📄 Property Evidence Disposition Reports
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Property Evidence Disposition Reports

37 items · 37 documentary · 29 with detail pages

LAPD's systematic evidence documentation from June 13-14, 1994, at Bundy and Rockingham—collection reports by Dennis Fung and Andrea Mazzola, inventory summaries, and disposition boards tracking blood exemplars and physical items (socks, keys, Bronco components). Defense attorneys Blasier and Neufeld used these documents to challenge the chain of custody, exposing renumbering errors and procedural gaps that formed the foundation of reasonable-doubt arguments in both criminal and civil trials.

Detailed entries (29)

Evidence disposition board, items 45–57 — Bundy walkway drops (People's 177-C)
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Evidence disposition summary posterboard covering items 45 through 57, including blood exemplar swatching records and Bundy walkway drops. Challenged at trial: Mazzola confirmed multiple entries crediting Fung were incorrect, and substrate controls for items 47–50 were not sent to DOJ until September 7, 1994 — weeks after specimen swatches had arrived on August 12.

People's 177-CProsecution 177-CPeople's 177-c
4 procs · 7 people
Evidence disposition board, items 59–82 — blood exemplars and Coroner samples (People's 177-D)
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Evidence disposition summary posterboard covering items 59 through 82, including Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman blood exemplars and Coroner samples; used to establish chain of custody, original packaging of evidence items, and foundational testimony for dates of transfer.

People's 177-DPeople's 177-dPeople's 177
4 procs · 3 people
June 29, 1994 evidence inventory summary (Kestler/Matheson/Yamauchi)
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Evidence inventory and typed report from the June 29, 1994 meeting of Kestler, Matheson, and Yamauchi, titled 'O.J. Simpson, Summary of Analyzed Evidence by Analysis Performed'; the only written record of Kestler's directives in the case. Used to show the meeting was an inventory review — not a blood search — and to establish which analyses had been performed on which items.

Exhibit 1302Defense 1320People's 1318
4 procs · 3 people
Fung's June 13–14 property reports (Exhibit 1412)
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Property reports prepared by Dennis Fung covering evidence collected at Bundy and Rockingham on June 13 and 14, 1994 (pages 1–12); used to cross-examine Fung on item location inconsistencies and to establish documentation of collection procedures.

Plaintiffs' 1412Exhibit 1412Exhibit 141
3 procs · 3 people
Ford Bronco vehicle impound and inventory reports
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Vehicle impound, inventory, and inspection reports for the 1994 Ford Bronco (license plate 3CWZ788), covering impounds at 7:30 AM and 3:30 PM on June 13, 1994, prepared by Officers Guzman and Thompson; three copies from murder book pages 00108, 00110, and 00111 were introduced in the preliminary hearing. Defense challenged Guzman for making assumptions rather than visual confirmations during completion of the vehicle inspection report.

271Defense Exhibits G-1, G-2, G-3
4 procs · 7 people
Rockingham keys property report (June 17, 1994)
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Property report for 360 N. Rockingham dated June 17, 1994 listing keys as items 289, 290, and 291, including the Smokey the Bear key ring; keys were booked August 25, 1994, approximately ten weeks after collection. The report does not reference any duffel or travel bag.

Plaintiffs' 21092109
3 procs · 3 people
Bronco Evidence posterboard (Exhibit 211)
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Posterboard titled 'Bronco Evidence' showing original June 14 blood collection locations in the Bronco.

Plaintiffs' 211Exhibit 211
2 procs · 4 people
Coroner's victims' clothing and hair kit property report (Plaintiffs' 2142)
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LAPD Property Report and coroner's office record reflecting receipt of victims' clothing and hair kits from the coroner's office on June 24, 1994; signed by Gregory Matheson and Denise Lewis.

Plaintiffs' 21422142
2 procs · 2 people
Evidence disposition board, item 6 — Rockingham driveway coin envelope (People's 177-A)
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LAPD evidence disposition summary posterboard covering Item No. 6, a coin envelope from the Rockingham driveway collected June 13, 1994; challenged at trial for incorrectly attributing collection to Fung and Mazzola jointly when Mazzola had collected certain items alone.

