LAPD Evidence Collection

🔬 Evidence — 67 LAPD Items

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67 items collected from Bundy crime scene, Rockingham estate, and the white Ford Bronco

Item #1 Blood on Bronco door

Blood stain on exterior of Simpson's white Ford Bronco driver-side door

→ Canonical: Bronco driver's door handle blood spot (LAPD Item 1) · in bronco exterior blood Blood stain on exterior of Simpson's white Ford Bronco driver-side door. A small spot above the driver's door handle, approximately one-quarter inch in size, first observed by Detective Fuhrman on June 13, 1994, pointed out to Detectives Vannatter and Phillips, and confirmed presumptively positive for blood by criminalist Dennis Fung using a phenolphthalein field test; designated LAPD Item 1 and cited as a basis for exigent-circumstance entry to the Rockingham estate.

Item #2 Blood drop near Bronco

Blood 📍 Bronco

Blood drop on ground between Bronco and Simpson's Rockingham gate

→ Canonical: LAPD Item 2: First blood drop, Bronco to Rockingham gate · in rockingham driveway blood Blood drop on ground between Bronco and Simpson's Rockingham gate.

Item #3 Blood drop near Bronco

Blood 📍 Bronco

Second blood drop between Bronco and Simpson's Rockingham gate

→ Canonical: LAPD Item 3: Second blood drop, Bronco to Rockingham gate · in rockingham driveway blood Second blood drop between Bronco and Simpson's Rockingham gate.

Item #4 Blood on Rockingham driveway

Blood 📍 Rockingham

Blood drop on Rockingham driveway

→ Canonical: LAPD Item 4: Blood drop on Rockingham driveway · in rockingham driveway blood Blood drop on Rockingham driveway, collected June 13, 1994.

Item #5 Blood on Rockingham driveway

Blood 📍 Rockingham

Blood drop on Rockingham driveway

→ Canonical: LAPD Item 5: Blood drop on Rockingham driveway · in rockingham driveway blood Blood drop on Rockingham driveway, collected June 13, 1994.

Item #6 Blood on Rockingham driveway

Blood 📍 Rockingham

Blood drop on Rockingham driveway

→ Canonical: LAPD Item 6: Rockingham driveway blood drop (DNA tested) · in rockingham driveway blood Blood drop on Rockingham driveway. Tested by PCR (DQ-Alpha and D1S80) and yielded approximately 6.7 ng/mg of high-molecular-weight DNA; processed August 18, 1994 with Dr. Blake present and used as a comparison baseline in prosecution DNA concentration charts.

Item #7 Blood on Rockingham driveway

Blood 📍 Rockingham

Blood drop on Rockingham driveway

→ Canonical: LAPD Item 7: Rockingham driveway blood drop (directional trailing) · in rockingham driveway blood Blood drop on Rockingham driveway, the only driveway drop exhibiting directional trailing. Identified in both the criminal and preliminary hearing proceedings as item no. 7; DNA tested by Dr. Cotton despite a reagent blank anomaly during processing.

Item #8 Blood on Rockingham driveway

Blood 📍 Rockingham

Blood swatch from Rockingham driveway

→ Canonical: LAPD Item 8: Blood swatch from Rockingham driveway · in rockingham driveway blood Blood swatch from Rockingham driveway.

Item #9 Rockingham glove

Glove 📍 Rockingham

Right-handed leather glove found on narrow walkway behind Kato Kaelin's guest house at Rockingham by Det. Mark Fuhrman

→ Canonical: Rockingham Right-Hand Leather Glove (LAPD Item 9) · in rockingham glove physical Right-handed leather glove found on narrow walkway behind Kato Kaelin's guest house at Rockingham by Det. Mark Fuhrman. Brown Aris Isotoner leather light glove, extra-large, style 70263, cutter number 359, sequence number 9; contained blood consistent with Simpson, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ron Goldman, as well as hair, fiber, and Bronco carpet trace evidence.

