Dr. Werner Spitz, a forensic pathologist, testified for the plaintiffs with a detailed reconstruction of both victims' wounds, concluding the entire attack lasted under 15 seconds. He identified fingernail marks on Simpson's hands as consistent with the victims resisting, directly linking Simpson to a physical struggle. The defense subjected Spitz to aggressive cross-examination, with Robert Baker challenging his murder reconstruction, timelines, and blood evidence through pointed questions and physical demonstrations, but Spitz survived redirect and recross examinations.
Werner Uri Spitz was a German-American forensic pathologist who worked on a number of high-profile cases, including the investigations of the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. He also testified at the trials of Casey Anthony and Phil Spector, the 1996 civil trial against O. J. Simpson, and consulted on the investigation of JonBenét Ramsey's 1996 death.