In recent years, a LOT of previously unknown information has emerged about the details of O.J. Simpson’s 1995 murder trial. Some of the more interesting findings were made by highly renowned private investigator,  William C. Dear. He’s spent several years vigorously investigating the events surrounding the 1994 murders of O.J.’s ex-wife, Nicole Brown-Simpson and her friend, Ronald Goldman.

In Dear’s book, O’J. Is Guilty But Not Of Murder, he exposed details that were never publicized in the media.

Dear has provided findings to back his claims – that it was not O.J. who committed the murders. According to Dear, it was O.J.’s  eldest son, Jason Simpson (who was in his early 20’s at the time), who did so. Peep some of the details Dear’s book and investigation:

O.J. Protected Son From Prosecution, Claims Investigator

Via VillageVoice.com: [O.J.] hired a prominent criminal defense attorney for Jason the day after the murders. …

Dear is convinced that O.J. visited the crime scene, accounting for the drops of Brown’s and Goldman’s blood that did show up in his car and at his home. But by the time O.J. arrived, the killer had already gone, Dear believes.

Dear theorizes that the killings were committed by someone Brown knew and would have opened her door to, someone capable of pathological brutality, someone who would have alerted O.J. Simpson to the crime, and someone O.J. would protect from prosecution by risking his own freedom. He thinks that person is Jason Simpson.

Jason Simpson’s Reported Criminal Violent History

Via Business Insider:

– Prior to the killings, O.J.’s son Jason was diagnosed with “intermittent rage disorder” (AKA Jekyll and Hyde syndrome) and was given the drug Depakote to control his rage and seizures.

– Jason abused alcohol, ecstasy, and cocaine as early as age 14. Police reports indicate that he was arrested at least four times (including DUI, driving with a suspended license, and assault with a deadly weapon) while medical records reveal at least three suicide attempts.

– In his past, Jason had nearly killed a girlfriend (with a knife) and almost seriously injured another in fits of rage.

– [Jason Simpson] wrote about killing anyone who hurt his loved ones and how he felt like “Jekyll and Hyde” (in diaries obtained by Dear).

According to Village Voice, Investigator Dear ‘says law enforcement officials should have known that at the time of the killings, Jason was on probation for assault with a deadly weapon — he’d attacked a former employer with a knife.’ The publication also noted Dear found ‘that Jason attacked two former girlfriends, choking one until friends pulled him away and angrily cutting off the other’s hair with a knife.’

Jason Simpson’s Reported Psychological Disorder Diagnosis

 

Via BI:

– Prior to the killings, O.J.’s son Jason was diagnosed with “intermittent rage disorder” (AKA Jekyll and Hyde syndrome) and was given the drug Depakote to control his rage and seizures.
– A note titled “Dear Jason” that described the writer as being three persons was identified by handwriting experts as being written by Jason Simpson.

– In January 1994, six months before the killings, Jason went to the emergency room because he heard voices of people who weren’t there and said he felt as if he was “going to rage” because he ran out of Depakote. He stopped taking Depakote two months before the murders.

– Four doctors reviewed the investigative material along with Jason’s records and determined that “Jason Simpson is psychologically disturbed and in need of help.”

– Jason’s psychiatrist said that “if Jason was guilty he could never be convicted because of his mental condition.”

O.J.’s Son, Jason, Was Professionally Skilled With Knives, Says Friend

Via BI: – One of Jason’s ex-classmates informed Dear that Jason was trained in hand-to-hand combat as well as field knife training while attending the Army and Navy Academy, whereas O.J. hates the sight of blood.

Dear says the autopsies showed consistency with the type of knife Jason was reportedly skilled in using in combat training.

Via VV: Autopsies showed that Brown and Goldman were killed by a thin, single-edged blade, and Dear solicited help from forensic experts who assured him that a chef’s boning knife, for example, would be consistent with the murder weapon — which has never been found. Jason also testified that he departed from work that night just as he always did, carrying his personal set of chef’s knives.

