The case against O.J Simpson in the murder of his wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman in 1994 has taken another strange turn.
The discovery of a bloodied knife just last week buried on Simpson’s property offers hope of new insight into the unsolved murder twenty-two years on.
The knife was found allegedly by an off-duty officer at the star athlete’s mansion, and has been unlawfully kept in the custody of the former traffic cop for over 18 years. Only recently after the officer in question tried to get the knife framed was it revealed that the weapon even existed.
The knife is currently being examined for DNA and other biological evidence including hair and fingerprints this week.
Simpson, a Heisman Trophy winning NFL star, isn’t reportedly losing any sleep over the latest revelations in the case. However, he is afraid that the investigation may affect the possibility of his release in 2017 when he goes before the parole board according to his former manager Norman Pardo.
Simpson is currently in prison for the robbery of a hotel-casino in Las Vegas in 2007 but is eligible for parole in 2017. Although Simpson cannot be charged again for the murder of both Brown Simpson and Goldman, given double jeopardy after he was aquitted of the crime in 1995 he can be denied release on parole for the charges of robbery.
In 1994 O.J Simpson was arrested and charged with the bloody murders of his wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. However, Simpson was acquitted of all criminal charges in 1995, in a controversial criminal trial which has become one of the most famous incidents in American history with an estimated 150 million viewers tuning in to watch the verdict.
Following the acquittal of criminal charges a lawsuit for wrongful death was taken against Simpson by the family of Ronald Goldman. In 1997 a civil jury unanimously found Simpson liable for the wrongful death of and battery of both Brown Simpson and Goldman. Simpson was subsequentally ordered to pay $33,500,000 in damages.