw prints running up and down the walkway at the 875 South Bundy crime scene with no shoe prints visible, used to explain Officer Riske's approach path.

Photograph of the front walkway at 875 South Bundy Drive looking west, showing the open gate, call box, doorknob, and blood evidence. Used by multiple witnesses to trace approach routes and identify evidentiary features of the walkway and entry area.

Posterboard displaying photographs of Bundy Drive crime scene stain locations, used extensively with DNA and serology witnesses including Gary Sims, Robin Cotton, Collin Yamauchi, and Renee Montgomery to orient the jury to the positions of blood stains and correlate stain photo IDs with item numbers.

Photograph of Nicole Brown Simpson's residence at 875 South Bundy as seen from the rear alley, showing the north-facing side of the building and, in some views, a Jeep and crime scene tape. Used with multiple witnesses to identify the location they observed or approached.

Defense exhibit showing the same American Journal photograph of an unidentified LAPD officer walking the Bundy walkway, but with the 'American Journal' television logo in the lower right corner blanked out. The smaller-format copy was identified by the court as a duplicate already in evidence.

Photograph derived from American Journal tabloid news footage showing an LAPD officer walking the Bundy walkway in daylight with the 'American Journal' logo visible and unobscured, introduced by the prosecution to contrast with Defense exhibit 1011, which had the logo blocked out.

Photograph looking northbound on Bundy Drive from south of Dorothy Avenue, showing the street sign and surrounding structures. Used to establish the location of the crime scene and orient witness testimony.

Photograph of the Bundy crime scene walkway looking west, showing blood runoff, bloody paw prints, and evidence cards marking blood drop locations. Used by Detective Lange to orient the jury to blood drop positions and footprint evidence on the walkway.

Exterior photograph showing the Taylor residence and 875 South Bundy Drive with exterior lighting visible, used to illustrate lighting conditions at the crime scene and to identify Nicole Brown Simpson's residence.

Photograph of the front area of 875 South Bundy Drive as it appeared when Officer Terrazas arrived, also used to orient the jury to Officer Riske's movements and initial search area in the civil trial.

Photograph of the front of 875 South Bundy showing crime scene tape and the condition of foliage as of June 13, 1994, used by Detective Lange to compare foliage density at the time of the crime versus during the later jury walk-through.

Photograph of Bundy Drive looking north, showing police cars and crime scene tape. Used to orient witnesses to the location and where detectives parked upon arriving at the scene.

Photograph of the walkway on the north side of 875 South Bundy residence leading west, used to establish the area near the front of the house and discussed in relation to shoeprint evidence locations.

Photograph of the troth area and steps leading to the rear gate at 875 South Bundy, also showing the back stairway with brownish-red-purple debris. Used to suggest that berry residue could complicate interpretation of alleged bloody shoe prints.

Photograph of the foliage and loose dirt area where Ron Goldman's body was found, showing the tree placement, area dimensions, and disturbed soil. Used to establish spatial measurements of the murder scene and illustrate the condition of the soil.

Photograph showing LAPD SID technicians working at the Bundy crime scene, including print technicians at the stairwell handrail; one technician is depicted wearing gloves and shoe coverings, in contrast to other investigators who wore no shoe coverings.

Photograph of the rear of 875 South Bundy showing the Jeep in the driveway, introduced during testimony by Officer Riske and Detective Phillips.

Aerial or street-level photograph of Nicole Brown Simpson's condominium at 875 South Bundy Drive, used in the civil trial to orient witness Louis Karpf to his location relative to the crime scene.

Photograph of the front of 875 South Bundy Drive introduced during Thomas Tallarino's civil trial testimony; the witness stated he did not recognize the area depicted.

Photograph of the front of 875 South Bundy Drive showing crime scene tape placed after Officer McGowan secured the perimeter, used in the civil trial during Officer Riske's testimony.

Photograph of 875 South Bundy looking due west, showing the front walkway, stairs, and victim location, displayed in the civil trial to illustrate Officer Terrazas's path and proximity to the victims.

Photograph showing the rear view of the 875 South Bundy residence looking west from inside toward the alleyway, authenticated by Officer Terrazas in the civil trial.

Board for 875 South Bundy featuring a schematic diagram and walkway photographs, prepared by LAPD surveyor Howard Huckland, introduced in the civil trial and used extensively during Detective Lange's testimony for orientation.

Additional Bundy crime scene photographs referenced in comparison with Defense exhibit D-1008 during questioning about photo numbering sequence.

Photograph showing a black shoe standing in or near blood in the tile grouting at the Bundy crime scene, shown to the jury and used to suggest that officers were stepping in blood; Detective Lange could not identify whose shoe it was.

Wide-angle photograph of the back gate at 875 South Bundy taken June 13, 1994, displayed in the civil trial during Detective Lange's testimony, with defense counsel Baker challenging Lange to identify blood drops 115 and 116 as not visible in the photo.

Photograph of 875 South Bundy showing the crime scene including an envelope and tile grouting, used to show the position of the envelope relative to the grouting lines.

Photograph of the Bundy crime scene showing an evidence card near the envelope, with the card in one position, introduced and displayed on the Elmo projector during Dennis Fung's defense cross-examination.

Photograph looking north inside the Bundy crime scene area after the removal of Ron Goldman's body, used by Detective Fuhrman to mark with an arrow the approximate location where he found the left-hand glove and cap near the east fence.

Photograph of the Bundy crime scene from the north side of the gate, introduced and annotated by Detective Phillips during his testimony.