Item #10 Blue plastic bag

Blood 📍 Rockingham

Blue plastic bag recovered from ground at Rockingham, near the glove on the other side of the chain-link fence

→ Canonical: Blue plastic bag recovered from ground at Rockingham, near the glove on the othe · in uncategorized

Item #11 Rockingham walkway sample

Location Sample 📍 Rockingham

Sample from Rockingham walkway

→ Canonical: LAPD Item 11: Blood sample from Rockingham walkway wire · in rockingham driveway blood Sample from Rockingham walkway, swabbed from a wire on the south-side exterior near the guest quarters — the same side as the Rockingham glove. Mazzola collected it without Fung present; phenolphthalein presumptive test was the only available test, with no confirmatory test possible; Gary Sims' presumptive blood test returned negative on the civil exhibit.

Item #12 Blood in Rockingham foyer

Blood 📍 Rockingham

Blood stain in the foyer of Simpson's Rockingham home

→ Canonical: Rockingham foyer blood drops (LAPD Item 12) · in rockingham interior blood Blood stain in the foyer of Simpson's Rockingham home. Multiple drops were collected from the wooden floor as LAPD Item 12; PCR and RFLP DNA analysis matched O.J. Simpson at all five probes with frequencies ranging from 1 in 170 million to 1.2 billion. Defense experts highlighted the sample's high DNA concentration and proximity in processing to victim reference samples as a contamination risk.

Item #13 Socks from Simpson's bedroom

Clothing

Pair of dark dress socks from the floor at the foot of Simpson's bed. Later found to contain blood matching Nicole Brown Simpson

→ Canonical: Bedroom socks, LAPD Item 13 (physical evidence) · in bedroom socks Pair of dark dress socks from the floor at the foot of Simpson's bed. Later found to contain blood matching Nicole Brown Simpson. Collected June 13, 1994 by Dennis Fung; no blood noted on June 29 examination; blood first observed by Yamauchi on August 4, 1994; RFLP and PCR DNA testing linked stains to Nicole Brown Simpson and O.J. Simpson.

Item #14 Blood in Rockingham bathroom

Blood 📍 Rockingham

Blood stain in Simpson's Rockingham bathroom

→ Canonical: Rockingham master bathroom blood stain (LAPD Item 14) · in rockingham interior blood Blood stain in Simpson's Rockingham bathroom. Collected as LAPD Item 14 from the master bathroom at approximately 4:40 p.m. on June 13, 1994; civil records noted a transposition of location measurements between documents. Referenced alongside foyer drops as conceded by both sides to be O.J. Simpson's blood.

Item #15 Airline ticket receipt

Document

Simpson's airline ticket receipt for the late-night American Airlines flight to Chicago on June 12, 1994

→ Canonical: Airline ticket receipt from Rockingham (Item 15 / People's 203) · in simpson chicago travel docs Simpson's airline ticket receipt for the late-night American Airlines flight to Chicago on June 12, 1994. Recovered from a trash basket in the foyer of Simpson's Rockingham residence on June 13, collected by Dennis Fung; Item No. 15 on Search Warrant No. 2. A used ticket dated June 10. Parties agreed pre-trial not to introduce it, but it was inadvertently elicited during Fung's direct examination.

Item #16 Baggage tag

Personal Item

Simpson's baggage tag from the Chicago flight

→ Canonical: Baggage tag from Rockingham (Item 16 / People's 204) · in simpson chicago travel docs Simpson's baggage tag from the Chicago flight. Recovered from a bench outside the front door of Simpson's Rockingham residence on June 13, collected by Andrea Mazzola after 1700 hours; Item No. 16 on Search Warrant No. 2.