People's 177-AProsecution 177-A
2 procs · 4 people
Rockingham Biological Evidence board (Exhibit 208)
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Board entitled 'Rockingham Biological Evidence' showing biological evidence items collected at the Rockingham interior; displayed and used as reference during Rockingham collection testimony.

Plaintiffs' 208Exhibit 208
2 procs · 3 people
Civil LAPD Evidence Disposition summary chart (Plaintiffs' 216)
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Posterboard titled 'LAPD Evidence Disposition' summarizing all evidence items by item number, description, collection date, and dates submitted to Cellmark, DOJ, or FBI; prepared by plaintiffs' counsel and introduced as a business record over foundational objection. Used to identify items 17 (Simpson reference blood), 59, and 60 (victims' reference blood vials) and to challenge provenance.

Plaintiffs' 216
3 procs · 3 people
Rockingham property report, items 1–14 and 17 (People's 187)
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Property report documenting items 1–14 and 17 collected at 360 N. Rockingham on June 13, 1994, listing Mazzola and Fung as co-collectors; includes socks from the master bedroom (items 13 and 14) for which no collection time was recorded and measurements were transposed between field notes and the property report. Introduced to rehabilitate Fung against concealment allegations and to show Mazzola was named co-collector in pre-Grand Jury documentation.

People's 187
3 procs · 5 people
Additional LAPD evidence disposition board (People's 209)
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Posterboard titled 'Additional LAPD evidence disposition'; includes Item No. 6 (control swatch) with photo documentation from February 17 and February 27, 1995, and was used to establish chain of custody for items sent to the Albany lab.

People's 209
2 procs · 2 people
Bundy property report, items 35–57 (People's 188)
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Property report documenting items 35–57 collected at 875 S. Bundy on June 13, 1994, listing Mazzola and Fung as co-collectors; covers blood drops on the Bundy walkway (items 47–52). Introduced to show both names appear even when only one criminalist physically swatched, and to demonstrate quantity fields were not filled in for bloodstain swatches.

People's 188
2 procs · 4 people
Evidence property report, items 12–17 (People's 175)
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Property report covering items 12 through 17, introduced to illustrate why renumbering reduced paperwork; inadvertently shown to the jury together with items 15 and 16, which had been ruled irrelevant, prompting a jury instruction to disregard those items.

People's 175
2 procs · 2 people
Evidence storage box 2 — physical container (Defendants' 2260)
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The physical evidence storage Box 2 used to store multiple crime scene items, including carpet fiber, cap, and gloves individually wrapped in paper bags and butcher paper sealed with brown tape.

Defendants' 2260
2 procs · 3 people
Evidence storage box 2 label (Defendants' 2261)
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Label from evidence storage Box 2 listing all 446 stored items; introduced via Elmo and used during Brockbank's testimony for a count of the box's contents.

Defendants' 2261
2 procs · 2 people
Bronco stains document, items 20–35 (Defense L-31)
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Document labeled L-31 listing item numbers 20 through 35, mostly stains from the Bronco; previously identified as non-original, with the original later located and provided to the court.

L-31
1 proc
Evidence disposition board — items released to defense (People's 210)
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LAPD evidence disposition board showing items released to the defense.

People's 210
1 proc · 2 people
Evidence disposition board, items 25–44 (People's 177-B)
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Evidence disposition summary posterboard covering items 25 through 44.

People's 177-B
1 proc · 2 people
Evidence disposition board, items 84–305 (People's 177-E)
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Evidence disposition summary posterboard covering items 84 through 305; all collected by personnel other than Fung, with Fung collecting only items 115, 116, and 117 from this range.

People's 177-E
1 proc · 2 people
Evidence posterboard, items 73, 79, 81, 83, 86 (People's 436)
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Large posterboard display showing multiple evidence items including items 73, 79, 81, 83, and 86; introduced and identified by criminalist Denise Lewis.

