The Simpson Crime Scene
Major Players
OJ
Nicole Brown
Ron Goldman
Johnnie Cochran
Crime Scene Photos
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AUTOPSY REPORT
94-05136
I performed an autopsy on the body ofBROWN-SIMPSON,
NICOLE at the DEPARTMENT OF CORONER Los Angeles,
California on June 14, 1994 @0730 HOURS
From the anatomic findings and pertinent history, I ascribe
the death to: MULTIPLE SHARP FORCE INJURIES Due To Or
As a Consequence of
Anatomical Summary:
I. Incised wound of neck:
A. Transection of left and right common carotid arteries.
B. Incisions, left and right internal jugular veins
C. Transection of thyrohyoid membrane, epiglottis, and
hypopharynx.
D. Incision into cervical spine, C3.
II. Multiple stab wound of neck and scalp (total of seven).
III. Multiple injuries of hands, including incised wound, ring
finger of right hand (defense wound).
IV. Scalp bruise, right parietal.
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AUTOPSY REPORT 94-05135
I performed an autopsy on the body of GOLDMAN,
RONALD at the DEPARTMENT OF CORONER Los
Angeles, California on June 14, 1994 @1030 HOURS
From the anatomic findings and pertinent history, I
ascribe the death to: MULTIPLE SHARP FORCE INJURIES
Due To Or As a Consequence of
Anatomical Summary:
1. Sharp force wound of neck, left side, with transection
of left internal jugular vein.
2. Multiple stab wounds of chest, abdomen, and left
thigh: Penetrating stab wounds of chest and abdomen
with right hemothorax and hemoperitoneum.
3. Multiple incised wounds of scalp, face, neck, chest
and left hand (defense wound).
4. Multiple abrasions upper extremities and hands
(defense wounds).
Murder
Timeline
June 12,
1994
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Paula Barbieri, in videotaped testimony, said she
left a message on Simpson's cellular telephone
voice mail to break up with him on June 12, 1994,
the day his ex-wife and her friend Ronald
Goldman were killed.
Barbieri, who began dating Simpson again in April
1994 after breaking off their romance in 1993,
said her decision to end the relationship in 1994
did not result from an argument. She said she
received three phone messages from him that day
leaving her to believe that he had received her
message.
Simpson had testified he never received Barbieri's
message. Under cross-examination, Barbieri said
she could not be certain Simpson got her
message.
2:30 p.m. In a conversation
with "Kato" Kaelin, OJ tells
Kaelin that he and Nicole
aren't together
6:00 p.m.
Nicole Brown Simpson and OJ
Simpson leave their daughter, Sydney's, dance recital held at the Paul
Revere Junior High School. They depart in separate vehicles as they
had arrived. At home, OJ tells Kato that Nicole and a friend had been
wearing very "tight" outfits, Im assuming he was referring to the black
dress that Nicole was killed in.
8:30 p.m. Nicole's check
totaling $213.95 including
tip, is cashed out on Nicole's
American Express credit card,
then exits the restaurant
shortly after.
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9:00 - Faye Resnick calls Nicole
from a drug rehabilitation
center. She says Nicole says
she told Simpson: "Get away
from us! Get out of my life.
You're not welcome with this
family anymore."
9:10 p.m. OJ and Kato go to
McDonalds in OJ's Rolls Royce.
9:37 - Nicole's mother, Juditha
Brown, calls Mezzaluna to
report leaving her glasses
behind.
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*9:40: Juditha Brown called Nicole
and told her about her eyeglasses.
She asked Nicole to pick them up in
the morning.
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Approximately 9:44: Nicole called the
Mezzaluna Restaurant and spoke
with Ron Goldman. Goldman agreed
to drop Judith's eyeglasses off at
Nicole's house on his way to meet his
friends.
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Approximately 9:50:
Goldman left the
Mezzaluna Restaurant.
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10:00 p.m. - OJ removes the dome light from his Bronco
then carefully places it under the passenger side seat.
The time frame as to when OJ removed the dome light is
known only to himself, but it's assumed that the light
was removed before he left his residence in order to
avoid detection or recognition. No one knows for certain
when it was removed, only that the light was indeed
removed, not replaced, found under the passenger side
seat and it was in perfect working condition. Police often
use this tactic when on stakeouts, to avoid detection.