Item #17 Simpson's reference blood

Blood

Reference blood sample (vial) drawn from O.J. Simpson. Central to defense claims about missing blood and planting allegations

→ Canonical: OJ Simpson reference blood vial (Item 17/18) · in simpson blood vial Reference blood sample (vial) drawn from O.J. Simpson. Central to defense claims about missing blood and planting allegations. Purple-top EDTA vacutainer drawn by Nurse Thano Peratis at Parker Center on June 13, 1994, estimated at approximately 8cc; carried unsealed by Detective Vannatter to Rockingham and delivered to criminalist Dennis Fung at 5:20 PM; initially logged as item 18 before correction to item 17, with approximately 1.5–2cc unaccounted for in subsequent volume audits.

Item #18 Simpson's Reebok shoes

Footwear

Reebok athletic shoes confiscated from Simpson's Rockingham home. Not the murder shoes, which were never recovered

→ Canonical: Reebok athletic shoes confiscated from Simpson's Rockingham home. Not the murder · in uncategorized

Item #19 Hairs and fibers from glove

Glove 📍 Rockingham

Hairs and fibers removed from the right-handed glove found at Rockingham

→ Canonical: Hairs and Fibers Trace from Rockingham Glove (Items 19 and 110) · in rockingham glove physical Hairs and fibers removed from the right-handed glove found at Rockingham. Item 19 was a coin envelope and paper bindle collected by Dennis Fung on June 14, 1994; Item 110 was a second collection of hair and fiber debris from the glove bag conducted June 21 and June 23, 1994. The FBI designated associated samples Q1, Q3, Q3A, and Q3B.

Item #20 Bronco passenger door

Vehicle 📍 Bronco

Blood evidence from Bronco passenger door

→ Canonical: Bronco passenger door exterior blood specks (LAPD Item 20) · in bronco exterior blood Blood evidence from Bronco passenger door. Two specks of suspected blood on the exterior of the Bronco's passenger door, designated LAPD Item 20; no confirmatory typing was ever performed to establish they were human blood, a point emphasized during cross-examination of the collecting criminalist.

Item #21 Bronco driver door

Vehicle 📍 Bronco

Blood evidence from Bronco driver door

→ Canonical: Bronco driver's door sill blood marks (LAPD Items 21–22) · in bronco exterior blood Blood evidence from Bronco driver door. Multiple translucent reddish brush-mark bloodstain patterns on the driver's door sill, collected as LAPD Items 21 and 22; at trial, witnesses disputed whether the marks were visible with the door closed or only after the door was opened, bearing on who had accessed the Bronco interior prior to the criminalists' arrival.

Item #22 Bronco driver door

Vehicle 📍 Bronco

Blood evidence from Bronco driver door

Item #23 Bronco driver door interior

Vehicle 📍 Bronco

Blood evidence from Bronco driver door interior panel

→ Canonical: Blood evidence from Bronco driver door interior panel · in bronco interior blood

Item #24 Bronco instrument panel swatch

Blood 📍 Bronco

Blood swatch from Bronco instrument panel

→ Canonical: Blood swatch from Bronco instrument panel · in bronco interior blood

Item #25 Bronco driver carpet fiber

Hair Fiber

Carpet fiber from Bronco driver side

→ Canonical: LAPD Item 25 — Bronco driver's side carpet fiber · in hair fiber analysis Bronco driver's side carpet fiber designated as LAPD Item 25, subject to PCR testing.

Item #26 Bronco driver floor

Vehicle 📍 Bronco

Sample from Bronco driver floor

→ Canonical: Sample from Bronco driver floor · in bronco interior blood

Item #27 Plaid cap from Bronco

Clothing 📍 Bronco

Plaid cap found on driver floor of the Bronco

→ Canonical: Plaid cap from Bronco driver floorboard (LAPD Item 27) · in bronco nonblood items Plaid cap found on driver floor of the Bronco. Catalogued as LAPD Item 27, the cap was tested for blood, transported to the FBI laboratory, and examined by Douglas Deedrick, who found hairs consistent with the defendant inside and cat hair; a single Bronco carpet fiber was also recovered despite the cap's storage in the vehicle.

