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Knife Allegedly Found at OJ Simpson’s Former Home Tested by LAPD

A knife allegedly found at a former home of OJ Simpson is now being tested by LAPD.

OJ Simpson’s was acquitted in 1995 following a murder trial that captivated the US.

Someone claiming to be a construction worker gave an off-duty police officer the knife some years ago and he kept it, thinking the case was closed.

Police recently recovered the knife and are testing it for DNA and hair samples.

OJ Simpson had been accused of killing his ex-wife, Nicole Brown, and her friend Ronald Goldman in June of 1994.

However, a jury found the former American football star not guilty after a dramatic televised trial.

OJ Simpson cannot be prosecuted again for the same charges under US law.

Police cast some doubt on whether the knife was connected to the OJ Simpson case at a news conference on March 4, saying it could be “bogus”.

“If this story is accurate, you’d think anytime you come into contact with evidence that you should submit it to investigators,” said Captain Andrew Neiman of the LAPD.

“I don’t know why that didn’t happen.”

Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman were found stabbed in the head and neck in the yard of Brown’s home.

Authorities asked OJ Simpson to turn himself in after the murders, but he failed show up at the police station.

He was spotted inside a White Ford Bronco hours later, leading to a slow-speed pursuit across Los Angeles’ highways.

The pursuit was broadcast on live television to millions of viewers.

OJ Simpson eventually surrendered after 90 minutes in which crowds gathered to watch along the road and news helicopters flew overhead.

He later assembled a “dream team” of highly paid lawyers for the case, including Johnnie Cochran and Robert Kardashian.

The trial, which lasted for 10 months, created huge media frenzy. TV networks reaped high ratings from airing trial proceedings and many magazine covers were devoted to it.

When OJ Simpson was found not guilty, Americans were divided on the jury’s decision – mostly along racial lines.

He later lost a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the victims’ families. His property, where the knife was found, was razed in 1998.

In 2007, OJ Simpson was sentenced to a 33-year prison term on charges of armed robbery and kidnapping.

The case recently returned to prominence with the airing of the TV miniseries American Crime Story: The People v OJ Simpson.

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