Detailed entries (6)
LAPD Item 12 comprised blood drops and resulting swatches collected from the wooden foyer floor of Simpson's Rockingham residence. Cellmark processed the sample for RFLP analysis; witnesses reported substantial high-molecular-weight DNA without apparent bacterial degradation and PCR and RFLP profiles consistent with O.J. Simpson. Defense questioning and expert testimony raised contamination concerns based on the sample's DNA concentration and processing sequence.
Phenolphthalein presumptive blood tests conducted at Simpson's Rockingham residence, including a positive result from the master bathroom sink drain rim and negative results from the sink trap, south-wall stains, family room, and garage areas. Photographs and testimony from criminalists Fung and Mazzola documented the testing; the positive drain-rim result and negative trap result were sharply disputed, with admissibility argued through multiple court sessions.
Item 14, a blood stain from the master bathroom at Rockingham, was collected at approximately 4:40 p.m. Civil testimony also addressed transposed location measurements between documents.
Close-up photograph of the blood drops in the foyer of Simpson's Rockingham home, marked as People's Exhibit 121 in the criminal trial; introduced and identified by criminalist Dennis Fung and shown to Kato Kaelin and Detective Vannatter during their testimony.
Photograph of the banister inside the Rockingham foyer (People's Exhibit 201), introduced during criminalist Andrea Mazzola's testimony to explain why blood flecks on the dark wood banister would be difficult to detect visually.
Civil Item 1348, described in closing argument as blood from the upstairs bathroom floor at Rockingham that was collected by Mazzola and matched Simpson. It was cited to rebut Baker's claim that there was no blood upstairs.
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.
- Clothing from Simpson's Bathroom Hamper — Clothing from a hamper in Simpson's master bathroom, removed and photographed by Luper but not seized.
- Clothing in Simpson's Main Bedroom Closet — Clothing in Simpson's main bedroom closet that was searched but not seized.
- Laser disk photos: foyer blood drops and sock collection — Laser disk photographs depicting blood spots in the Rockingham foyer and sock collection in the master bedroom; substituted as the next evidence shown to the jury while admissibility of the phenolphthalein photograph was deferred by Judge Ito.
- Rockingham white carpet (stairs and upstairs) — White carpet covering the stairs and upstairs areas of Simpson's Rockingham residence, referenced in defense arguments about the absence of a blood trail inconsistent with the prosecution's theory of events.