Item #28 Bronco driver seat swatch

Blood 📍 Bronco

Blood swatch from Bronco driver seat

→ Canonical: Blood swatch from Bronco driver seat · in bronco interior blood

Item #29 Bronco steering wheel swatch

Blood 📍 Bronco

Blood swatch from Bronco steering wheel. DNA testing heavily contested

→ Canonical: Blood swatch from Bronco steering wheel. DNA testing heavily contested · in bronco interior blood

Item #30 Bronco console swatch

Blood 📍 Bronco

Blood swatch from Bronco console

→ Canonical: Blood swatch from Bronco console · in bronco interior blood

Item #31 Bronco console swatch

Blood 📍 Bronco

Second blood swatch from Bronco console

→ Canonical: Second blood swatch from Bronco console · in bronco interior blood

Item #32 Bronco passenger backrest swatch

Blood 📍 Bronco

Blood swatch from Bronco passenger backrest

→ Canonical: Blood swatch from Bronco passenger backrest · in bronco interior blood

Item #33 Bronco driver floor carpet

Vehicle 📍 Bronco

Carpet sample from Bronco driver floor

→ Canonical: Carpet sample from Bronco driver floor · in bronco interior blood

Item #34 Bronco driver side wall

Vehicle 📍 Bronco

Sample from Bronco driver side wall

→ Canonical: Sample from Bronco driver side wall · in bronco interior blood

Item #35 Goldman's keys

Personal Item

Ron Goldman's keys, recovered from the Bundy crime scene

→ Canonical: Ron Goldman's keys · in victim personal effects scene Ron Goldman's keys, recovered from the Bundy crime scene. The key ring with approximately five keys was found on the ground east of Goldman's foot; possible reddish staining was noted on the keys in later photographic examination. Personal effects including the keys were returned by the coroner to the Goldman family.

Item #36 Goldman's pager

Personal Item

Ron Goldman's pager, recovered from the crime scene

→ Canonical: Ron Goldman's pager · in victim personal effects scene Ron Goldman's pager, recovered from the crime scene. A Motorola Bravo pager found north of the fence railing near Goldman's body, four inches north of the lower fence rung on the neighbor's side of the gate; the pager activated at the scene at 10:47 AM displaying the Mezzaluna Restaurant number.

Item #37 Bundy glove

Glove 📍 Bundy

Left-handed leather glove found at the Bundy crime scene, matching the right-handed glove found at Rockingham

Item #38 Blue knit cap

Clothing

Blue knit cap recovered by criminalist Andrea Mazzola at the Bundy crime scene, found near the left-handed glove

→ Canonical: Blue knit cap (Bundy crime scene, LAPD Item 38) · in bundy glove physical Blue knit cap recovered by criminalist Andrea Mazzola at the Bundy crime scene, found near the left-handed glove.

Item #39 Envelope with glasses

Personal Item

Envelope containing eyeglasses left at Mezzaluna restaurant by Juditha Brown, which Ron Goldman was returning

→ Canonical: Mezzaluna prescription glasses envelope (physical) · in mezzaluna glasses envelope Envelope containing eyeglasses left at Mezzaluna restaurant by Juditha Brown, which Ron Goldman was returning. The white business envelope bore Karen Crawford's handwriting reading 'Prescription glasses. Nicole Simpson will pick up Monday.' and was found at the Bundy crime scene between the two victims, collected in a zip-lock bag; by a subsequent examination in Albany, one lens was found missing from the glasses.

Item #40 Goldman's ring

Personal Item

Ron Goldman's ring, found under his body at the crime scene

→ Canonical: Ron Goldman's ring · in victim personal effects scene Ron Goldman's ring, found under his body at the crime scene. The white metal ring was recovered from the dirt after Goldman's body was removed and packaged with ring scrapings in LAPD evidence envelope Item No. 40; the envelope was opened and the ring passed to the jury in court.