Posterboard of Bundy Drive murder scene photographs displayed and analyzed by Dr. Henry Lee, focusing on the caged area and including photos of Ron Goldman's boots, keys, beeper, fence stains, and evidence photo cards 101, 108, 109, and 119. Red tape was used to connect photographs to approximate crime scene locations on a diagram.

Posterboard displaying crime scene photographs showing evidence found at Bundy, including envelope item 104, introduced during Officer Riske's testimony and compared against People's 54 to show the envelope had moved between photographs.

Crime scene photograph of Nicole Brown Simpson's location taken from street level looking down the walkway, shown during preliminary evidence displays.

Photograph of Bundy Drive showing the Dorothy/Bundy intersection and structures in the background, including a palm tree and a visible light near a building, introduced to establish witness Harman's sight lines and orientation.

Photograph of the driveway area near the Jeep at 875 South Bundy, introduced during Detective Phillips's testimony.

Photograph of the Bundy front gate taken June 13, 1994, displayed to show the absence of peeling paint at the front gate, in contrast to the peeling paint and rust observed at the rear gate.

Printed photograph of the Bundy front gate with arrows marking the call box and doorknob, marked and entered as a defense exhibit during Officer Riske's testimony.

Photograph taken from the front landing looking down at the crime scene, in which Detective Fuhrman identified himself pointing toward a bush.

Photograph of the north walkway leading to the rear gate at 875 South Bundy, facing the alley, introduced and identified by Detective Fuhrman.

Overall crime scene photograph taken after the victims were removed, showing all remaining items at the scene including the envelope, glove, cap, and shoe prints; introduced in the preliminary hearing during Detective Lange's testimony.

Photograph of the rear driveway and Jeep area at 875 South Bundy, introduced during Sergeant Rossi's testimony.

Photograph of the Bundy rear gate, introduced during Gary Sims's testimony and noted to show less dense vegetation than the front gate area.

Second photograph of the Bundy rear gate, introduced alongside People's 293 during Gary Sims's testimony about bacterial degradation and vegetation exposure.

Crime scene photograph showing the stationary gate on the south side of the Bundy walkway, with a Bonita Ecuador fruit label visible to the right of the post.

Additional photograph of the Bundy crime scene walkway, part of the 43-series walkway documentation, discussed during Sergeant Rossi's testimony.

Photograph taken June 25, 1994 of the Bundy walkway corner tile showing discolorations and parallel marks, discussed with FBI shoe-print expert William Bodziak and challenged during his testimony.

Photograph of the Bundy walkway crime scene showing a mark approximately four feet from Nicole Brown Simpson's body that defense counsel Baker claimed was a shoe print, debated during Detective Lange's civil trial testimony.

Perspective photograph of the Bundy walkway showing all numbered stains, displayed during Gary Sims's testimony, though objection was sustained as Sims had not previously seen the photograph and testimony was cut off.

Witness-annotated version of People's 43-E in which Lieutenant Spangler marked his vantage point at the Bundy crime scene.

Blown-up magnetized photograph of the Bundy walkway tiles, discussed by Dr. Henry Lee who placed a yellow removable marker on a tile area showing an imprint trail on the third column of tiles.

Photo board including at least one crime scene photograph (People's exhibit 43), discussed as part of a broader Evidence Code section 352 challenge to autopsy and crime scene boards.

Photograph of the dirt area below Ron Goldman's body at the Bundy crime scene, referenced in the context of the white metal ring discovery in that location.

Enlarged contact sheet of crime scene photographs created at a private lab with prosecution facilitation, identified and discussed in court; the court clarified it was a newly created contact sheet, not the Bodziak sheet.

Photograph showing a large palm tree directly in front of 875 South Bundy Drive, introduced to establish obstructions between the roadway and the crime scene gate during witness Harman's testimony.

Set of 15 photographs of metal security gates at residences located at or adjacent to 875 South Bundy Drive, shown to witness Robert Heidstra to challenge his claim that he could specifically identify Nicole Brown Simpson's gate by sound.

Close-up photograph of the north stump located beneath where Ron Goldman's body was found in the caged area at the Bundy crime scene.

Photograph of the pathway next to the Ferrari at 875 South Bundy leading to the rear door, identified by Detective Fuhrman as the path he took into the residence.

Photograph of the rear of the Bundy property at 875 South Bundy Drive, stipulated into evidence and authenticated by Officer Terrazas in the civil trial.

Night photograph by LAPD photographer William Rokahr showing the Bundy crime scene before sunrise, displayed to the jury and used to rebut the prosecution's claim that the scene was 'pitch black' and could not be seen from the street.

Photograph of the area where Ron Goldman's body had been lying after its removal, showing two stumps in the caged area at the Bundy crime scene.

Printed still from crime scene video at counter 1:18:34:29 showing an arm holding a cup near the Bundy crime scene, marked for identification during Detective Lange's testimony.

Printed still from crime scene video at counter 1:18:18:07 showing criminalist Dennis Fung exiting the Goldman body area with a paper bag, marked for identification during Detective Lange's testimony.

Printed still from crime scene video showing photographer Rokahr with his camera appearing to look inside the mailbox at the Bundy crime scene, marked for identification during Detective Lange's testimony.

Photograph showing the view from the grassy area toward the victims' bodies at the Bundy crime scene, introduced and discussed during Officer Riske's civil trial testimony.

Testimony describing bloody dog paw prints leading south on Bundy Drive and then west around the corner onto Dorothy Avenue, pointed out to Detective Phillips by Officer Riske upon arrival at the scene.

Crime scene photographs taken by LAPD photographer William Rokahr at the Bundy Drive murders in the pre-dawn hours of June 13, 1994, discussed in the context of lighting conditions and the timing and sequence of photographs taken at the scene.