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Orenthal James Simpson started off by playing Running Back for the Buffalo Bills. He also starred in over 25 hit TV series and movies before he hit age 30. He was known as being a great footballplayer and actor until unfortunately, the night of June 12th, 1994. At about 10 o’clock, a male allegedly came through the back entrance of Nicole Brown Simpson's (O.J.'s ex-wife)condominium on Bundy Drive in the high-class Brentwood area of Los Angeles, California. The man brutally stabbed Nicole, almost cutting her whole neck off from her body.Nicole’s friend, Ronald Goldman, was visiting Nicole and dropping off her sunglasses that she had left at Mezzaluna Restaurant earlier that evening. Around midnight, Brown’s crying, howling Akita dog was spotted by Nicole’s neighbor. The dog allegedly had blood all over its belly and legs. The neighbor spotted the 2 dead bodies in the condominium. Nicole’s ex-husband, former football player and TV star O.J. Simpson was aboard American Airlines flight #668 to Chicago. A limousine had been waiting for Simpson to go to the airport but Simpson was not answering the door and finally showed up an hour or so later.Simpson had boarded on the flight to Chicago from LA after being dropped off by a Limousine Company about an hour later than the original departure time. Police repeatedly called Simpson early Monday morning at the O'hare Plaza Hotel in Chicago. O.J was planning to make an appearance at the Hertz Rental Car company convention. When Simpson was informed that Nicole and Ronald had been slashed to death, he did not ask any questions such as: how it happened, when or who might have done it. Simpson then boarded a flight home to Los Angeles, to be involved in nothing but numerous police investigations. They interrogated Simpson for about a half hour that day. The police questioned Simpson about a huge cut on his right hand—he insisted he had no clue where the cut came from. Eventually, the police mustered up enough evidence to have Simpson as a suspect. Robert Shapiro, Simpson’s attorney made an agreement that Simpson should turn himself in at the police headquarters by 10 o’clock the morning of June 17th, the day following Nicole’s funeral. On that morning, Simpson did not show up upon the agreed time. Police told Shapiro that they would be driving to Simpson's house if he did not show up. About 4 hours later, police banged on Simpson’s front door to find no one home. Soon after the police and Robert Shapiro discovered that Simpson had ran off and disappeared, they came across a letter that Simpson had left. It was addressed, “To whom it may concern”. It had all the markings of a suicide letter and it ended with, “Don’t feel sorry for me. I’ve had a great life and great friends. Please think of the real O.J. and not this lost person. Thanks for making my life special. I hope I helped yours. Peace and love, O.J.”. A motorcyclist was riding in Orange County, California, and saw Simpson riding in the infamous white Bronco car. The motorist notified the police; soon almost a dozen police cars, news helicopters, and members of the public were on a chase with the Bronco car. The car chase between Simpson and the police finally resulted with the arrest of O.J., in his own driveway. Police searched through the Bronco and found $8,750 in cash, a false beard, false mustache, a loaded gun, and a passport. Over the next 9 months, interrogation after interrogation occurred. During each trial, O.J. pleaded not guilty several times, even with all the overwhelming evidence. The bloody gloves, the specialized shoe's bloody footprints, and blood in the Bronco; he still continued to plead not guilty. Over 75% of the Jury were of African American race, which had people wondering if he would be charged because of the similarity in race between Simpson and the jurors.

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