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16.

FIRST HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION
PROGRESS REPORT
DR 69-059 593

upon entering the gate to the Cielo property, officers observed telephone wires down, crossing Cielo diagonally and hanging over the gate separating Cielo Drive from the Polanski property.

The officers proceeded onto the Polanski property and found Steven Parent in the front seat of his Ambassador sedan. The car lights were off; the engine was cool and not running. The ignition switch was in a vertical, or off position. The gearshift selector was in a horizontal position in second gear; the doors were closed and the driver's window was down. None of the officers noticed the wrist watch which was lying on the back seat of the vehicle; however, this is probably just an oversight as it was there when investigators from Homicide Division arrived.

The patrol officers continued toward the main house using various methods and routes in gaining entry to the main house. The officers found the remaining four victims in the positions as described in the resume portion of this report. Two large trunks were in the living room near the north wall (Addendum 1B). The trunks were just inside the living room to the left, or south of the entry way. The trunks were parallel with the north wall of the living room with the east end of the west trunk sitting on top of the west edge of the east trunk. A blood stain was found on each of the trunks. (This was blood type O.) The stain runs from left to right from the upper trunk to the lower trunk and appeared to be from the same drop. They continued from upper trunk to lower trunk in a direct path. A pair of horn-rimmed eye glasses were just east of the east edge of the lower trunk. The glasses were on the floor, glass down, ear frames up, top portion of the frame to the west. Two wooden pieces of gun grips were found near a dining room chair which was located against the east wall of the living room, just north of a living room desk (Addendum 1B).

These grips were first observed either on the flagstone entryway or on the wooden portion of the floor at the north end of the living room under the archway which separates the entryway from the living room. They were just northeast of the trunks.

The grips were next observed under the chair in the living room. They were apparently kicked under the chair by one of the original officers on the scene; however, no one is copping out. When the two pieces were placed together they formed the right portion of a gun grip with the exception that one very small piece was broken and missing. This small piece was found by Officer Granado, S.I.D., on the front porch just north of the front door. Blood type O was found on the grips.

The lights inside the house were out with the exception of the desk light in the living room which was on and the hall light which leads to south bedrooms. There was no music or other sounds from the house. Whisenhunt, DeRosa and Officer R. E. Burbridge, unit 8U5, heard noises emanating at the rear of the property near the guest house (Addendum 1C). The officers heard the sound of barking dogs and heard a male voice state, "Be quiet." The officers entered the rear house via the

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