Tate Homicide Investigation

#1

Date of Occurrence: August 9, 1969.

Location of Occurrence: 10050 Cielo Drive
Division of Occurrence: West Los Angeles
TO: Captain Don A. Martin, Commander, S.I.D.
Details:
The following is a preliminary list of blood groupings and analyses of various physical evidence in the
above DR:

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Name
Parent, Steven Earl
Frykowski, Wojiciech
Folger, Abigail
Sebring, Thomas John
Tate, Sharon Marie

Coroner #
69-8792
69-8793
69-8794
69-8795
69-8796

Coroner(blood type)
B
B
B
O
O

S.I.D. (blood type)

B-MN
B-MN
B-MN
O-MN
O-M

G-1.

Items Blood Samples

No blood part of pistol grips.

S.I.D. Blood Type

G-2.

Pistol hand grip contained human blood.

O-MN

G-4.

Blood splatters on front porch next to door, human blood.

O-M

G-5.

Front porch edge near post, human blood.

O-MN

G-6.

Front door, word PIG, human blood.

O-M

G-7.

Foot print on porch, human blood.

O-M

G-8.

Blood on rug in front of chair in living room, next to hallway, human blood.

G-9.

Living room door jamb, leading to back bedrooms, human blood.

G-10. Blood on wood floor between living room and hallway, human blood.

G-11. Blood spot on rug in hallway, midpoint between living room and rear
bedroom (Tates), human blood.

G-12. Blood spot on carpet in rear bedroom next to doorway leading to pool
area, human blood.

G-13.

Items Blood Samples

Back bedroom door leading to pool area, human blood.

S.I.D. Blood Type

B

G-14.

Blood on back steps to pool area, top step, human blood.

G-15.

Blood on pathway from rear bedroom to pool, next to grass, human blood.

G-16.

Violet colored scarf found on grass area between body of Frykowski and
pathway to front of house, human blood.

O-MN

G-17.

Blood on gate (electric) opener, human blood.

O-MN

G-18.

Sample of wood and paint from fence, (knocked down.) By visual

inspection the paint on fence is the same as that from the vehicle
of Parents.

G-19.

Material taken from scrape marks on cement. Appears to be from

Parents vehicle.

G-20.

Parents vehicle rear plate wood and paint appears possibly to be from
fence by visual inspection.

G-21.

Metal fragments taken from vehicle undercarriage, no analysis at this time.

G-28.

Rope (nylon type found over beam and attached to Sebring and Tate)
human blood.

O-M

G-29.

(A.) Trunk in living room, human blood.

O-MN

(B.) Trunk in living room, human blood.

O-MN

G-30.

Eastside of doorway between entry and living room, human blood.

O-M

G-31.

Blood splatters on front door near the word PIG, human blood.

O-MN

G-32.

Blood, left side of front door jamb, human blood.

O-M

G-33.

Blood, 22 inches north of edge of porch, and 42 inches east of edge

of porch (front), human blood.

O-MN

G-34.

Blood on walkway, 28 inches from front porch and 8 inches north of edge
of walkway, human blood.

O-MN

G-35.

Items Blood Samples

Blood on porch, (6 to 18 inches) from south side of entry
(splatters), human blood.

G-36.

Blood on steering wheel of Parents vehicle, human blood.

G-37.

Blood chips from Parents vehicle, dash area, human blood.

G-38.

Scraping from Folgers foot (right), human blood.

G-39.

Beige towel found in living room. Checked 11 separate spots and found
them all to be human blood. Two spots tested for sub-type.

O-M

G-40.

Knife found in kitchen sink, unknown blood, not human blood.

G-41.

Inside and outside Rambler, (Parents vehicle), possible blood.

Insufficient amount to determine human or animal blood.

G-42.

Yellow towel found in front living room near trunks, human blood.

O-M

G-43.

Violet colored ribbons found on side of door near blood splatters,

human blood.

G-44.

Folgers vaginal smear negative for semen and sperm.

G-4

G-5

S.I.D. Blood Type

O-M

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G-9

G-7

G-29