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*10:03: Simpson called Paula
Barbeiri using his cell phone. She
does not answer her phone. He only
reaches her answering machine.
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10:00 - 10:15 - OJ drives the two miles to
Nicole's Bundy residence. He proceeds to
slit her throat nearly decapitating her. He
stabs her in her neck, throat and chest.
She was dead within minutes.
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10:30 p.m. - Robert Heidstra, one of Nicole's neighbors,
reports hearing a man's voice shouting, "Hey! Hey!
Hey!." He also reported hearing another man respond,
but could not distinguish exactly what was said.
10:30 - 10:40 p.m. - We can only assume that the voice
that Mr. Heidstra heard was that of Ron Goldman and
the responding voice was that of OJ Simpson. Going on
that assumption, you can place Ron's murder between
this ten minute time frame. Ron more than likely walked
upon OJ murdering Nicole, being the type of man he
was, he would have tried to stop it. When OJ realized
that someone else was there, not only did the rage take
over (with the thought of this man there to see Nicole,
not returning glasses, but for other reasons) but he also
knew he couldn't let this man walk away alive.
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Approximately 10:30, 10:35: Robert
Heidstra heard Nicole's dog barking.
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10:40 p.m. - Simpson flee's the murder
scene leaving his size 12 Bruno Magli
bloody shoe print behind. In his rush to
get away from the scene and return home,
he blows a red stop light nearly running
into the side of Jill Shivleys van, a resident
of the same Brentwood neighborhood. She
states that she was positive it was OJ
Simpson she was nearly hit by, because he
stuck his head clearly out the window an
shouted, "Get out of the way! Get out of
the way!"
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Approximately 10:40: Heidstra saw
Simpson's Bronco speed away from
the crime scene.
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Approximately 10:40: Jill Shively
encountered Simpson's Bronco
speeding with it's lights off. Shively
made eye contact with the Bronco
driver. She recognized and identified
Simpson.
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As she approached Bundy, the signal for her was green, but a white Bronco
traveling with its lights out came from the south on Bundy into the
intersection, and Shively had to make an emergency application of her
brakes and swerve to the right to avoid a collision; the Bronco also
swerved. The Bronco came to a stop on Bundy in the middle of the median
width. It was unable to proceed because a 2-door light gray Nissan in the
westbound lanes of San Vicente had also stopped, and was blocking his
way. The man in the Bronco "started yelling at the guy in the Nissan to
move his car." Thereupon began an "After you Alfonse" confusion between
the drivers of the Bronco and the Nissan. Just as the Bronco tried to get
around the front of the Nissan, it pulled forward. Then the Bronco backed
up and tried to get around the back of the Nissan, and the Nissan backed
up. After three of these false starts, the Bronco driver made a maneuver
implying that he was going to drive up on the grassy median and
completely outflank the Nissan, no matter what it did, but at that moment
the Nissan drove away. The Bronco then proceeded north across San
Vicente and disappeared up Bundy to the north. Shively testified, "He was
going fast because you could hear like the engine was kind of zooming,
'Whoom, Whoom.' He was really moving." Shively estimates that the time
the Bronco was in the intersection to be about a minute.
Of the Nissan driver, Shively told the Grand Jury, "He looked angry at
first [before Simpson started yelling at him], but then he looked scared,
because someone -- he was like a maniac, someone gone crazy or
something..." During the time when he was angry, the Nissan driver did
not show an inclination to move his car, but after he became frightened,
he began the frantic, but initially unsuccessful, maneuvers to get out of
the Bronco's way.
The following exchange then occurred:
CLARK: So, were you able to see the driver [of the Bronco] very clearly?
SHIVELY: I recognized him right away.
CLARK: And, who was he?
SHIVELY: I saw O. J. Simpson.
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Approximately 10:52: Kato Kaelin
heard noises on the back wall of his
room.
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This photograph, Figure 13, taken from Simpson's video tape, "O.J. Simpson, The
Interview" (1996) is courtesy of Dick Wagner. Simpson is shown standing on the
small path behind Kato Kaelin's room where Kaelin testified he heard noises on his
wall. Simpson is demonstrating that the noises Kaelin heard might have been from
someone pounding on his back wall. This is contradicted by what Kaelin testified to
and is even disputed by Simpson's own defense team.
