📄 Simpson Chicago Travel Docs
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Simpson Chicago Travel Docs

40 items · 40 documentary · 27 with detail pages

This catalog documents O.J. Simpson’s June 12–13, 1994 travel between Los Angeles and Chicago through airline records, boarding and baggage materials, seating diagrams, flight photographs, telephone records, and witness notes. Photographs from room 915 at the O’Hare Plaza Hotel show the room, bedding, a broken drinking glass, and a bloodstained washcloth or hand towel, while related testimony records observations and disagreements about what the images depicted. Additional call records and timeline boards trace communications and asserted movements surrounding the departure and return flights, including presentations challenged by the defense.

Detailed entries (27)

Hotel room 915 bathroom sink — broken glass photographs
📄 Documentary

Photographs of the bathroom sink, basin, and vanity in room 915 showing broken drinking glass, a white doily, cloudy liquid, and the surrounding layout. During testimony, Dr. Baden said he saw no blood on the glass or sink areas depicted, and Detective Berris confirmed that he observed no blood on the glass.

Berris Depo Exhibit 21Berris Depo Exhibit 21 / Plaintiffs' 2158Berris Depo Exhibit 22Berris Depo Exhibit 22 / Plaintiffs' 1315Defendant's 1332Defendant's 1333 +8
6 procs · 7 people
Hotel room 915 investigation photograph batches
📄 Documentary

Three batches of photographs from the room 915 investigation, admitted during Detective Berris's civil examination under paired Berris Depo and Plaintiffs' exhibit designations.

Berris Depo Exhibits 11-15Berris Depo Exhibits 11-15 / Plaintiffs' 2151-2155Berris Depo Exhibits 17-18Berris Depo Exhibits 17-18 / Plaintiffs' 1318, 1317Berris Depo Exhibits 19-20, 23-24, 26Berris Depo Exhibits 19-20, 23-24, 26 / Plaintiffs' 2156-2157, 1316, 1313, 2159 +4
1 proc · 2 people
Civil trial airplane cabin seating photographs
📄 Documentary

Airplane cabin photographs used in the civil trial to address the staggered seat arrangement and the positions attributed to Foster and Simpson. The group includes cabin-seat views, a close-up of the staggering, a last-row view, and a photograph identified as showing the first-class cabin.

Exhibit 2262Plaintiffs' 537Plaintiffs' 538Plaintiffs' 539
2 procs · 3 people
Hotel room 915 — bloodstained washcloth and hand towel photographs
📄 Documentary

Photographs showing a bloodstained washcloth found underneath a hand towel on the vanity to the right of the sink basin in room 915. Includes an enlarged blow-up poster identifying the washcloth location. Both sides introduced versions in criminal; cross-trial civil exhibit shows the blood-stained hand towel.

Defendant's 1331Defendant's 1331-APeople's 1331Plaintiffs' 1313
3 procs · 5 people
Hotel room 915 bedding — suspected blood-spot photographs
📄 Documentary

Photographs of the bedding in room 915 showing red spots described as suspected blood, including one view with a ballpoint pen and another showing an additional stain.

Berris Depo Exhibit 18Berris Exhibit 18Defendant's 1334Defendant's 1335
2 procs · 3 people
Civil Exhibit 1180 airplane seating diagram
📄 Documentary

Civil-trial seating diagram for American Airlines flight 668, marked as Defendants' Exhibit No. 1180. Stephen Valerie used it to discuss seating positions but testified that its depiction of diagonal or staggered seats was inaccurate because the seats were directly opposite or parallel.

Defendant's 1245Defendants' Exhibit No. 1180Defense 1245Exhibit 1180
2 procs · 2 people
Airline ticket receipt from Rockingham (Item 15 / People's 203)
📄 Documentary 🔬 LAPD Item #15

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.

15Items 15 and 16 (Search Warrant No. 2)People's 203
14 procs · 9 people
Simpson's AirTouch cellular phone records (June 12–13, 1994)
📄 Documentary

AirTouch Cellular records for Simpson's mobile phone number (310) 613-3232, including a prosecution chart displaying calls made on the night of June 12, 1994, and internal backup records showing precise call durations. Also used to document calls placed from Chicago on June 13.

People's 403People's 489People's exhibit (chart)
4 procs · 4 people
Criminal trial first-class airplane interior photographs
📄 Documentary

Photographs introduced during Howard Bingham's cross-examination showing the plane's first-class seating, the first-class lavatory-door area, and a closer view of that door from another perspective.

