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Police in Los Angeles have confirmed they are carrying out DNA tests on a knife found in the perimeter of the home once owned by OJ Simpson.Police in Los Angeles have confirmed they are carrying out DNA tests on a knife found in the perimeter of the home once owned by OJ Simpson.
According to TMZ, a construction worker found a folding buck knife buried on the edge of the former Simpson estate when the house was being demolished years ago. According to TMZ, a construction worker found a folding buck knife buried on the edge of the former Simpson estate when the house was demolished years ago.
In January, the officer - who is now retired - told a friend in LAPD’s robbery homicide division about the knife. Supervisors then retrieved the weapon. In January, the officer - who is now retired - told a friend in the LAPD’s robbery homicide division about the knife. Supervisors then retrieved the weapon.
KNX 1070’s Margaret Carrero reported that the knife was being tested for evidence. Norma Eisenman, a spokesman for the LAPD, told The Independent: "We are confirming that conducting tests on a knife that was recovered. That is all we have now."
Simpson, a former American football star, was tried on two counts of murder after the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and waiter Ronald Lyle Goldman, in June 1994. Simpson was acquitted after a trial that lasted more than eight months. He was subsequently found liable in a civil case and ordered to pay $25m in compensation.
No murder weapon was ever found or presented to the jury that found the actor and athlete not guilty.
The saga of Simpson's case has recently received fresh attention after a television series, American Crime Story,  
The first season, subtitled The People v. OJ Simpson, presented a reconstruction of the trial, based on Jeffrey Toobin's book The Run of His Life: The People v. OJ Simpson.