Notice the top of the fence. Some bent wires bend inwards. These may very well
have been caused by Simpson's weight when he put his foot on the top of that fence
to scale it.
*10:55: Allan Park saw Simpson
enter the front door of his house.
Park sees lights go on in the house.
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10:55 p.m. - A neighbor of Nicole's finds
her Akita unattended with bloody paws,
stomach and neck. He takes the dog home
with him, not sure who he belongs to, he
calls the police department. Another
neighbor takes the dog home, but it
remains agitated.
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11:10 p.m. - Simpson exits the
Rockingham house with 5 bags. Kato
helps load the bags into the limo. OJ
hastily stops him as Kato is reaching for a
moon shaped bag that he recalls is very
full. Simpson tells Kato that he'll take care
of that bag himself.
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12:10 a.m. - Nicole's dog leads her
neighbor to the murder scene where he
describes what he saw as "blood flowing
like a river."
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5:15 a.m. - 5:30 a.m. - Detectives and police examine
what would later be proven to be blood stains on
Simpson's Bronco and blood stains leading away from
the location. They attempt to contact the people in the
house. When that fails they call Westec Security
(Simpson's security people). Westec dispatches two cars
to the location, they also give police the phone number
into the location. After examining the blood and failed
attempts to get any person on the phone inside the
house, they determine that there may be an emergency
situation and climb the fence.
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6:00 a.m. - OJ is contacted in Chicago and inform him of
his wife's tragic death. Officer Lange notes the strange
behavior of Simpson. At hearing of his wife's death
Simpson exhibited an unusual demeanor. He reacted
with what could only barely termed "mild shock".
Detective Lange would later state his suspicions about
OJ's demeanor. In over 20 years on the force, Lange had
investigated well over 100 murders. The family of the
victims would more usually than not, react with much
more emotion than Simpson displayed. Along with the
emotional out pouring, they would always asked the
standard questions, who, what ,when, where and why.
Simpson asked none of these questions but told officers
he would return home. During this time, Kato tells police
about the loud thumping he heard the night before and
Det. Fuhrman walks down the path to investigate.
Fuhrman goes no where else on the property and
officers don't investigate any other area's of the estate.
In the area behind Kato's bungalow, adjacent to the air
conditioning unit, they find the now famous bloody
glove, presumed, later proven, to match the glove left at
the Bundy scene.
Now, let’s focus on the …
Physical
Evidence
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PROSECUTION EVIDENCE BY ITEM NUMBER:
#1-- Blood on exterior of Bronco door
#2-- Blood drop between Bronco and Simpson gate?
#3 -- " (same)
#4 -- Blood on Rockingham driveway
#5 -- Blood on Rockingham driveway
#6 -- Blood on Rockingham driveway
#7 -- Blood on Rockingham driveway
#8 -- Blood on Rockingham driveway
#9 -- Glove found at Rockingham (right handed)
#10 -- Blue plastic bag recovered from ground at Rockingham (from police
report, it appears it was found somewhat near to bloody glove, on other
side of chainlink fence.)
#11 -- Rockingham Walkway
#12 -- Blood in Rockingham foyer
#13 -- Socks from floor of Simpson's bedroom
#14 -- Blood in Rockingham bathroom
#15 -- Airline ticket receipt
#16 -- Baggage tag
#17 -- Simpson's reference blood sample (vial)
#18 -- Simpson's Reebok shoes confiscated from his home
#19 -- Hairs and fibers removed from right-handed glove found at
Rockingham
#20 -- Bronco passenger door
#21 -- Bronco driver door
#22 -- Bronco driver door
#23 -- Bronco driver door interior
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#24 -- Swatch on Bronco instrument panel
#25 -- Driver side carpet fiber
#26 -- Bronco driver floor
#27 -- Plaid cap found on driver floor of Bronco
#28 -- Swatch from Bronco driver seat
#29 -- Swatch from Bronco steering wheel
#30 -- " " " console
#31 -- " " " console
#32 -- Swatch from Bronco passenger backrest
#33 -- Carpet from Bronco driver floor
#34 -- Bronco driver side wall
#35 -- Goldman's keys
#36 -- Goldman's pager
#37 -- Glove found at Bundy (left handed)
#38 -- Blue knit cap, recovered by criminologist Andrea Mazzola
#39 -- Envelope w/glasses
#40 -- Goldman's ring, found under his body. Introduced on
3/7/95 with Det. Tom Lange.
