re: OJ Simpson: Made in America 30 for 30

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Question, this might be mixing the TV series & the doc. But didn't they find a trail of blood leading into OJ's house from the white bronco.

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Yes. Even in his sink.

Something I'm surprised the doc didn't cover more were the two people who sold stories to hard copy and the national enquirer.

1) A guy sold him a knife 3 weeks before the murder. Police searched his house 3 times and never found it. OJ "told his lawyers where it was in the kitchen" and they turned up with it and brought it to the judge in a plastic bag. They had it tested and it was still covered in a thin coating from the manufacturer suggesting it was never used once on anything. TTFWIW.

2) A woman saw his Bronco speeding off down the street and almost collide with a Nissan car. She was the only person to see his vehicle in the area at the time of the crime.

Both of these witnesses gave testimony during the Grand Jury proceeding. But then they sold their stories and the prosecution couldn't bring them to the stand.

ETA: Another point that often gets looked over are the shoes. It originally wasn't a big topic during the criminal trial because they could never prove Simpson owned a pair of the rare shoes. But eventually a single picture surfaced which Cochran claimed could easily have been doctored since the start of the trial. Once the criminal trial was over, many more pics were found of him wearing the shoes. So it became a big deal in the civil case where they have footage of him claiming not to own a pair yet multiple pics with him in them.