Where did the OJ Simpson evidence go? The bloody clothes and knife were never found. Lead detective Tom Lange's theory starts at LAX.
Tom Lange led the LAPD homicide investigation into the 1994 murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. That same night, Simpson caught a flight to Chicago, and the shoes, clothing and knife were never recovered. (Part 1 linked below.)
Tom lays out a theory he says he can't prove: timed drives from Bundy to Rockingham, the glove behind Kato Kaelin's bungalow, a small bag Simpson wouldn't let anyone else carry, and a witness who watched him push items down into a trash container at LAX. That witness called the defense first. Months later he called Tom, and the prosecution never put him on the stand.
Decades later, limo driver Allan Park told Tom he had seen Simpson standing by that same trash container, and that he had told the prosecution before the trial. Tom also explains why the blood on Simpson's socks was spattered, not poured, why he says this case isn't in his top 50, and the case journal he donated to the National Law Enforcement Museum.
Timestamps:
0:00 — Simpson's Flight to Chicago
0:46 — Timing the Drive From Bundy to Rockingham
2:51 — The Glove Behind Kato's Bungalow
6:21 — What a Witness Saw at LAX
10:27 — Limo Driver Allan Park and the Prosecution
16:32 — Blood Spatter on the Socks
19:09 — Notoriety and More Than 100 Homicides
23:53 — Tom's Journal at the National Law Enforcement Museum
Tom's first interview: Part 1 https://youtu.be/RE5pWbmXCZE | Part 2 https://youtu.be/fRT1f4-ycRU
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