#41 -- Potential reference sample from Goldman. LAPD tested, but
no results. Mentioned in Yamauchi testimony on 05-24-95.
#42 -- Pool of blood around Nicole Brown Simpson
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driver door interior
#24 -- Swatch on Bronco instrument panel
#25 -- Driver side carpet fiber
#26 -- Bronco driver floor
#27 -- Plaid cap found on driver floor of Bronco
#28 -- Swatch from Bronco driver seat
#29 -- Swatch from Bronco steering wheel
#30 -- " " " console
#31 -- " " " console
#32 -- Swatch from Bronco passenger backrest
#33 -- Carpet from Bronco driver floor
#34 -- Bronco driver side wall
#35 -- Goldman's keys
#36 -- Goldman's pager
#37 -- Glove found at Bundy (left handed)
#38 -- Blue knit cap, recovered by criminologist Andrea Mazzola
#39 -- Envelope w/glasses
#40 -- Goldman's ring, found under his body. Introduced on 3/7/95 with
Det. Tom Lange.
#41 -- Potential reference sample from Goldman. LAPD tested, but no
results. Mentioned in Yamauchi testimony on 05-24-95.
#42 -- Pool of blood around Nicole Brown Simpson
#43
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Simpson trial: The DNA Evidence
A list of the 45 bloodstains introduced at trial, with their DNA evidence.
(Two types of DNA tests were used, RFLP* and PCR**. RFLP tests are more precise, but require
much more DNA. PCR tests are used when only small amounts of DNA are present.)
Identification Key: OJS = O.J. Simpson, NBS = Nicole Brown Simpson, RG = Ronald Goldman
LOCATION OF STAIN
NO. OF TESTED LOCI
RFLP
NO. OF TESTED LOCI
PCR
NOT EXCLUDED***
ROCKINGHAM PROPERTY
Rockingham trail (item 6)
0
2
OJS
Rockingham trail (item 7)
0
5
OJS
Rockingham foyer
5
6
OJS
Rockingham master bathroom floor
0
1
OJS
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BUNDY CRIME SCENE
Blood pool by Nicole Brown Simpson0
1
NBS
Blood drop by Nicole Brown Simpson0
7
OJS
Bundy walk blood drop (item 48)0
7
OJS
Bundy walk blood drop (item 49)0
6
OJS
Bundy walk blood drop (item 50)0
7
OJS
Bundy walk blood drop (item 52)5
7
OJS
Shoe impression0
5
NBS
Blood drop on Goldman boot5
6
NBS & RG
Brown Simpson's fingernails0
7
NBS
Back gate (item 115)0
2
OJS
Back gate (item 116)0
2
OJS
Back gate (item 117)0
2
OJS
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BUNDY CRIME SCENE
Blood pool by Nicole Brown Simpson0
1
NBS
Blood drop by Nicole Brown Simpson0
7
OJS
Bundy walk blood drop (item 48)0
7
OJS
Bundy walk blood drop (item 49)0
6
OJS
Bundy walk blood drop (item 50)0
7
OJS
Bundy walk blood drop (item 52)5
7
OJS
Shoe impression0
5
NBS
Blood drop on Goldman boot5
6
NBS & RG
Brown Simpson's fingernails0
7
NBS
Back gate (item 115)0
2
OJS
Back gate (item 116)0
2
OJS
Back gate (item 117)0
2
OJS
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Rockingham Socks
Ankle14
7
NBS
Near ankle (item 42-B1)0
2
NBS
Near ankle (item 42-B2)0
2
NBS
Upper sock/ opposite side0
2
OJS
Upper sock/ same side9
2
OJS
Upper toe0
2
OJS
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Simpson's Bronco
Driver door interior 0
1
OJS
Instrument panel0
1
OJS
Driver side carpet0
1
OJS
Steering wheel0
6
OJS & NBS
Center console (item 30)0
2
OJS
Center console (item 31)0
2
OJS
Driver side wall0
1
OJS
Driver side carpet0
1
NBS
Center console (combination of 3 below)4
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OJS
Center console (item 303)*
2
OJS
Center console (item 304)*
2
OJS
Center console (item 305)*
2
OJS
45 Total blood stains tested
Bundy Crime Scene
D: the
back walk
To alley
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I have also shown the (Nicole's) master bedroom as "C," the kitchen as "D," and the
children's bedrooms as "E." This was somewhat surprising to me since I had thought the
children's rooms were near the front of the condo, and Nicole's was at the back. I also
see that there is only one window in the vicinity of the children's rooms and that appears
to be a kind that might not be openable. So, the children (and the dog, if he were
sleeping with them, as was his custom) would be very isolated from sounds on the front
walk, a story below, and hundred feet away, and around several corners.
