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From: Jasper
Date: 6/20/03
Time: 8:33:10 PM
Remote User:
John,
It would have been a routine question if the detectives were at the murder scene (where the question was asked). It would have been a routine question if they had followed a blood trail from Bundy to Rockingham or found the bloody glove on the street or parkway. The blood trail and the bloody glove came later.
Supposedly the detectives went to Rockingham to notify O.J. of his ex-wife’s murder and to arrange for taking care of the children. It took them two and a half hours to get there. Fuhrman and Roberts could have gone there at 2:40 instead of standing around waiting for Lange and Vannatter to arrive and for another superior officer to tell them to go. Supposedly none of the detectives suspected that the killings might be linked to Rockingham until Fuhrman saw something “suspicious” about the Bronco, which cause him to examine it and discover the tiny speck of red stuff on the door. Supposedly, this discovery of Fuhrman’s led them to conclude that a situation existed that required their IMMEDIATE attention. This is not a “night before” situation….
The detectives get inside of the compound. The dog is not alarmed and doesn’t even bark. No one appears to be home. At this point the only link to the bloody crime scene is Fuhrman’s blood speck the Bronco that he says was parked in haste. They do not have the tools or expertise to tell them that the Bronco came from the driveway, but common experience should have told them that this was the most likely explanation for where and why it was parked the way they found it.
Were they suspicious enough of the Bronco the get the patrol officers to shine their big flashlights inside to search for blood? No. Did they search for signs of blood anywhere else? No. Did they draw their weapons and creep cautiously around? No. The Bronco could only have been an excuse to get inside of the compound and look around without a search warrant – to see if they could spot a real connection to the murders in plain view. With a scene as bloody as the one on Bundy it should have been easy.
Even if the detectives thought that O.J. was the killer, what “unusual” thing could they reasonably expect Kato, in a bungalow behind the main house to tell them about the night before based on the Bronco parked on the street? That O.J. went from the Bronco to his backyard wearing bloody cloths and waving a bloody knife around?
If the question was so routine in these circumstances why didn’t they ask Arnelle and Rosa Lopez the same question? Why were Fuhrman and Roberts the only detectives to visit Rosa on the 13th? Why did Fuhrman ask only if it was okay to look around in her backyard AFTER he found the glove? Wouldn’t this be a good time to ask if anything unusual happened the night before? –Jasper