Rockingham Driveway Blood — 19 Evidence Items

Detailed entries (17)

LAPD Item 6: Rockingham driveway blood drop (DNA tested)

Blood drop from the Rockingham driveway. Testimony described PCR testing using DQ-Alpha and D1S80, an approximately 6.7 ng/mg high-molecular-weight yield, processing on August 18, 1994 with Dr. Blake present, and its use as a comparison baseline in a DNA concentration chart.

Item 6People's 261People's 6

6 procs · 3 people

LAPD Item 7: Rockingham driveway blood spot (P-41)

🔍 Physical 🔬 LAPD Item #7

LAPD Item 7, a blood drop collected from the Rockingham driveway and described as having directional trailing. PCR results were reviewed, RFLP was not attempted because of degradation, and a result was reported despite faint reagent-blank dots; the prosecution's opening statement described the stain, marked P-41, as matching the defendant.

Item no. 7P-41

5 procs · 6 people

Exhibit 155: Rockingham blood-drop evidence board

🔍 Physical

Civil-trial Exhibit 155, a board showing evidence collected at Rockingham and containing eleven photographs of blood-drop locations. It was admitted during Officer Thompson's testimony and later displayed during the cross-examination of O.J. Simpson, including discussion of a photograph of the dog Chachi.

Exhibit 155Plaintiffs' 155

3 procs · 6 people

Plaintiffs' 162/2105: Rockingham Driveway Blood-Drop Photograph and Annotated Version

🔍 Physical

Photograph of the card C area at 360 North Rockingham, introduced as Plaintiffs' 162 and re-marked after Officer Thompson annotated what he believed were two blood drops. The annotated version, introduced as Plaintiffs' 2105, recorded his identification of one drop as consistent with Bundy blood and the other as different.

Plaintiffs' 162Plaintiffs' 2105

2 procs · 2 people

Rockingham driveway blood-drop trail (general testimony references)

🔍 Physical

Across criminal, civil, and deposition proceedings, witnesses and counsel discussed blood drops on the Rockingham driveway, including items 1 and 4–8, and sometimes described a trail between the Bronco or gate and the residence. The testimony and argument addressed collection, mapping, testing, and the significance participants attributed to the drops.

Items 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

12 procs · 17 people

Plaintiffs' 156: Photo of Bronco and curb blood drop

🔍 Physical

Photograph of the Bronco and curb showing the blood drop behind the Bronco on Rockingham.

Plaintiffs' 156

1 proc · 2 people

Plaintiffs' 157: Close-up photo of blood drop behind Bronco

🔍 Physical

Close-up photograph of the blood drop located behind the Bronco on Rockingham.

Plaintiffs' 157

1 proc · 2 people

Plaintiffs' 164: Distance photo of card 7 area, Rockingham

🔍 Physical

Distance-perspective photograph of the card 7 area on the Rockingham driveway.

Plaintiffs' 164

1 proc · 2 people

Plaintiffs' 165: Photo of Rockingham walkway and card 8

🔍 Physical

Photograph of the Rockingham walkway showing evidence card 8.

Plaintiffs' 165

1 proc · 2 people

Plaintiffs' 166: Wide shot of Rockingham main entrance blood drop

🔍 Physical

Wide-angle photograph of the blood drop location at the main residence entrance of 360 North Rockingham Avenue.

Plaintiffs' 166

1 proc · 2 people

Bundy and Rockingham Blood Swatches Prepared for Drying

🔍 Physical

Blood swatches collected at the Bundy and Rockingham crime scenes and transferred from plastic bags into open test tubes for drying. Gregory Matheson's examination described the tubes as stored in a cardboard box overnight and included a challenge that the storage and drying procedures created a contamination risk.

2 procs · 4 people

Bundy and Rockingham Blood Swatches Processed at the LAPD Laboratory

🔍 Physical

Physical blood swatches from Bundy and Rockingham processed at the LAPD laboratory; in the civil opening statement, Mr. Baker challenged the substitution of wet swatches for dried swatches before transfer to the Department of Justice and the absence of Andrea Mazzola's initials on bindles.

1 proc · 1 person

LAPD Item 2: Blood drop between Bronco and Rockingham gate

🔍 Physical 🔬 LAPD Item #2

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

LAPD Item 3: Second blood drop, Bronco to Rockingham gate

🔍 Physical 🔬 LAPD Item #3

Second blood drop between Bronco and Simpson's Rockingham gate.

LAPD Item 4: Blood drop on Rockingham driveway

🔍 Physical 🔬 LAPD Item #4

Blood drop collected from the Rockingham driveway.

LAPD Item 5: Blood drop on Rockingham driveway

🔍 Physical 🔬 LAPD Item #5

Blood drop collected from the Rockingham driveway.

LAPD Item 8: Blood swatch from Rockingham driveway

🔍 Physical 🔬 LAPD Item #8

Blood swatch from Rockingham driveway.

Additional references (2)

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

Driveway Blood Drop and Change — Officer Riske testified that a blood drop and change on the driveway were pointed out to an SID photographer to avoid contamination.
Rear Driveway Blood Drop — Blood drop in a rear driveway brought to Officer Riske's attention by Terrazas and later illuminated for Phillips and Fuhrman.