Los Angeles police say a knife was recovered on a property once owned by O.J.
Simpson and that it is being tested to see if it has a connection to
the murders of his ex-wife and her male friend, more than 20 years after the
former football star was acquitted of the killings. Police were made aware of
the item within the past month, a police spokesperson told reporters
Friday.
Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman were
found stabbed to death outside of her Brentwood home in 1994.
The murder weapon was never recovered and no one was convicted of the
killings since O.J.'s 1995 trial. The case remains open.
Several years ago, a now-retired LAPD motor officer was working an off-duty
job near O.J.'s home in Brentwood. A man who said he was a construction
worker handed him a knife he said he found on the perimeter of the
property, which has since been demolished. It was given to authorities
within the last month and an investigation has been launched, a police
spokesperson told reporters at a press conference Friday. He said “It is being treated as we would all evidence
so it has been submitted to our lab. They are going to study and examine it for
all forensics...and that is ongoing as we speak”.
He did not reveal what type of knife was found or where it was
recovered and that he did not know the circumstances or if this whole story is bogus from the
get-go. He said the officer who was given the knife retired in the
late '90s and possibly believed that the murder case was closed at the
time. The spokesperson also said he did not know the name
of the construction worker who allegedly found the knife and called
on the person to contact authorities to provide more information.
If evidence is found that links the knife to O.J., he cannot be retried
in a criminal trial for the murders of Nicole and Goldman because of
constitutional protections against double jeopardy. Attorney Yale
Galanter, who represented O.J. in his latest case, talked about
the finding of the knife in an interview with CNN Friday. He said “From my point of view, I think this is
nothing new and I think this will turn out to be a whole lot of nothing. I'm
just note sure this particular incident can or will be attached to
this murder. I think this incident is highly suspect. Double jeopardy is attached
and to use one of my favorite sayings...That ship has sailed a long, long time
ago. As we've seen because of the miniseries that FX is putting on, it's still
a very popular topic...people want to know what really occurred. It's still a topic
of debate when you go to cocktail parties”
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