Nicole Brown Simpson & Ronald Goldman Double Murder, Brentwood, CA June 12, 1994

Victims

Nicole Brown Simpson OJ’s Ex-Wife Ronald Goldman Nicole’s Friend

Suspect(s) O.J. Simpson –

Orenthal James

Tom Lange

The Detectives

Phil Vannatter Mark Fuhrman

The Judge

• Lance A. Ito • Allowed for case to be filmed and put on TV.

• This skewed evidence and people were focused on media coverage

The Prosecutors

• Marcia Clark • Christopher Darden

The Defense: Dream Team

• Robert Shapiro • F. Lee Bailey • Johnny Cochran • Barry Scheck • Robert Kardashian

Background Circumstantial and Behavioral Evidence • OJ had a history of spousal abuse when the couple was married.

• OJ didn’t ask the customary questions of who, what, why, when notified of Nicole’s death

Background Circumstantial and Behavioral Evidence OJ’s story of his cut left hand changed several times during questioning

Background Circumstantial and Behavioral Evidence • OJ was very concerned with the location and custody of certain luggage items before leaving for Chicago and on return • OJ does not initially surrender as promised but flees with a passport, a gun, a disguise, and the threat of suicide

OJ Flees in a Low Speed Chase after being accused of crime

The Crime Scene

Ron Goldman’s Body

Crime Scene Photos Nicole’s Body

• Herbert MacDonell Envelope containing Sunglasses still in Goldman’s Possession

Primary Crime Scene - Nicole’s Condo

A Secondary Crime Scene – O.J. Simson’s house

Crime Scene Sketch Rockingham Avenue OJ’s Estate

Total Est. Time: 7 minutes Total Est. Distance: 1.97 miles

Blood Stains found in OJ’s Bronco

OJ Purchased a Knife like this one from Ross Cutlery

• Herbert MacDonell

DNA Evidence

Estimating the Murder Time and OJ’s Whereabouts • 9 pm-9:30 pm – Kato Kaelin and Simpson go to McDonald's. • 9:45 pm - Kaelin and Simpson return home. • 9:48 pm - 9:50 pm - Goldman leaves the restaurant with a white envelope containing the glasses. • 10:15 pm - While watching television, Pablo Fenjves, a neighbor of Nicole Brown Simpson, hears the cries and constant barking of a dog. • 10:25 pm - Limousine driver Allan Park arrives at Simpson's home. • 10:40 pm - Kaelin hears three loud thumps on an outside wall of his room. • 10:40-10:50 pm - Park buzzes intercom several times but does not get any response. Sees Bronco at this time.

• 10:55 pm - Park calls his boss and tells him Simpson is not home. He is told to wait until 11:15 since Simpson is always late.

Estimating the Murder Time and OJ’s Whereabouts • Shortly before 11 pm - Park sees a black person, six feet, 200 pounds, walking across the driveway towards the house. • About 11 pm - Kaelin goes to the front of the house to check on the noise. He sees the limousine driver at the gate. Several seconds later, Park again buzzes the intercom and Simpson answers. He says he had overslept and just gotten out of the shower. • 11:00-11:15 pm - Simpson puts his bags in the limousine and leaves with Allen Park to airport • 11:45 pm – OJ’s flight departs from LAX to Chicago.

• 12:10 am – Nicole’s dog leads a neighbor to the bodies • 4:30 am – Detectives arrive at Rockingham estate. They see blood on the door of his Bronco and enter estate (emergency circumstances without a warrant)

The Evidence

Aris leather glove

• Aris leather, size XL, the left glove was found at Bundy and the right glove was found at the Simpson residence. The gloves are cashmere lined • Nicole Brown bought a pair of Aris Light XL gloves in 1990 at Bloomingdale's. Simpson wore Aris Light gloves from 1990 to June, 1994.

• O.J. tries on the bloody leather gloves linked to killings, barely squeezing them onto his hands; tells jury, "They don't fit."

“If the Glove Doesn’t Fit, You Must Aquit” Johnny Cochran

Bruno Mali Shoes and the Cap • Hair in cap consistent with OJ’s hair. Cochran argues that it is common for African American males to wear such caps. • Is it common in June in Los Angeles?

The Mistakes

• Evidence of knife purchase was not allowed as the Ross Cutlery owner sold the story to the National Enquirer • Witness Jill Shively spotted OJ in the white Bronco run a red light at about 10:45 PM the evidence wasn’t presented as she sold the story

The Mistakes

•Much evidence wasn’t presented as Prosecutor Clark felt the Jury was growing weary of the validity of LAPD collected evidence.

•Admitted to Rose Grier that he did it.

•Deputy overheard.

Bruno Mali Shoes and the Cap • Approximately 10% of population wears Size 12 • How many wear size 12 $160 leisure shoes • Since the Criminal Trial pictures have surfaced with O.J. sporting a pair of the Malis

The Mistakes

•Nicole’s body was washed without Blood drop evidence being collected from her back. Possibly droplets from her killer.

• While some Blood Evidence may have been tainted (the blood on the gate, the socks and possibly the location of the second glove, right hand at OJ’s estate). Certainly all of it could not be. •This evidence places OJ Simpson bleeding at the Murder Scene and Nicole and Ron’s Blood in his Bronco.

Did Anything Good Come of This?

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BARRY SCHECK: co-director of the Innocence Project at Yeshiva University's Cordoza School of Law in New York Police Departments including the LAPD have reviewed and improved their crime scene and crime lab procedures Nicole’s sister has become an advocate against Domestic Violence

Civil Trial

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