🔍 Rockingham Driveway Blood
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Rockingham Driveway Blood

31 items · 31 physical · 27 with detail pages

The blood droplet trail recovered from the Rockingham driveway—from the Bronco to the front door and foyer at 360 North Rockingham Avenue—became the prosecution's primary physical timeline connecting Simpson to the Bundy crime scene. DNA analyst Gary Sims and defense experts Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld clashed over collection methodology, sample integrity, and test interpretation across both trials, making this bucket a flashpoint for the broader forensic credibility debate.

Detailed entries (27)

People's 120: Rockingham blood trail posterboard (criminal)
🔍 Physical

Posterboard titled 'Blood Trail at 360 North Rockingham Avenue' containing photographs A through K of blood drops in the driveway and a diagram showing the trail from the Bronco to the front door. Sub-photos 120-C, 120-F, and 120-J were used with Kato Kaelin and Dennis Fung to identify specific stain locations and the distances between collected stains 4–8 and uncollected stains a, b, c.

People's 120People's 120-CPeople's 120-FPeople's 120-J
5 procs · 8 people
LAPD Item 6: Rockingham driveway blood drop (DNA tested)
🔍 Physical 🔬 LAPD Item #6

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 6People's 6People's 261
6 procs · 3 people
LAPD Item 11: Blood sample from Rockingham walkway wire
🔍 Physical 🔬 LAPD Item #11

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 No. 11Item 11
6 procs · 5 people
People's P-40 through P-44: Rockingham blood drop exhibits
🔍 Physical

Set of exhibits P-40 through P-44 displayed to the jury depicting blood drops on the driveway leading from the Bronco to the house and three blood drops inside the foyer; P-40 specifically depicted Rockingham blood trail spot no. 6, described as matching the defendant.

People's P-40 through P-44P-40
2 procs
Plaintiffs' 155 / Exhibit 155: Civil Rockingham blood drop photo board
🔍 Physical

Poster board containing eleven photographs of blood drop locations at Rockingham (360 North Rockingham Avenue), used by Officer Thompson during plaintiff's examination and later displayed by O.J. Simpson including a photo of dog Chachi.

Plaintiffs' 155Exhibit 155
2 procs · 4 people
Coin envelopes for Rockingham blood drop items 1–14
🔍 Physical

Original coin envelopes for blood drops collected at the Rockingham property — items 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, and 14 — produced in court during Mazzola's testimony; shown to bear Dennis Fung's initials rather than Mazzola's, despite her prior sworn testimony about who collected them.

Item nos. 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14Item nos. 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14 (Rockingham coin envelopes)
1 proc · 2 people
Rockingham driveway blood drop trail (general testimony references)
🔍 Physical

The blood droplet trail running from the Bronco (or Rockingham gate) across the driveway to the front door and foyer at 360 North Rockingham Avenue, referenced collectively in testimony across the criminal, civil, and deposition proceedings. Driveway drops (items 1, 4–8) were collected June 13, 1994; the trail was cited as a key factor making Simpson a suspect.

Items 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
12 procs · 17 people
LAPD Item 7: Rockingham driveway blood drop (directional trailing)
🔍 Physical 🔬 LAPD Item #7

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 no. 7
4 procs · 6 people
Plaintiffs' 162: Photo of Rockingham driveway, card C location
🔍 Physical

Photograph of blood drops at 360 North Rockingham showing the area marked by evidence card 'C.' Officer Thompson marked what he believed to be two blood drops on the exhibit; one drop was consistent with Bundy blood and one differed.

Plaintiffs' 162
2 procs · 2 people
Civil 1281: DQ Alpha board, LAPD items 52 and 30
🔍 Physical

DQ Alpha board displayed in the civil trial showing the QC877 control, positive control, and LAPD item 52 (Bundy walkway swatch), all with 1.3 hints; used by defense counsel Baker to argue that item 52's 1.3 signal was ignored while item 30's 1.3 was credited.

Civil 1281
1 proc · 2 people
Exhibit 2137: Photo and diagram of Rockingham blood drops, June 13
🔍 Physical

Photograph and diagram of blood drops at 360 North Rockingham Avenue dated June 13, 1994, including a TV cable behind Kato Kaelin's room; displayed and discussed during O.J. Simpson's civil testimony.

Exhibit 2137
1 proc · 2 people
People's 136: Photograph of Rockingham driveway near Bentley
🔍 Physical

Photograph of the Rockingham driveway near the Bentley, shown to Brian Kato Kaelin in the criminal trial.

People's 136
1 proc · 2 people
People's 138: Rockingham driveway photo, knapsack location
🔍 Physical

Photograph of the Rockingham driveway used by Brian Kato Kaelin to pinpoint the location where a small black knapsack appeared after his second trip to the south pathway.

People's 138
1 proc · 2 people
People's 274: Rehybridization strips including LAPD item 52 and socks
🔍 Physical

Photograph of rehybridization strips including DNA 55A (LAPD item 52, Bundy blood drop), sock stains 41B1 and 41B2, and controls; introduced on redirect to confirm Sims's original 1.1 and 1.2 call on item 52.

People's 274
1 proc · 2 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
Plaintiffs' 2105: Annotated Rockingham blood drop photo
🔍 Physical

Re-marked version of the Rockingham blood drop photograph at 360 North Rockingham, introduced after witness annotation during Officer Thompson's testimony.

Plaintiffs' 2105
1 proc · 2 people
Plaintiffs' 296: DNA Analysis chart, Rockingham Residence
🔍 Physical

Chart displaying results of DNA analysis from the Rockingham Residence, including results for LAPD item 6; displayed during civil trial testimony and results read into the record.

Plaintiffs' 296
1 proc · 2 people
LAPD Item 52: Bundy driveway blood drop / substrate control
🔍 Physical

LAPD item 52 — blood drop from the Bundy driveway, used as a substrate control; described as pinkish in appearance. DQ-Alpha testing showed a 1.3 trace that the DOJ called an artifact, while the defense argued it was real; used as a comparison point in both RFLP and PCR cross-examination across the criminal and civil trials.

3 procs · 4 people
LAPD Item 2: First blood drop, Bronco to Rockingham gate
🔍 Physical 🔬 LAPD Item #2

Blood drop on ground between 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 on Rockingham driveway, collected June 13, 1994.

LAPD Item 5: Blood drop on Rockingham driveway
🔍 Physical 🔬 LAPD Item #5

Blood drop on Rockingham driveway, collected June 13, 1994.

LAPD Item 8: Blood swatch from Rockingham driveway
🔍 Physical 🔬 LAPD Item #8

Blood swatch from Rockingham driveway.

Additional references (4)

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

  • LAPD Item 45: Rockingham handrail swatches — LAPD item 45 — swatches from a handrail at the Rockingham property; 2.6 nanograms of human DNA recovered, not yet typed at the time of testimony.
  • LAPD Item 56: Shoeprint blood drop at Bundy — LAPD item 56 — blood drop associated with a shoeprint at the Bundy crime scene; DNA typed to Nicole Brown Simpson, distinguishing it from Simpson-consistent drops.
  • LAPD Item 78: Boot drop at Bundy — LAPD item 78 — boot drop at the Bundy crime scene; DNA quality assessed as good enough for RFLP testing.
  • Ron Goldman clothing (LAPD items 79, 81, 165) — Ron Goldman's pants (LAPD item 79), shirt (item 81), and shirt bag (item 165), used as sources of trace evidence collection on July 27, 1994.
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