People's 503People's 504People's 505
1 proc · 2 people
Hotel room 915 bed and newspaper photographs
📄 Documentary

Photographs of the unmade bed in room 915, including views showing a phone on the nightstand and a newspaper on the bed. Prosecution 590 was a printout of photo 1336 with an arrow marking the newspaper's location, newly marked for identification.

Defendant's 1336People's 1336Prosecution 590
2 procs · 3 people
Hotel room 915 bed — full-view photograph (Plaintiffs' 1319)
📄 Documentary

Full photograph of the bed in room 915 from the foot end, showing its condition when Detective Berris first entered. During Simpson's examination, counsel displayed the photograph while asking about a reported blood drop; Simpson said he had heard of a drop on the sheets but did not know where it was found.

Berris Depo Exhibit 16Berris Depo Exhibit 16 / Plaintiffs' 1319Plaintiffs' 1319
2 procs · 3 people
Item 16 / People's 204 — Rockingham Baggage Tag
📄 Documentary 🔬 LAPD Item #16

Airline baggage tag associated with Simpson's Chicago flight and recovered from a bench outside the Rockingham residence, designated Item 16 and later introduced as People's 204. Earlier proceedings recorded an agreement not to introduce it and a subsequent withdrawn offer.

16People's 204
7 procs · 7 people
O'Hare Plaza Hotel room phone bill (outgoing calls June 13)
📄 Documentary

Telephone records from Simpson's Chicago hotel room showing outgoing calls on June 13, 1994. They include three calls to Jim Merrill's cellular number at 8:25, 8:32, and 8:34 AM, as well as calls to Kathy Randa and American Airlines.

Exhibit 72People's 490
8 procs · 5 people
Rockingham home phone bill showing 6:05 AM call to Chicago
📄 Documentary

GTE records for the Rockingham residence showed a five-minute call to Simpson's Chicago hotel at 6:05 AM on June 13, 1994. People's 67 displayed the highlighted entry, while the parties separately stipulated that Detective Phillips placed the call from the residence and avoided entering a record containing other parties' numbers.

People's 67Plaintiffs' 117
6 procs · 5 people
Defense 1246 — Jim Merrill Cellular One Records, June 9–22, 1994
📄 Documentary

Two-page Cellular One billing record for Jim Merrill covering June 9–22, 1994 and documenting calls placed and received on June 13, including directory-assistance and hotel calls discussed in testimony.

Defendant's 1246Defense 1246
3 procs · 3 people
Criminal Defense Exhibit 1245 airplane seating diagram
📄 Documentary

Criminal-trial diagram of an American Airlines Super 80 seating layout, marked as Defense or Defendant's Exhibit 1245. It was used to illustrate Howard Bingham's position relative to Simpson and the first-class section and to place Stephen Valerie in seat 4A and Simpson in 4D across the aisle.

Defendant's 1245Defense 1245
2 procs · 3 people
Stanfield Autographed Flight-Log Page — Defendant's 1242 and Defendants' 1177
📄 Documentary

Copies of Captain Wayne Stanfield's autographed flight-log page. The criminal photostat, Defendant's 1242, shows Flight 668 from LAX to ORD, an 0645 Zulu departure time, and Simpson's inscription “A peace to you.” The civil copy, Defendants' Exhibit 1177, was associated with testimony about the June 12, 1994 flight, although its exhibit-marking parenthetical described the page as being for June 12, 1996.

Defendant's 1242Defendants' Exhibit No. 1177
2 procs · 3 people
O.J. Simpson's passport (Plaintiffs' Exhibit 689)
📄 Documentary

Simpson's passport found in a travel bag and introduced and identified by Detective Lange as Plaintiffs' Exhibit 689; civil-trial counsel discussed it during opening statement as evidence of flight preparation.

Plaintiffs' Exhibit 689
2 procs · 2 people
Alan Park Telephone-Records Timeline Board
📄 Documentary

Timeline board showing the limo driver's June 12 calls, including buzzer attempts beginning around 10:40–10:43 p.m. and no answer through 10:50 p.m.; it was displayed during closing argument as a timeline of Simpson's asserted absence and return.

Alan Park phone records board
1 proc
American Airlines flight 1691 return seating diagram
📄 Documentary

Seating chart diagram of an American Airlines Super 80 jet for flight 1691, Chicago to Los Angeles, identifying Simpson in seat 9D and witness Partridge in seat 9E, with reference to their positions relative to the bulkhead and emergency exit.

Defendant's 1247
1 proc · 2 people
Eastbound flight route to Chicago diagram
📄 Documentary

Defense 203, a diagram of O.J. Simpson's eastbound flight route to Chicago, displayed during the defense opening in connection with its discussion of demeanor witnesses.