Investigator Found Suspicious Knife, Cap, And Photos In Jason’s Storage

Via BI: – Dear bought contents of a storage locker owned by Jason Simpson around the time of the murders and found a knife that matched the description of the murder weapon. “After examination of [Jason’s] knife by a world-renowned forensic scientist, the butt of the knife appears to match the blow/injury Nicole Simpson suffered on the top of her head.” (Whereas O.J.’s Swiss Army knife and stiletto were conclusively ruled out as the murder weapon.)

– The black “navy watch cap” found at the crime scene contained animal hair and hair fibers that did not match O.J.

– Photographs obtained from Jason’s storage locker show that Jason wore watch caps often. One (dated 3/24/93) shows him sitting with his dog while wearing a cap identical to the one found at the crime scene.

O.J.’s Son ‘Had No Alibi,’ Says Investigator

The murders of Goldman and Brown-Simpson are estimated to have occurred ‘sometime between 10:15 and 10:40.’ Investigator Dear says Jason Simpson’s timeline didn’t add up.

Via BI: – The murders took place between 9:45 and 10:05 p.m. Jason was by himself after approximately 9:50 p.m. and “has no alibi that can be supported by anyone else as to where he was while the killings occurred.”

– Jason’s time card for the night of the murders was handwritten, even though the electronic time clock was working.

Via VV: Jason testified in his deposition that the restaurant, Jackson’s, closed early that night, and that he left between 10 and 10:30, when he was picked up by his girlfriend. He said that after dropping his girlfriend off at her home, he went to his apartment alone and watched TV until 3 a.m. … Dear writes that the girlfriend told him she picked Jason up earlier, before 10 p.m. And other Jackson’s employees Dear tracked down said Jason left as early as 9:30 p.m.

Investigator On Why O.J. Should Have Been Ruled Out As Suspect

Via BI: – The LAPD found 15 separate unidentified fingerprints at the crime scene. None belonged to O.J., and police never compared Jason’s fingerprints.

– “Investigators found blood and skin under Nicole’s fingernails … along with blood drops on her back that didn’t match those of O.J.” (Jason was never interviewed and never gave a DNA sample.)

– Based on pictures of Ron Goldman’s badly bruised and swollen hands, he must have struck hard blows to the assailant, and he was a 3rd degree black belt. The next day O.J. voluntarily stripped at the LAPD, and there were no marks or bruises that indicated he had been in a scuffle.

– Three crime scene experts studied the investigative material and determined that “Jason Simpson should have been considered a major suspect in the murders.”

Investigator On Why Jason Simpson Possibly Was Enraged With Nicole Brown-Simpson

Via VV: Dear says that…in his deposition, Jason said he had asked Nicole to bring her family to his restaurant on June 12 following his half sister Sydney’s dance recital, an event he was unable to attend because of his job. Nicole agreed, and Jason testified that this pleased him greatly. Dear paints a portrait of Jason as a son who had been only a disappointment to his football-legend father, and who desperately wanted recognition for his own talents as a cook. Jason, according to Dear, looked forward to showing off for Brown and her relatives, and he’d bought special foods to prepare for the night. But on June 11, Brown changed her plans, telling Jason his restaurant was too far away and too expensive, he testified.

Dear theorizes that after dropping off his girlfriend, Jason went to Brown’s Bundy Drive condo to confront her about ruining his big night. Brown’s response may have angered Jason.

After killing Brown and Goldman — who had simply walked up at the wrong time — Jason would have called his father in a state of hysteria, Dear writes. O.J. Simpson, unsure if his troubled son had committed such a horrible crime or merely hallucinated it, decided to investigate. Donning gloves and a knit cap in a hurried attempt at a disguise, he arrived at the scene and, shocked at the carnage, dropped his left glove and cap. O.J. then rushed back to Rockingham, dropped the right glove, and was seen hurrying into the house by limousine driver Allan Park.

Such a scenario, Dear writes, would explain some of O.J.’s strange responses in the wake of the crime — for example, why he didn’t ask police officers informing him of Brown’s death how she died (since he knew very well she had been knifed) and why he failed a polygraph examination conducted by his own attorneys. Why his escape attempt seemed so confused.- Village Voice

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