Path: msunews!uwm.edu!psuvax1!news.ecn.bgu.edu!newspump.wustl.edu!newsfeed.rice .edu!rice!owlnet.rice.edu!dsroy From: dsroy@owlnet.rice.edu (Darryl Stephen Roy) Newsgroups: alt.fan.oj-simpson Subject: Murder sequence (was Re: Lange: Nicole murdered first) Date: 24 Feb 1995 19:44:19 GMT Organization: Rice University Lines: 193 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3ilcuj$evl@larry.rice.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: arctic.owlnet.rice.edu This is a long post, but I you will find it worthwhile: Det. Lange's testimony indicates the front exterior gate of Bundy 875 is latched such that is is openable from the street only with a key, or by sneaking one's hand around the grill, which one may assume would be difficult for someone unfamiliar with the mechanism. There is little evidence that Ron Goldman was a frequent visitor, and testimony indicates that the area of the murders was poorly lit. The presence of only one type of shoe print strongly suggests the presence of only one assailant, which will be assumed in the following. Therefore, the two victims must have been killed sequentially. If Nicole Brown was dispatched silently before Goldman's arrival, Goldman was presented with the grisly tableau of the killer standing over the Nicole Brown, her blood streaming down the walkway. If the murderer was hidden, Goldman would not be a witness, and there would be no need to kill him. Despite Goldman's charitable character, I find it highly unlikely that he would fiddle with the gate's lock in an attempt to confront a murderous, armed man. Far more likely he would run away to where the killer could not pursue, and attempt to call 911. Det. Lange's testified that blood was found on the soles of Goldman's shoes, but not on the soles of Nicole Brown's feet. Fellow sluths on this newsgroup have concluded that this "all but pins down Nicole Brown as the first murder victim." The assumption being made is that, if Goldman had been killed first, Nicole would have tracked through his blood, and stained her feet. However, we know, from the coroner's report, and from crime scene photos, that Goldman was stabbed many times in a struggle, presumably in the alcove to the north of the walkway. Of his four fatal wounds, only the partial severance of a carotid artery was close to his skin surface. Hence, most of his bleeding was internal, and would not be spurting out at a distance. We know from crime scene photo's following the removal of the victim's bodies that the ground where Goldman perished was a fairly porous loam, and his blood would quickly seep in. I don't recall seeing prominent stains or pools of blood when the photo Goldman's ring beneath his body was presented. One can conclude from this that his blood was spilled primarily in the alcove where he met his demise, with little or none finding it's way to the walkway, where Nicole Brown's body was found. The smeared blood on the soles of his shoes, could very well be his own, and I haven't seen evidence to the contrary. Sample #78, a "spatter" on his boot of primarily Nicole Brown's blood, could easily have resulted from the spurting at a distance from her severed jugulars. Nicole Brown was fatally wounded on the steps to her condo. It is quite possible that she had just left her front door upon hearing a commotion in the front yard, and Goldman's voice. The actual sequence of the murders will only be resolved once we are apprised of the identity of the smeared blood on the soles of Ron Goldman's shoes. I present the following scenario as a possible account of the murders, adhering to the prosecution's case, and providing an explanation for the evidence I am familiar with so far. I'm responsible for any of the plainly fictional narrative devices, of course. ************************************************************************ Mr. Simpson, as he is prone to do when dispairing of his loss of Nicole, decides to check in on her, perhaps to implore her not to finalize the severance of their ties, perhaps only to spy upon her. Arriving at the rear alley of 875 Bundy, he spies the lit candles, the soft music, and, like many of this newsgroup's readers, presumes Nicole is planning a romantic evening. Overwrought, he returns to the Bronco to retrive gloves, a cap, and a long knife (perhaps kept to filet fish, skin game, or slash tires) from the vehicle. Nicole, having just gotten off the phone with her mother, informing her that a fellow from the Mezzaluna restaurant would be dropping by with her glasses, retires to the kitchen to retrive what remains of her Ben and Jerry's, planning on eating it upstairs, perhaps in her drawn bath. She hears some noise outside, and suspects a prowler. She sets the uneaten ice-cream down, and pulls a steak knife from the drawer, listening intently. Ron Goldman only got off his shift at 9:50, and as he has a full-night of drinking and carousing with his buddies planned, is preoccupied with making time. He races home to drop off his waitering shirt, leaving