Defense 203
1 proc · 1 person
Hotel room 915 — undisturbed-condition photograph
📄 Documentary

Photograph depicting part of room 915 at the O'Hare Plaza Hotel, showing it in an undisturbed condition.

Berris Exhibit 13
1 proc · 2 people
Howard Bingham's Flight 668 boarding pass (June 12, 1994)
📄 Documentary

Howard Bingham's boarding pass for Flight 668 to Chicago, dated June 12, 1994, at 11:45 PM. Bingham authenticated it during his testimony.

Defendant's 1244
1 proc · 2 people
O'Hare Plaza Hotel exterior photograph
📄 Documentary

Photograph of the front of the O'Hare Plaza Hotel, taken by crime lab technicians John Stella and John Naujokas.

Berris Exhibit 11
1 proc · 2 people
Return flight from Chicago — route diagram
📄 Documentary

Diagram of the return flight from Chicago after Simpson learned of Nicole's murder, used to illustrate Simpson's distressed demeanor on that flight.

Defense 204
1 proc · 1 person
Captain Wayne Stanfield's Autographed Flight Logbook
📄 Documentary

Captain Wayne Stanfield's personal flight logbook, signed by O.J. Simpson as an autograph. It was handled and returned to Stanfield during the civil proceeding, where testimony reported that no blood was visible on it; the signature was also discussed in the criminal proceeding in connection with Simpson's hand dexterity and reported absence of pain.

3 procs · 3 people
Mark Partridge's Flight Conversation Notes
📄 Documentary

Mark Partridge's notes documenting his flight conversation with Simpson. Partridge described approximately six typed pages and eight handwritten pages made two days after the flight, on June 15, and shared with both the defense and prosecution; the notes were cited as supporting his confidence in his recollection.

2 procs · 3 people

Additional references (13)

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

  • Allan Park Cell-Phone Record for Call to Dale St. John — Allan Park’s cell-phone record for a 10:52–10:55 p.m. call to Dale St. John, previewed in plaintiffs’ opening statement as confirmation of the call.
  • Allan Park Cell-Phone Records — Allan Park’s cell-phone records, cited by Baker in opening statement to support a 10:57 p.m. alibi chronology.
  • American Airlines Chicago-to-Los Angeles baggage tags — American Airlines baggage tags and bar codes described during a motion as consistent with a Chicago-to-Los Angeles flight on the date in question.
  • American Airlines opening-statement board — An American Airlines board discussed during a motion concerning opening-statement boards; no objection was noted.
  • American Airlines Passenger Name Record — 8:24 AM call — American Airlines Passenger Name Record showing an 8:24 AM call concerning Simpson's ticket and employee number 21pu. It was discussed as possible corroboration while the airline employee's identity remained undisclosed.
  • Hertz Corporation Chicago records — Hertz Corporation records from Chicago were subpoenaed and searched. The motion-hearing discussion stated that no Hertz employee took the call, ruling out a connection to Menzione.
  • Kathy Randa's first-class flight booking for Simpson's return — Kathy Randa's booking of a 10 o'clock first-class flight for O.J. Simpson's return to Los Angeles from Chicago.
  • Kato Kaelin’s 9:11 p.m. Long-Distance Phone Record — Kato Kaelin’s record of a 9:11 p.m. long-distance telephone call to San Diego, previewed in plaintiffs’ opening statement.
  • Manila folder with typed document Simpson read on flight — A manila folder containing a double-spaced typed document on 8.5×11 paper that Simpson read during the flight, described by witness Valerie as part of his account of Simpson's calm, normal behavior.
  • Prosecution Timeline Board for Kato's Thumps — Timeline board presenting a 10:51–10:52 window for Kato's reported thumps correlated with Allan Park's cell-phone records; the defense challenged the presentation, and the court found a rational basis for the prosecution to argue it.
  • Simpson's passport and cash in Chicago — O.J. Simpson's passport and cash, discussed in civil closing argument as being on his person in Chicago.
  • Thomas Cook Travel and watts-line records — Thomas Cook Travel and watts-line records were subpoenaed but unavailable. The motion-hearing discussion stated that Thomas Cook had been acquired by American Express and that its internal notes had been destroyed.
  • Video footage of Simpson at airport with black bag — Video footage of O.J. Simpson at the airport with a black bag upon his return from Chicago, referenced by the defense to rebut the prosecution's 'mysterious disappearing black bag' narrative.
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