Item #41 Goldman reference sample

Reference Sample

Potential reference blood sample from Ron Goldman. LAPD tested but no results obtained

→ Canonical: Goldman Bundy crime scene surrogate reference sample (Item 41) · in victim reference blood samples Potential reference blood sample from Ron Goldman. LAPD tested but no results obtained. Collected from a stump in the fenced-off area north of the Bundy walkway; initially documented as blood stain photograph ID 106, subsequently assigned Item 41, and used at LAPD SID as a surrogate male victim exemplar pending receipt of actual autopsy reference samples.

Item #42 Blood pool around Nicole

Blood

Pool of blood around Nicole Brown Simpson's body at Bundy

→ Canonical: Pool of blood around Nicole Brown Simpson's body at Bundy · in bundy walkway blood drops

Item #43 Blood at Bundy

Blood 📍 Bundy

Blood evidence collected at the Bundy crime scene

→ Canonical: Blood evidence collected at the Bundy crime scene · in bundy walkway blood drops

Item #44 Evidence at Bundy

Other 📍 Bundy

Evidence collected at the Bundy crime scene

→ Canonical: Evidence collected at the Bundy crime scene · in bundy walkway blood drops

Item #45 Evidence at Bundy

Other 📍 Bundy

Evidence collected at the Bundy crime scene

→ Canonical: Evidence collected at the Bundy crime scene · in bundy walkway blood drops

Item #46 Menu from Bundy

Personal Item 📍 Bundy

Restaurant menu found at the Bundy crime scene

→ Canonical: Restaurant menu at Bundy crime scene · in victim personal effects scene Restaurant menu found at the Bundy crime scene. An oriental restaurant menu discovered near Nicole Brown Simpson's left leg, initially misidentified in a detective's report as a pizza menu.

Item #47 Blood drop on Bundy walkway

Blood 📍 Bundy

Blood drop on Bundy walkway, closest to the bodies

→ Canonical: Blood drop on Bundy walkway, closest to the bodies · in bundy walkway blood drops

Item #48 Blood drop on Bundy walkway

Blood 📍 Bundy

→ Canonical: Blood drop on Bundy walkway · in bundy walkway blood drops

Item #49 Blood drop on Bundy walkway

Blood 📍 Bundy

→ Canonical: Blood drop on Bundy walkway · in bundy walkway blood drops

Item #50 Blood drop on Bundy walkway

Blood 📍 Bundy

→ Canonical: Blood drop on Bundy walkway · in bundy walkway blood drops

Item #51 Blood drop on Bundy walkway

Blood 📍 Bundy

→ Canonical: Blood drop on Bundy walkway · in bundy walkway blood drops

Item #52 Blood drop behind Bundy

Blood 📍 Bundy

Blood drop on driveway behind Nicole Brown Simpson's Bundy condo

→ Canonical: Blood drop on driveway behind Nicole Brown Simpson's Bundy condo · in bundy walkway blood drops

Item #53 Evidence at Bundy

Other 📍 Bundy

Evidence collected at the Bundy crime scene

→ Canonical: Evidence collected at the Bundy crime scene · in bundy walkway blood drops

Item #54 Evidence at Bundy

Other 📍 Bundy

Evidence collected at the Bundy crime scene

→ Canonical: Evidence collected at the Bundy crime scene · in bundy walkway blood drops

Item #55 Evidence at Bundy

Other 📍 Bundy

Evidence collected at the Bundy crime scene

→ Canonical: Evidence collected at the Bundy crime scene · in bundy walkway blood drops

Item #56 Bloody shoe print at Bundy

Blood 📍 Bundy

Bloody shoe print on the walkway at Bundy. Identified as consistent with size 12 Bruno Magli shoes

→ Canonical: LAPD Items 55–56 — Bundy walkway shoeprint stain swabs · in bundy shoeprint photos casts Bloody shoe print on the walkway at Bundy. Identified as consistent with size 12 Bruno Magli shoes. Red-stained swatches (Items 55 and 56) were collected from the shoeprints by criminalists Fung and Mazzola; Item 56 yielded PCR polymarker results consistent with Nicole Brown Simpson with Simpson and Goldman excluded.