People's 436
1 proc · 2 people
Evidence property report, items 18–19 (People's 176)
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Property report covering items 18 and 19, introduced alongside People's 175.

People's 176
1 proc · 2 people
Fung and Mazzola joint evidence disposition boards (People's 172)
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Evidence disposition boards showing which items were collected by 'Fung and Mazzola'; used to show both names appear on most items even when only one criminalist physically performed the swatch collection.

People's 172
1 proc · 2 people
Reebok tennis shoes property report, Item 18 (Defendant's 1048)
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Property report dated June 15, 1994 for Item No. 18, the Reebok tennis shoes, prepared by Fung and Mazzolla; used to refresh Lange's recollection about the 8:30 a.m. handoff time and to establish Fung's involvement.

Defendant's 1048
1 proc · 2 people
Rockingham evidence items collection board (Exhibit 155)
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Board showing evidence items collected at Rockingham, displayed and discussed during Fung's testimony.

Exhibit 155
1 proc · 2 people
Stains and item numbers document (Defendants' Exhibit 2253)
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Document regarding stains and item numbers; used to confirm the Item 11 presumptive blood test result during Mazzola's testimony.

Defendants' Exhibit 2253
1 proc · 2 people
Summary of Analyzed Evidence — blood split hearing (People's 2)
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Summary of Analyzed Evidence by Analysis Performed, prepared by Kestler, Matheson, and Yamauchi for the blood split hearing; defense used its notation 'blood search none obvious' in arguments about the sock timeline, while prosecution argued the notation referred to a planned rather than completed examination.

People's 2 (split hearing)
1 proc
Simpson residence LAPD property report — biological items
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LAPD property report listing items recovered from Simpson's residence, including swatches, blood, and other biological items; used to refresh Vannatter's memory regarding additional caps and gloves, and referenced by Petrocelli to clarify that the defense was not seeking return of biological evidence.

2 procs · 2 people

Additional references (8)

Brief references from transcripts that don't warrant an individual page. Each has a single source or is mentioned only in passing.

  • APIMS evidence tracking system computer printouts — APIMS computer printouts from the LAPD-wide evidence tracking system; disputed at trial as a late disclosure, with Judge Ito ruling the prosecution's obligation was to turn the materials over, not to interpret them.
  • Bronco swatches property report, September 1, 1994 — Property report for Bronco swatches collected September 1, 1994; shown to Matheson to demonstrate he recorded swatch counts on that date — after the swatch-count issue had already been raised in the case.
  • LAPD Evidence Disposition Summary board (large, unexhibited) — Large LAPD Evidence Disposition Summary board tracking movement of evidence items from collection through transfer to Cellmark, DOJ, and FBI laboratories; challenged on foundation grounds at trial, with the court ruling the prosecution must tie up foundation through later witnesses.
  • LAPD property report — Rockingham driveway coins — LAPD property report for coins (a dime and a penny) recovered approximately six feet east of the west edge of the driveway and three feet north of the north wall, near the Jeep, at the Rockingham estate; used to refresh witness recollection.
  • Official LAPD property reports — Mazzola swatch examination — Official LAPD property reports examined by Mazzola on the stand; Mazzola confirmed that 'swatch' was listed in the singular and that quantity boxes were left blank.
  • Property reports — blood-stained swatches from boxes 1 and 2 — Property reports describing blood-stained swatches from boxes 1 and 2; challenged during Blasier cross-examination regarding whether descriptions used singular 'swatch' versus plural.
  • Property reports for Rockingham and Bundy items (generic reference) — Property reports for items collected at Rockingham and Bundy, referenced during testimony to show both Fung and Mazzola are listed as collectors on most items.
  • Vannatter's Bronco items property report, June 28, 1994 — Property report prepared by Detective Vannatter documenting items removed from the Bronco on June 28, 1994, including a shovel, towel, and plastic bag.
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