🔍 Victim Reference Blood Samples
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Victim Reference Blood Samples

17 items · 17 physical · 15 with detail pages

Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman reference blood samples—drawn at the Coroner's Office autopsy on June 14, 1994—became the foundation for all victim DNA identification in both trials. These vials, hair kits, and swatches anchored the prosecution's genetic profiles. Yet their collection, storage, and chain of custody became the central battleground between prosecutors (Clark, Goldberg) and defense counsel (Scheck, Blasier) over DNA evidence reliability.

Detailed entries (15)

Autopsy blood bottle label photographs (People's 364-H and 364-I)
🔍 Physical

Photographs of the blood bottle labels from Nicole Brown Simpson's (Coroner case 5136, People's 364-I) and Ronald Goldman's (Coroner case 5135, People's 364-H) autopsies, introduced through Dr. Lakshmanan's testimony. Nicole's label shows a sample taken by Dr. Golden on June 14, 1994 at 9:30 a.m.; Goldman's label shows a sample taken at 11:30 a.m. Blown-up enlargements introduced as People's 364-II and 364-HH respectively.

People's 364-HPeople's 364-HHPeople's 364-IPeople's 364-IIPeople's 364-H (364-HH blow-up)People's 364-I (364-II blow-up)
2 procs · 2 people
Victims' hair kits from Coroner's office (Items 73, 74, 83)
🔍 Physical

Sealed hair kit envelopes for Nicole Brown Simpson (Item 83, Coroner case 94-05136) and Ronald Goldman (Item 73, with additional hairs as Item 74) received from the Coroner's office by Denise Lewis, stipulated never opened, and documented in photographs People's 412 and People's 414. The kits were subsequently transported to the FBI laboratory in a sealed manila envelope.

People's 412People's 414Items 73, 74, 83
3 procs · 3 people
Nicole Brown Simpson and OJ Simpson EDTA reference blood controls (K67/K68)
🔍 Physical

Reference blood samples from Nicole Brown Simpson and OJ Simpson designated K67 and K68, used as EDTA-positive controls during FBI forensic chemist testimony; demonstrated a strong EDTA signal and discussed in connection with whether Fredric Rieders independently tested Nicole's blood evidence.

K67K68K67 / K68
2 procs · 2 people
Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman reference blood vials, combined (Items 59 and 60)
🔍 Physical

Whole blood reference vials from Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman drawn at autopsy by Dr. Golden on June 14, 1994, comprising Item 59 (7.2 ml, Nicole) and Item 60 (5.5 ml, Goldman). Hand-carried by Detective Vannatter to LAPD serology on June 15; subject to EDTA-content scrutiny in chain-of-custody challenges, and approximately 1 ml each was released to defense expert Ragle.

Items 59 and 60
9 procs · 11 people
Coroner's reference blood swatches for victims (Items 72 and 82)
🔍 Physical

Coroner's office blood reference swatches for Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman (Items 72 and 82), prepared as cloth stains from autopsy material and confirmed to contain ample material for defense splits. A coroner-prepared cloth stain preparation of Nicole Brown's reference blood was also sent by LAPD to the DOJ laboratory as a separate format from the primary vial.

Item 72
6 procs · 6 people
Nicole Brown Simpson autopsy reference blood vial (Item 59)
🔍 Physical 🔬 LAPD Item #59

Reference blood sample from Nicole Brown Simpson. Coroner case no. 94-05136, drawn at autopsy by Dr. Golden on June 14, 1994; hand-delivered to LAPD serology by Detective Vannatter on June 15 and subsequently used for conventional serological typing (EAP BA, PGM 1+) and PCR extraction.

Item 59
5 procs · 7 people
Ron Goldman autopsy reference blood vial (Item 60)
🔍 Physical 🔬 LAPD Item #60

Reference blood sample from Ron Goldman. Drawn at autopsy by Dr. Golden on June 14, 1994; hand-delivered to LAPD serology by Detective Vannatter on June 15 and subsequently used for conventional serological typing (EAP A, PGM 2+1+) and PCR extraction.

Item 60
4 procs · 7 people
Goldman Bundy crime scene surrogate reference sample (Item 41)
🔍 Physical 🔬 LAPD Item #41

Potential reference blood sample from Ron Goldman. LAPD tested but no results obtained. Collected from a stump in the fenced-off area north of the Bundy walkway; initially documented as blood stain photograph ID 106, subsequently assigned Item 41, and used at LAPD SID as a surrogate male victim exemplar pending receipt of actual autopsy reference samples.

Item 41
3 procs · 4 people
Nicole Brown Simpson Bundy crime scene surrogate reference sample (Item 42)
🔍 Physical

Blood collected from concrete near the base of the first step at the Bundy crime scene, initially documented as blood stain photograph ID 107 and assigned Item 42; used as a surrogate female victim exemplar. Tested by Matheson and returned inconclusive ('B question mark / no activity') due to degradation.

Item 42
3 procs · 5 people
DNA testing results chart for NBS and RG reference samples (Defendants' 1275)
🔍 Physical

Chart entitled 'Testing Results NBS and RG Reference Samples,' introduced in the civil trial during Dr. Robin Cotton's testimony to highlight a faint B allele observed in Nicole Brown Simpson's reference sample.

Defendants' 1275
1 proc · 2 people
Frozen storage envelope photograph for Coroner biological evidence (People's 413)
🔍 Physical

Photograph of the sealed white frozen storage envelope used to book and preserve Goldman's and Brown's biological evidence items received from the Coroner's office.

People's 413
1 proc · 2 people
Preliminary hearing known reference blood sample (Item 17)
🔍 Physical

Known (reference) blood sample introduced at the preliminary hearing and identified by witness Kestler as a reference blood sample rather than a crime scene item.

Item 17
1 proc · 2 people
Bundy crime scene surrogate reference samples, combined (Items 41 and 42)
🔍 Physical

Crime scene blood samples from the Bundy walkway area (Items 41 and 42) used as surrogate reference exemplars for Ronald Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson respectively, cut between 11:00 and 11:20 a.m. and designated 'not true exemplars' by Yamauchi.

2 procs · 2 people
Fitzco DNA reference cards for Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman (DOJ lab)
🔍 Physical

Fitzco paper reference sample cards for Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman prepared from the primary autopsy reference vials and sent by LAPD to Gary Sims at the DOJ laboratory for PCR-based DNA typing. Goldman's card was typed as DQ-alpha alleles 1.3 and 4 with a very faint 1.1 allele.

2 procs · 4 people
Nicole Brown Simpson fingernail kit from Coroner's office (Item 84)
🔍 Physical

Nicole Brown Simpson's fingernail scraping and clipping kit (Item 84) received in a Coroner's office envelope, along with associated blood scraping envelopes; received sealed by Denise Lewis and never unsealed by her.

2 procs · 4 people

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.

  • Cellmark blind reference exemplars for OJ Simpson, NBS, and RG (c-1, c-2, c-3) — Three known blood reference exemplars labeled c-1 (OJ Simpson), c-2 (Nicole Brown Simpson), and c-3 (Ronald Goldman), submitted to and tested blind at Cellmark Diagnostics for DNA typing.
  • Yamauchi SID PCR extraction run reference exemplars (Fitzco cards) — OJ Simpson, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman blood exemplars on Fitzco cards, processed by Collin Yamauchi at LAPD SID in PCR extraction runs on June 14 and June 15, 1994; Simpson's reference exemplar was consistently processed last in the extraction order.
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