Item #57 Evidence at crime scene

Other

Evidence collected at the crime scene

→ Canonical: Evidence collected at the crime scene · in bundy walkway blood drops

Item #58 Hair from Rockingham driveway

Blood 📍 Rockingham

Hair recovered along with Item #8, a blood swatch from the Rockingham driveway

→ Canonical: Item 58 / LAPD#58 — hairs recovered from Rockingham bloodstain · in hair fiber analysis Coin envelope containing hairs recovered along with a blood swatch from the Rockingham driveway, packaged in two plastic bags.

Item #59 Nicole Brown reference blood

Blood

Reference blood sample from Nicole Brown Simpson

→ Canonical: Nicole Brown Simpson autopsy reference blood vial (Item 59) · in victim reference blood samples Reference blood sample from Nicole Brown Simpson. Coroner case no. 94-05136, drawn at autopsy by Dr. Golden on June 14, 1994; hand-delivered to LAPD serology by Detective Vannatter on June 15 and subsequently used for conventional serological typing (EAP BA, PGM 1+) and PCR extraction.

Item #60 Goldman reference blood

Blood

Reference blood sample from Ron Goldman

→ Canonical: Ron Goldman autopsy reference blood vial (Item 60) · in victim reference blood samples Reference blood sample from Ron Goldman. Drawn at autopsy by Dr. Golden on June 14, 1994; hand-delivered to LAPD serology by Detective Vannatter on June 15 and subsequently used for conventional serological typing (EAP A, PGM 2+1+) and PCR extraction.

Item #65A Pillowcase from Rockingham

Location Sample 📍 Rockingham

Pillowcase recovered from Simpson's Rockingham bedroom

→ Canonical: Rockingham bedroom pillowcase (LAPD 65A) · in rockingham interior blood Pillowcase recovered from Simpson's Rockingham bedroom.

Item #65B Pillowcase from Rockingham

Location Sample 📍 Rockingham

Second pillowcase recovered from Simpson's Rockingham bedroom

→ Canonical: Rockingham bedroom pillowcase (LAPD 65B) · in rockingham interior blood Second pillowcase recovered from Simpson's Rockingham bedroom.

Item #65c Bedsheet from Rockingham

Location Sample 📍 Rockingham

Bedsheet recovered from Simpson's Rockingham bedroom

→ Canonical: Rockingham bedroom bedsheet (LAPD 65C) · in rockingham interior blood Bedsheet recovered from Simpson's Rockingham bedroom.

Item #65d Bedsheet from Rockingham

Location Sample 📍 Rockingham

Second bedsheet recovered from Simpson's Rockingham bedroom

→ Canonical: Rockingham bedroom bedsheet (LAPD 65D) · in rockingham interior blood Second bedsheet recovered from Simpson's Rockingham bedroom.

Item #66 Evidence from Rockingham

Other 📍 Rockingham

Evidence recovered from Simpson's Rockingham estate

→ Canonical: Evidence recovered from Simpson's Rockingham estate · in uncategorized

Item #67 Washcloth from Rockingham

Bedding 📍 Rockingham

Washcloth recovered from Simpson's Rockingham home

→ Canonical: Rockingham washcloth (LAPD 67) · in rockingham interior blood Washcloth recovered from Simpson's Rockingham home.

Item #68 Evidence from Rockingham

Other 📍 Rockingham

Evidence recovered from Simpson's Rockingham estate

→ Canonical: Evidence recovered from Simpson's Rockingham estate · in uncategorized

67 items

The Simpson Matter

Department 103