it on the doorknob and picking up something more casual from the floor, and strides to his car. It's a short drive to Bundy, and Goldman doesn't think the visit to drop off Mrs. Brown's prescription glasses will take very long. Kato, the lt. brown akita, also hears the noise outside, but calms down when recognising the stride as that of his old master. Perhaps he will get a chance to greet him! His tail wags anxiously as he sits just inside the glass front door. Goldman arrives at the condo's front gate, with car keys and an envelope in his hands. He presses the buzzer for Nicole's residence. He is met by Mr. Simpson, who is dressed to travel, wearing dress shoes and slacks, and notices what appear to be gardening gloves on his hands. Odd, but this is Brentwood. The knit cap is also strange, but it is a cool evening. Anyway, he recognizes Mr. Simpson immediately, from those ancient Hertz commercials, and from the million- dollar smile Simpson would flash at Mezzaluna waitresses. He knows only Simpson's friendly public persona, and thanks him Simpson as unlatches the gate, which swings open. Just as he is about to explain that he has brought the glasses which were left by Nicole Brown's mother at the restaurant, Simpson abruptly grabs him, cutting off his voice with a chokehold and forcing him into the alcove just north of the walkway, where their struggle will be invisible to the street and condo. Thrown off balance, Goldman drops the keyring and the envelope unto the edge of the walkway, and just catches his fall on the wrought iron fence on the north side of the alcove. A searing pain below his kidneys marks one of the first stabs of the knife. Try though he might, with elbows flailing and heart racing, he can't slip from the grip of the assailant. He manages only to pull the cap and one of the gloves off. He falls to the ground, and Simpson silences him with cuts to his thorax. Meanwhile, Nicole has calmed down, set the knife on the counter, picks up her ice-cream, and starts upstairs. That bath will relieve the tension, plus, it may be safer to be with the children if, as she had feared, Mr.Simpson was emotionally distraught and prowling outside. Perhaps she could call the West L.A. Battered Women's center again, as she had done 5 days prior, and seek their advise on obtaining a restraining order. Upon hearing the bell, she realizes that it is only Ron Goldman, come to drop off those glasses. She sets the ice cream down as she reaches the base of the stairs and goes to the front door. The Akita seems very agitated, and rushes out into the cool air as she unlocks it. Standing up over his victim, his own heart racing, Simpson realizes what he's done, and is panicked. If Nicole sees him, his whole life is ruined. Trapped, he can think of only one possible escape. As Nicole descends the steps from her condo, she hears some groaning, but before the grisly scene becomes visible, and before she can scream, she is roughly grabbed from behind, and held in a chokehold, or with a ungloved hand over her mouth. Mr.Simpson several times attemps a "mercy stroke" of the knife to her brain, but failing that cuts her neck from ear to ear, another effective way of silencing a foe, as he had learned on the set of "Frogman". Nicole's demise, one can pray, is almost instantaneous, and she falls forward, with profuse amounts of her blood spurting forward, onto the walkway, and even as far as the prone Goldman's boots. Her own feet are not in the blood's path, and remain unsoiled. Nicole is silent, but Mr.Simpson can still hear gurgling sounds from Goldman. Again, he is trapped in his course, and must cross through Nicole's blood to finish off the potential witness with multiple stabs. As he races back to the back of the condo, the events seem to be playing out like a movie in his head. He is oblivious of a cut he recieved to his left hand during the struggle. Kato, the Akita, is confused and distraught. Why would one of the two people it loves most hurt the other? It begins to howl. And still the reel unwinds. Think quick. Simpson removes the glove from his right hand so as not to leave blood on the gate latch, and pushes up on the latch with his knuckle so as not to leave a print. In the back seat of his Bronco is a duffle bag that he keeps a dark sweat suit, for when he works out at the gym. He pulls these out, and working frantically, stuffs his dress shoes and only slightly stained travelling clothes into it. Slipping the sweatpants on, he slips into the driver's seat. The ignition starts, but there is no time to sigh. ************************************************************************* I think I got a little carried away there, so my apologies for the length of this post. Darryl Roy Computers are /\ dsroy@owlnet.rice.edu /\ Die in your thoughts useless, they //\\ ethno/trance/etherial radio: //\\ every morning and can only give \\// 91.7 fm Houston, Sun. 7-9 am \\// you will no longer you answers. \/ <-Picasso loveless/fretless \/ fear Death - Hakakure .