Willie Neslon
Footballguy
On this day 30 years ago, Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman were murdered by O.J. Simpson. It still blows my mind that a guy who had the life that OJ did actually committed a double murder. I've often wondered if OJ went to Nicole's house that night with the intent of killing her or if he went over there to just stalk her and lost his mind when he saw her with Goldman. I think he went over there to kill her.
Just two months before the murders, OJ and Nicole (along with their kids) went to Cabo San Lucas in a last ditch attempt to reconcile. (There's a picture of them with the Kardashians who were also there, as well as a few others.) After returning to LA, Nicole informed OJ that she would not get back with him. The relationship was over and she was ready to move on with her life. OJ could not handle this. Over the next several weeks OJ made the decision to kill her. He picked the perfect time to do it. It would happen on a Sunday night right before he was to fly to Chicago for a corporate golf outing. This was going to be a murder mission. Well-planned and all business.
The night of the murders OJ went to Kato's bungalow to ask him for change for a $100 bill so he could get something to eat. This would give him an alibi for the time before his flight to Chicago, but then the first thing goes wrong that night. Kato asks OJ if he can go with him to grab food. OJ pauses before answering and eventually says OK. He had to say OK or else how would it look after the fact if he had turned Kato down? The two of them go to McDonald's and return home. No problem. OJ still has time for the murder mission. He changes into dark clothes, black shoes, and a knit cap. He puts on gloves and has a knife. He removes the bulb from the interior light of the Bronco and heads over to Nicole's condo.
In OJ's mind this is going to be a quick and simple job. All business. He'll gain entry into the condo, slit her throat and hop back into the Bronco without leaving a trace of evidence. Even if they find something like a hair or a fingerprint, so what? He's been in that condo many, many times. It's where his kids live. OJ pulls up in the alley behind the condo, grabs the knife with his gloved hand, and just before he opens the door, he is surprised to see Nicole walking out of the condo to the front gate to let in a young man. This is the second thing to go wrong. Goldman's presence at the condo causes OJ to fly into a fit of rage. This is no longer going to be an all business, quick and easy murder, this is now going to be a rage killing, double murder.
A demon-eyed OJ rushes the two of them at the front gate, knocking down Nicole first with the butt end of the knife. He then turns his attention to Goldman who in OJ's mind is every guy that has been with and will be with Nicole. He takes all of that rage out on Goldman, stabbing him more than 15 times. Goldman fights ferociously for his life but is mortally wounded. OJ turns his attention back to Nicole. He picks up her head, stabs her 4 times in the neck and slices her throat with such force that his knife cuts a quarter inch into her cervical spine. He returns to Goldman's body and stabs him in the neck several times to ensure he is dead. During the struggle with Goldman, OJ lost his cap and the glove on his left hand. It's very dark where the murders occur and OJ cannot see the cap or glove on the ground. He feels around but cannot locate either. Nicole's dog comes out of the condo to investigate and begins to wail. OJ needs to get out of there before he's spotted. He walks back to the Bronco and heads back home, almost getting into an accident on the way with a women who recognizes him and jots down his partial license plate thinking he was a drunk driver. Upon arriving home, he sloppily parks the Bronco on the street and hops the neighbors fence onto his property as to avoid being seen by the limo driver who is already waiting at his gate to take him to the airport. He runs behind the bungalows where he bumps into the air-conditioner behind Kato's room and drops his other glove back there. He eventually makes his way to the front door of his house and heads inside.
It's rarely talked about but the presence of Goldman at the condo changed everything for OJ. Goldman being there made OJ fly into a fit of rage and what was to be a "simple" killing inside the condo turned into a mess of a crime scene. He left his cap there. He left one of his gloves there. He cuts his finger and drips blood all over the murder scene. He steps in blood and leaves footprints all over the sidewalk. His blood drops are on the back gate. His blood is on and around the door handle of the Bronco. There is blood from all three of them inside the bronco. He drops the second bloodsoaked glove on his own property. He drips blood on his driveway. He drips blood inside the foyer of his house. There is blood on his socks which he leaves in his bedroom. NONE of this likely happens if Goldman was not there at that exact time. In fact, if Goldman had met OJ a half hour before or after he killed Nicole, OJ likely shakes his hand and signs an autograph if asked. How unlucky was Goldman to be there at the exact moment that OJ was going to kill his ex-wife? If Nicole's mother doesn't drop her glasses outside the restaurant, Goldman is likely still alive today. If Kato doesn't ask OJ is he can tag along to eat, Goldman is likely alive. If Goldman heads straight to Nicole's house to drop off the glasses instead of going home to change first, he's likely still alive.
As far as OJ goes, if Goldman wasn't there he likely doesn't leave the cap and glove behind. He doesn't cut himself. He doesn't step in blood and track it all over the scene. There is no blood in the Bronco. He doesn't drop the other glove behind the bungalow. There is no blood on his driveway or in his foyer. There is no blood found on the socks. By the time OJ's kids discovered their mom's body (how messed up is it that OJ would have done that to his kids?), OJ would have been on the golf course in Chicago. Without any of the overwhelming evidence that was present at the actual murder scene would he have even been charged with her murder? OJ may even have imagined a Jesse Smollett type situation where he gets public sympathy for the horrific tragedy that has happened to him. He could have said, "She had been running with a bad crowd. That's why you hear me on those 9-11 calls going crazy. I was warning her that she needed to be more careful, especially with our children living in that condo. I think it was payback for a drug debt that wasn't paid." That's not how it ended up going though.
