Nicole Brown Simpson Case

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In the late hours of June 12, 1994, the bodies of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were found outside of her home on Bundy Drive in Los Angeles. The bodies were discovered when Nicole’s dog led her neighbors to the crime scene. Soon after, officials were called to the scene and Detective Mark Fuhrman was one of the first to report. Fuhrman decided to go to Orenthal James (OJ) Simpson’s house on Rockingham Ave. in LA. OJ was the ex-husband of Nicole and was known to be abusive towards her during their marriage. Once there, he rang the doorbell and when there was no answer, he jumped the fence and began to search the property, where he found a blood-stained glove behind the guest house. There was a matching glove found at the scene of …show more content…

However, when his blood was drawn, it was not immediately marked as evidence and was carried around for hours before it was entered into the chain of custody (Crime Museum). Later, it was discovered that some of the blood was missing, as the person who drew the blood predicted that they drew around 8mL. Only 6mL of blood was accounted for by the LAPD, meaning somewhere between 1.5mL and 2mL was assumed missing. This makes the reference sample part of the evidence in the case. One of the possibilities of what happened to this blood was found on the gate leading away from Nicole Brown’s house. The blood was discovered and collected three weeks after the crime scene was cleared. There were 5 drops of blood on the gate, and it was originally identified as O.J. Simpson’s. Later, the blood was discovered to have EDTA in it, which is used by forensic scientists to stop the blood from clotting. EDTA is not naturally found in the body, meaning that there is a very high chance that the blood was in the lab before it was discovered at the gate. However, this is not the only piece of blood evidence that was mishandled. In Detective Mark Fuhrman’s notes, there was a bloody fingerprint found on one of the …show more content…

Simpson’s property. The glove on the property was found by Detective Mark Fuhrman behind the guest house, where Simpson’s friend Brian “Kato” Kaelin was staying. Kaelin reported hearing loud thumps coming from behind the guest house, and Fuhrman found the glove when investigating. The glove that was found on Simpson’s property on Rockingham Ave. was reported to have Nicole’s, Ron’s, and OJ’s blood on it. The same was found on the glove found at the crime scene. However, during the trial, O.J. Simpson tried on the glove, and it was too small. This led to the famous saying by Johnnie Cochran, “If it doesn’t fit you must acquit”. One of the explanations as to why the gloves didn’t fit was that if the gloves were covered in blood and allowed to dry, they would shrink by 10 to 15%. However, when McDonnel tested this theory, the gloves didn’t even shrink by 1%. Soon after, a new theory suggested that Detective Fuhrman had placed the glove on Simpson’s property. This theory proved to be helpful in court when audio recordings of Fuhrman using the n-word resurfaced. This provided a motive as to why Fuhrman would have placed the glove on Simpson’s property. Detective Fuhrman was also the only person present when the glove was found behind the guest house. The case suggesting that Simpson was the person who committed the

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