THE DAY OF THE MURDER
Sunday, June 12

Nicole Brown Simpson spends the afternoon with her
ex-husband, later dines at her favourite restaurant
"Mezzaluna", where her friend Ronald Goldman is working
as a waiter.

Later this evening, Goldman hears that Nicoleīs mother has
left behind her glasses. He volunteers to take them to
Nicole.

O. J. Simpson plans to leave on a trip to Chicago this
evening. He and a friend go out for a Hamburger with
Simpsonīs Rolls-Royce. They return from Mc Donaldīs at
9.40. The limousine driver who is to take O. J. to the
airport arrives at Simpsonīs estate at about 10.25. Since
no one appears to be home, he waites till 10.40 before
ringing the intercom buzzer. No one answers. At about the
same time, Kato Kaelin, a friend of O. J. who stays at the
guest house, hears a strange, scaring noise. In the
$Preliminary Hearing he describes what he heard. %Play Sample@@ NOISE
After a few minutes he graps a flashlight and goes out to
investigate. At his point the limousine driver spots
someone inside the compound carrying a flashlight. Almost
simultaniously he sees a black person, about 6 feet tall,
$§crossing the driveway@@ ESTT1 towards the  house. Less than a
minute later, O. J. answers the intercom, claiming he has
overslept and just got out of the shower.
Searching for the source of the noise, Kato Kaelin 
$§reaches the driveway@@ ESTT2 the moment the limousine is
driving in. Minutes later, O. J. heads for the airport for
his long scheduled flight to Chicago.

At midnight, a neighbour of Nicole Brown Simpson follows a
dog which leads her to a body near a sidewalk leading to
Nicole Simpsonīs residence. Police find a second body, both
of them lying in a river of blood. Nicole Simpson has
suffered knife-wounds on her arms, apperantly from fighting
her attacker. Her black dress is soaked with blood. Paw
trails are found, leading away from her.
Near Ronald Goldmanīs body, police find an envelope
containing Nicole Simpsonīs motherīs glasses. Also found,
a set of keys, a cap, and a single leather glove.
Inside the house, still sleeping, Nicole and O. J.
Simpsonīs small children. Later, Pablo Fenjves, a neighbour
of Nicole, will recall having heard a dog bark at about
10.15. Another neighbour, Steven Schwab, had even spotted a
lonely dog, noticing that it had blood on its paws.

Police quickly rush to O. J. Simpsonīs estate to, as they
now claim, notify him of the killings. Detective Mark
Fuhrman spots a small blood-stain on Simpsonīs Ford Bronco.
As Police decide to go in without a search warrant, Fuhrman
jumps the wall and opens the hydraulic gate. It is also
Fuhrman who discovers the bloody glove behind the guest
house.

When Simpson returns from Chicago the next morning, he
is handcuffed and taken downtown for questioning. Police
discover a cut on Simpsonīs left middle finger. He claims
he cut his finger on a broken glass in Chicago after
learning of the killings. After three hours he is
released. 
END