Detective, regarding the Ford Bronco, at some point in time did that vehicle have some evidentiary value in and of itself?
After looking at all of the scene that I saw there and as it began to lighten up that morning, after seeing the blood trail in the driveway, I could see into the vehicle and see additional blood inside the vehicle, and at that point it became a very important evidentiary item.
That would have been -- again, I will have to estimate. That would probably have been around 6:45 to 7:00 o'clock, something like that.
I instructed the detectives that the vehicle was to be impounded. It was to be guarded. And I told the criminalist who responded at 7:10 that it was of evidentiary value, to photograph, obtain any items of evidence that he could from the outside, and to protect the vehicle.
KEY QUOTEDid you have any reports that the media surrounded the car, they couldn't keep the media away from it, and coffee cups were put on the car and coffee spilled?
KEY QUOTEThe term you used. You used that all this morning, secured the -- "I secured the premises." What do you mean by that?
Well, in a literal sense -- that's a police term that's used. In a literal sense, it can mean a couple of things.
Okay. What I meant this morning is a check of the location to make sure that everything's okay, that there's no forced entry into the home, that there's nobody injured, that there's nobody down or nobody in need of assistance.
KEY QUOTEWhat time did I make the determination that it was secured? That, again, would have been, I believe, after walking back outside and being notified that Mr. Simpson was in Chicago, that he had been talked to and that he was in route back to Los Angeles; that the maid was not present at the location and that nobody else was found there. And that would have been probably 6:45 to 7:00 in the morning.
You later determined that the bedrooms for the house itself -- not the guest bedrooms, but the main bedrooms -- were on the second story, did you not?
after seeing the blood trail in the driveway, I could see into the vehicle and see additional blood inside the vehicle, and at that point it became a very important evidentiary item.
I instructed the detectives that the vehicle was to be impounded. It was to be guarded.
Did you have any reports that the media surrounded the car, they couldn't keep the media away from it, and coffee cups were put on the car and coffee spilled?
What I meant this morning is a check of the location to make sure that everything's okay, that there's no forced entry into the home, that there's nobody injured, that there's nobody down or nobody in need of assistance.