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HEMORRHAGE PHASE
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PROBLEM: Flow rate, R, at the beginning of a time interval from t1 to t2 is 1.0 pint per minute. Flow rate at end of the
interval is 0.4 pints per minute. During the interval, a total quantity (Q) of 4.7 pints flows. What is the length of the interval, t1 to t2,
in minutes? Assume that the flow rate decreases with time in an exponential fashion (e-x).
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Flow Rate, R…
The equation for flow rate as a function of time and its initial value are…
R = e-at ;
When t = 0, e-at = 1 (Regardless of a, at = 0, and e0 = 1.)
The flow rates at the beginning and end of the period are postulated…
R1 = 1.0 pints/min. (t1 = start of hemorrhage phase)
R2 = 0.4 pints/min. (t2 = end of hemorrhage phase)
Evaluating the exponential at the end of the interval gives a value for at2…
At t = t2, e-at = 0.4 ;
at2 = 0.92 (from table of the exponential function)
(1)
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Total Quantity, Q…
The total quantity is the area under the rate curve, or the integral of [Rate * (differential of time)]…
Q =  R dt =  e-at dt = (-1/a) * e-at
(2)
The total quantity at the beginning and end of the process are stipulated…
Q1 = 0 pints
Q2 = 4.7 pints
Taking a definite integral between the end point times…
t2
Q2 =  e-at dt = (-1/a) * e-at2 - (-1/a) (3)
.0
Rearranging and applying the value for e-at2 from equation (1)…
Q2 = (1/a) * ( 1 - e-at2) = (1/a) * (1 - 0.4) = 0.6/a
Rearranging again and solving for a…
(4)
a = 0.6/Q2 = 0.6/4.7 = 0.128 (5)
Using the value of at2 from equation (1)…
at2 = 0.92
Finally, solving for t2…
(6)
t2 = 0.92/a = 0.92/0.128 = 7.19 minutes
(7)
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RELIABILITY: Although 7.2 minutes from throat slitting to death is the result of this analysis, it is recognized that arbitrary
assumptions were made, and the actual value is probably different than this. However, assumptions were made in the direction of
high flow rates (and short times to death). As a result, it is believed that the actual time to death is in the range of 5 to 15 minutes.
The nominal time of 7.2 minutes is portrayed in the article.
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You say that it was during the time that Simpson
was behind Goldman, Simpson’s left arm around
Goldman’s neck, restraining him and preventing
him from screaming, and Simpson had the knife
in his right hand, attacking the left side of
Goldman’s head and neck. At this time, you say,
Goldman, in his struggle to escape his fate,
pulled the glove off Simpson’s left hand and
discarded it, thereby allowing it to be found
under the agapanthus plant by the police later.
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Critical pieces of evidence in the Simpson trial are a pair
of bloody gloves. The left-handed glove was found
outside the residence of Nicole Brown Simpson, and the
right-handed glove was recovered from O.J. Simpson's
estate. During the June 15, 1995 court session, Simpson
put on the gloves and they appeared to be too small.
The prosecution contends that the gloves, once
drenched in blood, have shrunk. The defense believes
that if the glove doesn't fit, Simpson is not the killer.
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At one point during the trial on June 15, 1995, Cochran
goaded assistant prosecutor Christopher Darden into
asking Simpson to put on a leather glove that was found
at the scene of the crime. The prosecution had earlier
decided against asking Simpson to try on the gloves
because the glove had been soaked in blood, mangled
during scientific investigation of it and frozen and
unfrozen several times. Darden was advised by Clark and
other prosecutors superior to him in the office not to ask
Simpson to try on the glove, but instead, to argue
through experts that the glove, in better condition,
would fit. Instead, Darden made the decision on his own
initiative to have Simpson try on the glove.