RIP Nicole and Ron. 30 years ago today you were taken away far too soon.
Just two months before the murders, OJ and Nicole (along with their kids) went to Cabo San Lucas in a last ditch attempt to reconcile. (There's a picture of them with the Kardashians who were also there, as well as a few others.) After returning to LA, Nicole informed OJ that she would not get back with him. The relationship was over and she was ready to move on with her life. OJ could not handle this. Over the next several weeks OJ made the decision to kill her. He picked the perfect time to do it. It would happen on a Sunday night right before he was to fly to Chicago for a corporate golf outing. This was going to be a murder mission. Well-planned and all business.
The night of the murders OJ went to Kato's bungalow to ask him for change for a $100 bill so he could get something to eat. This would give him an alibi for the time before his flight to Chicago, but then the first thing goes wrong that night. Kato asks OJ if he can go with him to grab food. OJ pauses before answering and eventually says OK. He had to say OK or else how would it look after the fact if he had turned Kato down? The two of them go to McDonald's and return home. No problem. OJ still has time for the murder mission. He changes into dark clothes, black shoes, and a knit cap. He puts on gloves and has a knife. He removes the bulb from the interior light of the Bronco and heads over to Nicole's condo.
In OJ's mind this is going to be a quick and simple job. All business. He'll gain entry into the condo, slit her throat and hop back into the Bronco without leaving a trace of evidence. Even if they find something like a hair or a fingerprint, so what? He's been in that condo many, many times. It's where his kids live. OJ pulls up in the alley behind the condo, grabs the knife with his gloved hand, and just before he opens the door, he is surprised to see Nicole walking out of the condo to the front gate to let in a young man. This is the second thing to go wrong. Goldman's presence at the condo causes OJ to fly into a fit of rage. This is no longer going to be an all business, quick and easy murder, this is now going to be a rage killing, double murder.
A demon-eyed OJ rushes the two of them at the front gate, knocking down Nicole first with the butt end of the knife. He then turns his attention to Goldman who in OJ's mind is every guy that has been with and will be with Nicole. He takes all of that rage out on Goldman, stabbing him more than 15 times. Goldman fights ferociously for his life but is mortally wounded. OJ turns his attention back to Nicole. He picks up her head, stabs her 4 times in the neck and slices her throat with such force that his knife cuts a quarter inch into her cervical spine. He returns to Goldman's body and stabs him in the neck several times to ensure he is dead. During the struggle with Goldman, OJ lost his cap and the glove on his left hand. It's very dark where the murders occur and OJ cannot see the cap or glove on the ground. He feels around but cannot locate either. Nicole's dog comes out of the condo to investigate and begins to wail. OJ needs to get out of there before he's spotted. He walks back to the Bronco and heads back home, almost getting into an accident on the way with a women who recognizes him and jots down his partial license plate thinking he was a drunk driver. Upon arriving home, he sloppily parks the Bronco on the street and hops the neighbors fence onto his property as to avoid being seen by the limo driver who is already waiting at his gate to take him to the airport. He runs behind the bungalows where he bumps into the air-conditioner behind Kato's room and drops his other glove back there. He eventually makes his way to the front door of his house and heads inside.
It's rarely talked about but the presence of Goldman at the condo changed everything for OJ. Goldman being there made OJ fly into a fit of rage and what was to be a "simple" killing inside the condo turned into a mess of a crime scene. He left his cap there. He left one of his gloves there. He cuts his finger and drips blood all over the murder scene. He steps in blood and leaves footprints all over the sidewalk. His blood drops are on the back gate. His blood is on and around the door handle of the Bronco. There is blood from all three of them inside the bronco. He drops the second bloodsoaked glove on his own property. He drips blood on his driveway. He drips blood inside the foyer of his house. There is blood on his socks which he leaves in his bedroom. NONE of this likely happens if Goldman was not there at that exact time. In fact, if Goldman had met OJ a half hour before or after he killed Nicole, OJ likely shakes his hand and signs an autograph if asked. How unlucky was Goldman to be there at the exact moment that OJ was going to kill his ex-wife? If Nicole's mother doesn't drop her glasses outside the restaurant, Goldman is likely still alive today. If Kato doesn't ask OJ is he can tag along to eat, Goldman is likely alive. If Goldman heads straight to Nicole's house to drop off the glasses instead of going home to change first, he's likely still alive.
As far as OJ goes, if Goldman wasn't there he likely doesn't leave the cap and glove behind. He doesn't cut himself. He doesn't step in blood and track it all over the scene. There is no blood in the Bronco. He doesn't drop the other glove behind the bungalow. There is no blood on his driveway or in his foyer. There is no blood found on the socks. By the time OJ's kids discovered their mom's body (how messed up is it that OJ would have done that to his kids?), OJ would have been on the golf course in Chicago. Without any of the overwhelming evidence that was present at the actual murder scene would he have even been charged with her murder? OJ may even have imagined a Jesse Smollett type situation where he gets public sympathy for the horrific tragedy that has happened to him. He could have said, "She had been running with a bad crowd. That's why you hear me on those 9-11 calls going crazy. I was warning her that she needed to be more careful, especially with our children living in that condo. I think it was payback for a drug debt that wasn't paid." That's not how it ended up going though.
RIP Nicole and Ron. 30 years ago today you were taken away far too soon.
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