Pablo Fenjves testified that he lived near 875 South Bundy and could see part of the property from his bedroom. He heard an unusually persistent dog bark, which he described as a “plaintive wail,” beginning around 10:15 to 10:20 p.m. and continuing past 11:00 p.m., providing a timeline for events near Nicole Brown's home.
# 1 MS. CLARK: People call Pablo Fenjves.
# 2 THE COURT: Face the clerk and raise your right hand, sir. THE COURT CLERK: You do solemnly swear the testimony you are about to give in the cause now pending before this court shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God.
# 3 PABLO FENJVES: I do. / / / PABLE FENJVES, CALLED AS A WITNESS ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE, WAS EXAMINED AND TESTIFIED AS FOLLOWS: THE COURT CLERK: Please be seated. State and spell your name for the record.
# 4 PABLO FENJVES: My name is Pablo Fenjves, last name F-E-N-J-V-E-S.
# 5 THE COURT: I'm going to ask you if you can speak up a little bit, so everyone can hear you. Miss Clark.
# 6 MS. CLARK: Thank you.
# 9 Q: Sir, directing your attention to the date of June 12th, 1994. As of that date, can you tell us what street you lived on?
# 10 A: I lived on 862 Gretna Greenway.
# 11 Q: Gretna green way?
# 15 Q: Where in relation to 875 south Bundy is that?
# 16 A: Bundy is one block east, and we share a common alley.
# 17 Q: what part of your condo faces that alley, that you share with 875 south Bundy?
# 18 A: The master bedroom and the kitchen.
# 19 Q: Is that at the front or the rear of your residence?
# 20 A: at the rear of my residence.
# 21 Q: How long have you lived there, sir?
# 23 Q: If you look out the back of your bedroom window, are you able to see any part of the property of 875 south Bundy?
# 24 A: Yes. I'm able to see the whole north side of 875 north Bundy.
# 25 Q: Now, as of the date of June the 12th, 1994, did you know someone by the name of Nicole brown?
# 27 Q: Or where she lived?
# 29 Q: Directing your attention, sir, to the evening of June the 12th, 1994, sunday night. can you tell us where you were in the evening, sir?
# 30 A: I was home that evening.
# 31 Q: Can You tell us what you were doing about 10:00 o'clock?
# 32 A: I had just turned on the channel 5 news.
# 35 Q: Where were you watching television at that time?
# 36 A: Upstairs in the bedroom, with my wife.
# 37 Q: At some point, while you were watching the 10:00 o'clock news on channel 5, did something distract you?
# 38 A: Yes. About 15 or 20 minutes into it, I heard a dog barking, sort of a plaintive wail.
KEY QUOTE # 39 Q: Had dogs barked in that neighborhood before, sir?
# 40 A: Yes, but this was a pretty persistent barking, it just wouldn't stop.
# 41 Q: You described it as a plaintive wail?
# 43 Q: So, it was an unusual sounding bark to you?
# 45 Q: That was about 10:15 to 10:20?
# 47 Q: Did the barking stop, or did it continue?
# 48 A: Well, about this time, I stopped watching the news, and went down to my office, and I did a little work. And I didn't come back upstairs until about 11:00 o'clock.
# 49 Q: At the point that you went downstairs to do some work, was the barking still going on?
# 51 Q: Did you come back up from working at some point?
# 52 A: Yes, I did. I came back up at around 11:00 o'clock.
# 53 Q: Where did you go when you came -- you say you came back up. Where did you come back up to?
# 54 A: Back up to the master bedroom.
# 55 Q: And at 11:00 o'clock, can you tell us whether you still heard the dog barking?
# 56 A: Yes, the dog was still barking. I remember going over to the shutters, and taking a look out for the -- toward Nicole's building. And I saw some lights on upstairs but, you know, of course, I couldn't pinpoint, you know, where exactly the dog was.
KEY QUOTE # 57 Q: So, you were looking out towards where you heard the sound coming from, of the dog barking?
# 59 Q: And you looked toward Nicole's house?
# 61 Q: Did it sound like the same dog that you had heard barking earlier, at 10:15 or so?
# 62 A: Yes, it was definitely the same dog.
KEY QUOTE # 64 A: It was definitely the same dog.
KEY QUOTE # 65 Q: at What point did you go to sleep that night, sir?
# 66 A: I don't know. I went -- I went to bed about, you know, a little after 11:00, and I read for a while. And the dog was still barking and, you know, eventually I turned out the light and went to sleep.
# 67 Q: At the point that you went to sleep, was the dog still barking?
# 68 A: As I recall, yes.
# 69 MS. CLARK: Thank you, sir. I have nothing further.