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This photograph, Figure 13, taken from Simpson's video tape, "O.J. Simpson, The
Interview" (1996) is courtesy of Dick Wagner. Simpson is shown standing on the
small path behind Kato Kaelin's room where Kaelin testified he heard noises on his
wall. Simpson is demonstrating that the noises Kaelin heard might have been from
someone pounding on his back wall. This is contradicted by what Kaelin testified to
and is even disputed by Simpson's own defense team.
Notice the top of the fence. Some bent wires bend inwards. These may very well
have been caused by Simpson's weight when he put his foot on the top of that fence
to scale it.
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Trace evidence was found from Simpson's white Bronco.
Blue knit hat found at Bundy
A number of hairs from the Akita dog
12 hairs matching the defendant (naturally shed,
not "ripped.") (Ten came from inside the
cap, two from outside.)
Several fibers consistent with Ron Goldman's shirt
1 cashmere fiber which was consistent with the lining
of the gloves
1 "Unusual" x-shaped fiber consistent with the
Bronco carpeting.
The Glove found at Rockingham
"Several" hairs (3 to 4) from Nicole Brown - 1
had blood on it.
3 hairs from Ron Goldman ("ripped" or "torn")
fibers consistent with Ron Goldman's shirt
"A number" of fur hairs from the Akita dog
fibers consistent with Ron Goldman's jeans
1 "Unusual" x-shaped fiber consistent with the
Bronco carpeting.
Blue-black cotton fibers (the defendant supposedly
wore blue-black clothing)
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One of these thirty pictures of
Simpson wearing the Bruno Magli
shoes, had even been printed in the
Buffalo Bills newsletter seven
months before the murders.
The same make, style and size shoes
that Simpson swore he never owned
or wore.
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1. The 9-1-1 call and the history of Simpson's violence directed at
Nicole Brown.
2. Hair evidence: (1) hairs consistent with that of Simpson found
on cap at Bundy residence, (2) hairs consistent with that of
Simpson found on Ron Goldman's shirt.
3. Fiber evidence: (1) cotton fibers consistent with the carpet in
the Bronco found on glove at Rockingham, (2) fibers consistent
with the carpet from the Bronco found on cap at Bundy residence.
4. Blood evidence: (1) killer dropped blood near shoe prints at
Bundy, (2) blood dropped at Bundy was of same type as Simpson's
(about 0.5% of population would match), (3) Simpson had fresh
cuts on left hand on day after murder, (4) blood found in Bronco,
(5) blood found in foyer and master bedroom of Simpson home,
(5) blood found on Simpson's driveway, (6) blood on socks in OJ's
home matched Nicole's.
5. Glove evidence: (1) left glove found at Bundy and right glove
found at Simpson residence are Aris Light gloves, size XL, (2)
Nicole Brown bought pair of Aris Light XL gloves in 1990 at
Bloomingdale's, (3) Simpson wore Aris Light gloves from 1990 to
June, 1994.
6. Shoe evidence: (1) shoe prints found at Bundy were from a
size 12 Bruno Magli shoe, (2) bloody shoe impression on Bronco
carpet is consistent with a Magli shoe, (3) Simpson wore a size 12
shoe.
7. Other evidence: (1) flight in Bronco, (2) strange reaction to
phone call informing him of Nicole Brown's death, etc.
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1. Simpson did not testify at his criminal trial. Defense attorneys
will almost always call as a witness an articulate client that they
believe to be innocent.
2. Subsequent to the trial defense attorneys talking about the trial
have been careful to say "the jury did the right thing," while not
stating that Simpson was in fact innocent.
3. Subsequent to the trial, Simpson has devoted no real effort to
tracking down the "real killer," nor has any significant evidence
surfaced suggesting that the killer was anyone other than
Simpson.
4. The jury was not allowed to hear testimony concerning
Simpson's rumored jailhouse confession to Rosie Grier.
5. Subsequent to the criminal trial other evidence of Simpson's
guilt surfaced. The most significant of the new evidence may have
been photographs of Simpson wearing Bruno Magli shoes. The
new evidence, together with much of the evidence considered in
the criminal trial, convinced a civil jury that Simpson murdered
Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman.
6. In his 2007 book, If I Did It, Simpson (for all intents and
purposes) confessed. The book describes in detail events leading
up to the moment of the murders.