🔍 Item 49 — Bundy Walkway Blood Drop and Test Record
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Item 49 — Bundy Walkway Blood Drop and Test Record

Item 49, a blood drop collected from the trail or walkway at 875 South Bundy Drive and associated with photo card or photo ID 114. Sources describe PCR, conventional serology, and contemplated RFLP testing; testimony reported various typing observations and population-frequency interpretations, including a negative typing result in one examination, while Marcia Clark advanced a PGM-based interpretation in closing argument.

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Item 49

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LAPD Item 49: Blood drop on Bundy walkway
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