The knife that killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman was never found. The prosecution never had that smoking gun and that is one of the many reasons why OJ was found not guilty.
This story is amazing though because it is a possible a cop had a knife in their possession from OJ’s property for almost 20 years, but just never told anyone because they wanted to keep it as a souvenir. TMZ breaks it down.
The story is incredible. We’re told a construction worker found the knife years ago — we have heard several different stories, ranging from “several years ago” to 1998, when the house was demolished.
The weapon is a folding buck knife.
Our law enforcement sources say the construction worker took the knife to the street, where he saw an LAPD cop. He told the officer where he found the knife and the cop took it.
The cop was a traffic cop who was off duty at the time and instead of turning it over, he kept it in his home.
When he retired he was trying to get it framed and then this happened.
In late January of this year, after the cop retired from the LAPD, he contacted a friend who worked in LAPD’s Robbery Homicide Division (RHD). The cop told the friend about the knife and said he was getting it framed to put on his wall. He wanted his friend to get the DR (Departmental Record) number for the Nicole Brown Simpson/Ronald Goldman murder case, which he planned on engraving in the frame.
We’re told the friend was indignant, and told his superiors. The brass was outraged and demanded that the retired cop turn the knife over, which he did.
Now, the LAPD is testing the knife for DNA and fingerprints. Cops believe they see blood residue on the knife. Even if they find OJ’s DNA on it, he can’t be tried for murder again, but what if they find someone’s else DNA?????
