Simpson Jurors Gasp At Murder Photos Pathologist Says Blood Would Not Cover Attacker

A pathologist offered an answer Friday to a nagging question from O.J. Simpson’s murder trial - how could he have killed two people, driven home, ditched a weapon and bloody clothes and cleaned up in so little time?

There were no bloody clothes to get rid off, Werner Spitz told jurors in Simpson’s wrongful death trial. Using graphic autopsy photos, the forensic pathologist and former Detroit coroner described wounds on both victims that he said would leave very little blood on the attacker.

Spitz also told jurors he believed the wounds on Simpson’s fingers were made by fingernail gouges inflicted in a death struggle with Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. Simpson has said he cut his hand when he broke a glass in a Chicago hotel room.

He said Nicole Simpson and Goldman were killed by a single attacker wielding one single-edged knife. Spitz did not take part in the autopsies nor did he testify in Simpson’s murder trial. His conclusions were more absolute than any heard before from those who have analyzed autopsy records.

During the criminal trial, the Los Angeles county coroner said he could not say with any medical certainty how many people were responsible for the deaths or if more than one knife was used.

Spitz said Nicole Simpson’s death was quick and violent.